Reelfoot follow up

[Hymie3]

Made it out Monday afternoon to go see our blind(rd27) and sure enough it was sheared off at the floor. We lost everything inside the blind but did manage to recover about 80% of our decoys. Oh, We did find one other item which is a mr buddy heater attached to a 5 lb propane tank. The tank was floating and the heater was buried in the mud still connected by the hose. Glad no one hit it in a boat. Recovered our decoys and got out of there. We ended up finding a public timber hole close to black bayou refuge and scratched out a few mallards. I will say if your going out there this year and get drawn you have to eat at boyettes. Some of the best eating I've had in a while. Sadly, eating was the highlight of the trip…. Oh well we will try it again next season.
I was telling my buddy that the crappie fisherman are going to snag some crazy items this spring if they fish in our blind area hahah.

 

[Iglow]

Glad y'all found atleast some of your stuff, decoys are expensive!

 

[RUGER]

Sure hate that man.

 

[TNReb]

I've been wanting to make a trip to Boyette's for a while. Haven't been in about 3 years.

 

[RUGER]

All you can eat catfish and country ham at Boyettes is the bomb.

 

[TheLBLman]

All you can eat catfish and country ham at Boyettes is the bomb.

I like ham, but am going to fill up on their catfish every time.
They used to serve fried crappie and bobwhite quail, too.

 

[RUGER]

I like ham, but am going to fill up on their catfish every time.
They used to serve fried crappie and bobwhite quail, too.

I remember that.

 

[TheLBLman]

I remember that.

Only restaurant I've ever been to that served fresh fried crappie.
Actually, I think there was another nearby restaurant or two that did as well, just don't remember their names, but they were very close by, same area.
Seems one was "Martha Parker's"? "Blue Bank's"? "Lakeview"?

 

[UT-longbeard]

Hate happened to y'all. The frog legs are a must at Boyette's.

 

[Hymie3]

I had pork chops one night and fried chicken the next. I ate so much I couldn't breathe. Both were excellent and they give you so much food it's crazy. And not expensive. I wish it was closer to my house. I would be a regular . My buddy got the catfish. Had three pieces with the option to upgrade to all you can eat. He's a fat boy and couldn't get past the three….

 

[chimneyman]

I like ham, but am going to fill up on their catfish every time.
They used to serve fried crappie and bobwhite quail, too.

Maybe they still do. But also had frog legs

 

[big 8s in Weakley county]

Hate the way the season ended for you. Glad y'all where able to atleast get most of your decoys and did get some good food while you was here.

 

[TheLBLman]

They haven't had crappie in many moons.
In times past, it was legal to commercial fish for crappie on Reelfoot Lake, and crappie was an offering in the area restaurants. To my knowledge, no other lake in TN allowed the commercial fishing of crappie, except Reelfoot.

 

[beefydeer]

Seems one was "Martha Parker's"? "Blue Bank's"? "Lakeview"?

I believe Blue Bank had the fresh crappie fillets back in the day but it was when Blue Bank was still in their old building.

 

[GUNNERX2]

My 1st trip to Reelfoot in 1974, most all the restaurants had fresh fried crappie. Don't remember when the commercial fishing for crappie stopped. It was also during that time that blinds and roadhouses got dynamited on a regular basis. It was a different time indeed.

It appears that commercial crappie fishing stopped in 2003.

 

[RUGER]

My 1st trip to Reelfoot in 1974, most all the restaurants had fresh fried crappie. Don't remember when the commercial fishing for crappie stopped. It was also during that time that blinds and roadhouses got dynamited on a regular basis. It was a different time indeed.

It appears that commercial crappie fishing stopped in 2003.

As soon as crappie were listed as a game fish I believe.

 

[TheLBLman]

It appears that commercial crappie fishing stopped in 2003.

I don't remember the year the Reelfoot area restaurants stopped serving crappie, but believe it was many years before 2003.

On the other hand, might just be that I seldom ordered fish in an area restaurant back then, as simply was catching all I wanted to eat.

 

[SEC]

I remember a fish market in Jackson tn selling scaled headless crappie with a lil tag in there back proof that they were caught commercially at Reelfoot lake.

 

[Hawk]

I remember a fish market in Jackson tn selling scaled headless crappie with a lil tag in there back proof that they were caught commercially at Reelfoot lake.

Rumor was that many crappie came from from other waters. Takes lots of fish of size to furnish fish markets and restaurants with enough to sell.

 

[Dodge Man]

I don't remember the year the Reelfoot area restaurants stopped serving crappie, but believe it was many years before 2003.

On the other hand, might just be that I seldom ordered fish in an area restaurant back then, as simply was catching all I wanted to eat.

I think a few years before they totally stopped commercial fishing they lowered the limit so much that it wasn't worth the fisherman to keep catching them to sell.

 

[wildside]

Made it out Monday afternoon to go see our blind(rd27) and sure enough it was sheared off at the floor. We lost everything inside the blind but did manage to recover about 80% of our decoys. Oh, We did find one other item which is a mr buddy heater attached to a 5 lb propane tank. The tank was floating and the heater was buried in the mud still connected by the hose. Glad no one hit it in a boat. Recovered our decoys and got out of there. We ended up finding a public timber hole close to black bayou refuge and scratched out a few mallards. I will say if your going out there this year and get drawn you have to eat at boyettes. Some of the best eating I've had in a while. Sadly, eating was the highlight of the trip…. Oh well we will try it again next season.
I was telling my buddy that the crappie fisherman are going to snag some crazy items this spring if they fish in our blind area hahah.

did you have green metal siding?

 

[Hymie3]

did you have green metal siding?

Yep on the roof

 

[TheLBLman]

Rumor was that many crappie came from from other waters. Takes lots of fish of size to furnish fish markets and restaurants with enough to sell.

I suspect more crappie may have been coming from other waters than from Reelfoot.

 

[Chaneylake]

They haven't had crappie in many moons.
In times past, it was legal to commercial fish for crappie on Reelfoot Lake, and crappie was an offering in the area restaurants. To my knowledge, no other lake in TN allowed the commercial fishing of crappie, except Reelfoot.

Correct imo. They allowed going on memory commercial fishing for crappie and allowed restaurants to sell the fish platters all to reduce population and increase size

 

[Chaneylake]

I suspect more crappie may have been coming from other waters than from Reelfoot.

We were buying them in Brownsville back then

 

[TheLBLman]

They allowed going on memory commercial fishing for crappie and allowed restaurants to sell the fish platters all to reduce population and increase size

And, because commercial fishing for crappie was an old family tradition

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