 trees all through here Welcome all back to the channel fishing freaks here with LFD The man that created me I'm the only child by the way the only one right Anyway, my dad has never been on a a shallow crappie fight ever We've caught crappie together, and I'm sure you've probably fished in the past Never up on the bank, which is the most fun. It's the most fun And last time I was out here caught him in timber and floating Just floaters using live scope, which I know some of you Don't live scope fish and don't really prefer to watch it It's it was a good way to catch some big females But today we're gonna try something different We may have to resort to a little bit of that, but I want to try to find these crappie on the bank All right, folks. Here's what I'm going to start out with this is My favorite bait out of our crappie line for just search fishing You know, this would be like grabbing the spinnerbait or grabbing a bass one bait grabbing a saucy swimmer This is the snacky swimmer, and I've got that rigged up on little eighth ounce jighead and I'm gonna be tossing that there's a There's some timber in here There's also it looks like there's some riprap as we get to the back of this thing and I'm gonna be tossing that around the bank just just like you would throwing a search bait for bass and Trying to get bumped and with that with that boot tail on there and a little bit bigger plastic it slows it down And that's what I want. I want to go pretty slow. That's the biggest lesson That I've learned through the years of crappie fishing is just going slow Because a lot of times they like it just sitting right in front of their face And if you're if you're going at bass speeds, you'll just go right by him and you won't catch them Break out the old bass rig dad dad's got he brought two or three bass rods Which I knew he would They might have backed out though begin being a little chillier Shad everywhere back here This should be where they are spawning So if we don't get a bit back here Go back out to the mouth We have journeyed all the way in the back of a creek No bites water 60 But nothing doing so I think we may have to back out this chilly night They push some fish back That's a two-pounder there Not how I want to catch them but Bring in the toads boy dad dad had to come up here and throw his spinnerbait around so yeah, well, I mean Check him out Maybe I can hook it like right there. There we go. Yeah, that looks like a tin My goodness Well, this bait has caught a lot of big ones, but it'll also catch a little This water's super muddy They had a little rain that might be Reason why these crappie are not on the bank and the bass or I Don't know. I haven't seen anybody catch a bass out here Of course, I never do it's the Dead Sea But have had a few crappies they're just not the way I want to catch them They're out there on that deep timber Prespawn and a lot of them you do got to tickle their nose. It's not it's not a very exciting bite, so Do what we have to do to get some fish in the well for LFD But I really think the the afternoon Will be much better for the bank stuff. The water's just now hitting 60 It is don't want to move. Oh Came out after it Got him My god, what a giant come on got her. It's a biggin. That's a real biggin. Oh My gosh giant saw her sitting there That's a two-pound crappie sir. Oh, yeah God Sucked it down I could literally sit Saw her just sitting there Doing this and just slowly come into it. She finally thumped it. Oh look what's down her mouth, too She's got a shad Look at that. Oh my gosh, that's bigger than my thing. Yeah Literally to exactly to you. Yep Leak it Just to say I wouldn't do worse the other ones Well, bam long story short y'all me and LFD wrapping up our day Could not get them up shallow, you know I didn't want to drag dad back out there and do the life scope thing and anyway We had enough fish to do our fish fry today is our family dinner nights we always have dinner on Sundays usually and Today we have the crappie my mom really loves crappie. We all love crappie. It's delicious and When I was cleaning crappie the other day I Posted a video on my Instagram about you know, does life scope affect? crappie fishing, you know because I have 95 percent females in the box and You know, there was a lot of mixed comments on that I guess it really depends on the fishery I do feel like the place that I was at today a very large lake full of timber I Don't really think so because there's so much habitat other lakes with less habitat Sure, they become a little more vulnerable But here's the deal a lot of you said you need to try the row don't throw it away Because usually I just take my scraps, you know, and I throw away Usually just throw them in throw them in the lake, you know feed the catfish whatever sometimes I feed the road of my chickens But my dad said he's tried the road. He thinks it's good and I have no idea. This might be a crazy delicacy So I wanted to share you with you guys my experience of trying row for the first time So crappies are at dad's we're fixing ahead over there right now And and fillet some of these fish cook them up for our Sunday dinner fried golden crisps, baby You know how we do it, but we are gonna have some bro as well. So come along. Let's try some crappie bro for the first time We got them crappies ready to go That we were going to fillet The row out I'm gonna try to do it the best I can where it's all in one piece nice And we'll batter that throw it in with the fish as well So I'm gonna hand this camera off to my lovely wife OSG Because dad likes to film the sky when I hand him That's okay, we still love you but you have tried bro, right? I have and when I was growing up We used to eat it. Yes out of what fish Mostly catfish catfish caviar. Oh my gosh. Yeah, that is a redneck Yeah, it was good too, I mean I liked it now I've never had crappie. Okay, you haven't had crappie. I've never all right Well, this is good. We're gonna be trying this together And you know the technique that we were using the live scoping on those big fish That's mostly getting those female those females that are staging So who there's a slimy one right there my gosh, oh It just laid it on my mouth You're in this industry whether you like it or not I didn't choose it it shows me Okay, I'm gonna use the standard filet knife and just go ahead and and do the filet Okay, I'm gonna kind of do an angled cut Back there run it down And then just kind of fall that spine That's the can These have been on ice is a very cold That always makes it easier to clean them So once you get past that rib cage and stick that knife through Work it down towards the tail You know the drill you got to cut around the rib cage now Get all these little pin bones out of here those little ones that get you when you're Butting into a nice golden crispy you get a little sun So we'll cut around that rib cage there And this is definitely not a male. This has got to be a female so big and it is So below the rib cage here, we've got the row So we'll try to extract that out. Maybe I can do it from this side to get it all right here I didn't want to use the electric filet knife because I didn't know if it would Go through this. All right, we'll pop that off Let's see if I can get it from the other side without Breaking the seal Kind of like a a boot and you don't want to break that seal Till it's cooked just right Think we got it. Oh Yeah, oh, yeah, there's some beautiful Croppy caviar right there, honey. Is that not the most beautiful thing you've ever seen don't you want to put that in your mouth? That looks disgusting. It might be amazing. It might be an amazing delicacy It's kind of an L shape like that, huh? That kind of looks like a t-shape. It kind of looks like a longhorn. I Was thinking somewhere along the female anatomy This one was about two pounds. I think it was sub two pounds like one eighty five or something And the other one I got in here is a certified two pounder. So egg sacs should be even bigger This is pre-spawn, obviously, so they haven't even laid yet. So we got our filet and we got our caviar Redneck caviar, baby. Let's pat. Let's batter it up. Let's try it Dad's going in with the first batch right now There we go OSG you just helped me clean Thank you. You're welcome. And what do we got here? We got four filets We got the sacs We just cleaned them we just rinsed them off Now are you willing to try that? No, no, that's a big that's a hard no, that's a hard no Me dad are gonna try it and you said you kept some other row. Yeah, they're inside. Okay, so you're all about it. Oh, oh, yeah Yeah, they're good. I mean they're tasty. It's caviar. This is a standard unit golden crispy right here Got to have a cold beverage. Don't forget about that. And then that's gonna make that go down real smooth. Hopefully Are you gonna actually taste it? Do you want it to taste? Yeah, it's gonna be creamy. I bet you know now that I've analyzed it Creamy. Yeah, creamy like a goat cheese like a goat cheese. I bet it is. I bet it is like a goat cheese Not gonna be creamy Feel like like little beads Don't want to be sandy. Okay. Well, it's since you know, you're gonna try it. No, I'm not Okay, the row are going into the batter dad saved some of the ones from How many females were out of the bunch that we got Say 80% okay now if I remember right these are gonna pop when you put them in like like kind of dangerously That is a little different than the fish I was going for Probably a hundred thousand or more eggs in one little Sack from being born. Don't tell me that I could have been you three pounder that you're cooking up Fish have a very interesting spawning strategy. They go for big Numbers most die All right bass to You know that's the same way a lot of legs, but only Only this elect you make it out. Is that it? They're done. That's it. That was a flash fry dad I know they're done one take. Are you sure? I'm positive. Look at them. You sure they're not gonna be like Hold on a second. I'm positive. I mean, that's basically raw you dipped them Done this before that's right. I'll give you a hundred bucks What can I buy this day these days with a hundred brand chewed brand new garden beds if you buy it buy that All right, what would it what would it take new car a diamond diamonds They didn't happen Seen this economy that ain't happen Last row was coming out Okay, okay, let's take a good salt gander it I guess all the lighter ones are the interesting. Yeah, okay Here we go taste us coming in Time ready Let's do it. All right, there's you one here is the same one that I fillet out that long horn shape Break it apart Cheers, I guess You're going in. Well, that's weird. What does that texture like it's like a kind of like a soft hush puppy? Yeah, it does. Oh, it's soft Is it mushy? I didn't overcook it. No. No, you didn't I mean you cooked it so fast, but It doesn't taste over good. No, it's They're easy to overcook so they're not a fishy taste. No It's good. It's just the strangest texture. Okay. Is it mushy or is it beady? It is like a hush puppy like he was like it's kind of sandy, but a soft sand. Yeah, I Like it. I think it's good Mmm here. I'll get another one. No, no, I would say a dab of ketchup in the hot sauce. Yeah This is great. I mean, this is a great addition to the fish, but honestly like cocktail sauce or you're just gonna have to do it Just try bite You're not gonna be a fun. I see you're not gonna be offended by it I'll take can I take this tiny little bite? Just take a bite Come on. Don't be a wimp. That's like just the crust It's not fishy Then it's that is a hundred percent mental because you're thinking of like what it was before Just embrace it for what it is now It doesn't even have a taste I know it's not gaming is mental Take it take an actual bite Beads I got the sand beads I mean that's gonna be good That's very interesting. Yeah. Yeah, take a bite of it Roll it around. I already did Beads it's good. I'm good. I'm good Shout out to you guys For dropping me a comment on the Instagram of the story Or the real whatever I made That told me to do this because This is good. This is not a throwaway This is something to add to the plate and Prespawn right now with those big female crappies You know the little ones. I'm not sure how well they would cook up with it the big ones Oh, yeah, all day to have a catch up little chalula some Texas Pete that is on fire y'all so Don't throw away your crappy row because this is some redneck caviar right here and you guys need to try it Smash that like button for trying something new today And I will be back to the lake to try to get those crappie on the bank I promise you I've been trying and trying and trying and trying finally found some crappie But and now I want to catch them on the bank and it's a matter of days. So stay tuned to tune Whoo got a little egg done with her stay tuned for the next episode y'all. I'll see you on the next adventure later I have a little rally pulley here And it is really cute and tiny Anything else you want to explain and I can't see a rainbow in the sky You can't see a rainbow in the sky. Were you expecting one? Is that it? Yeah, all right say bye. Bye