Slab Me Silly Jigs

The jig of the day- loved the lighting on this photo

The big girl of the day

I wrote a long post on the Texas Fishing Forum recently that described what I have learned crappie fishing this year. Anyway, the post prompted a couple of responses. A guy on the forum goes by the handle SlabMeSilly. He makes crappie jigs and custom rods. He ran a sale I ordered a few and yesterday headed to Anchor Inn after work. It was raining cats and dogs but I had a great outing and kept a limit and everyone on the same jig- not just the same color but the same jig. Anyway, a couple of cool crappie photos

A Spring Texas Weekend

A cobbler in the making- Dewberries!

The racing stripe crappie

The crappie are still biting. Caught a limit Sunday including a racing stripe crappie, then went home and did housework and watered the garden and noticed the dewberries were ready to pick. Johnny and John came Friday afternoon and they went home with 38 crappie and a few catfish. Didn't take pictures of the Big Red and Blue Bell but they were enjoyed as well.

And this is why I like the HOME Program

After all the stupid new rules, after all of the arguing and losing the fights concerning the rule changes, we still chose to participate in home for one reason only. Besides Habitat for Humanity, HOME is the only national program designed to meet the basic needs of housing. And this photo, accompanied by the tears you don't see, tells the tale. Before today, the Mayor and Rhonda had never met. She will not forget this day and neither will I.

Happy New HOME Owners

Here is the West Tawakoni Mayor Pete Yoho with happy HOME owner Rhonda McKeehan

West Tawakoni Mayor and Economic Development Corporation President Pete Yoho (left) hands the keys to a new HOME to Basil Stamper

Today was one of those days in Public Service that make all the bad days worthwhile. The Mayor got to hand over the keys to two homeowners to their brand new homes. This is a federal program from HUD and administered by the State. Locally, the program was sponsored by the West Tawakoni Economic Development Corporation and the local match efforts came in the form of cash and labor assistance by City Employees.

Just a back yard shot

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15 Inch Crappie

So, April 15th was a lot of fun considering it is tax day. At ten, a group of city employees plus two volunteers planted a hummingbird-butterfly garden at the City Park. I took off early and headed to Anchor Inn to catch crappie. Ended up with 21 including this 15 inch, 2 and a half pound female

Butterfly-Hummingbird Garden

The planting Crew

Garden Before Planting

As a part of a small parks project, we were able to plant a garden in the City Park. The maintenanc crew built the garden and April 15th a group of volunteers planted. While we were finishing up the planting, we had our first butterfly visit.

Crappie Part Deaux

Looks like yesterday's post but different batch of fish. Kept 14 fishing after work yesterday. The spawn should last another couple of weeks.

Crappie Time

Went to Anchor Inn after work yesterday and these 17 crappie (and a yellow bass) are ready for the fillet knife. Melanie, Joey, Case and Allison will all be at the lake this weekend and I am excited about that.