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I stole this shot off my friend Erich Faber’s Facebook page. This is his son Luke with one of the 16 crappies the pair pulled in at Smith Mountain Lake on Wednesday evening.
What a great fish, and great shot!
The crappies are moving into shallow brush well, so now is the time to get after them!
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While growing up in rural Southern Oregon, Mark Taylor developed a passion for the outdoors while he and his younger brother tagged along with their father on fishing, hunting and camping adventures.
Graduating from Northwestern University in 1988, Taylor spent four years as an officer in the U.S. Navy based in Norfolk before moving into journalism.
After five years writing about the military for a Norfolk-based publishing company, he became the outdoors editor at The Roanoke Times in 1998. He lives in Roanoke with his wife and twin daughters.
Great pic! I like that fishing vest too! I hope to try for some crappie this weekend too.
Way to go Luke !
Thats a GREAT CRAPPIE you caught, congratulations!
I was sacrificing sleep again last night to be on the lake…. caught some nice Stripers and Largemouth Bass!
Thanks for posting- Luke will be thrilled to see himself on your page!
Way to go Luke! Can I get some pointers?
Congrats to both Faber men.From SML to lake Crisco,Yum,Yum!
Dude that’s a sweet crappie! Way to go bud.
Ralph, we need to get together and do a little night fishing soon since my stinking boat aint running. Bank fishing stinks and I can only get so far on my trolling motor. Lol.
Luke, you better stop catching so many fish. People are not going to want to take you fishing with them if you keep pulling them in like that! Just kidding, good catch young fella.
J.R. – sorry to hear about your boat motor…. I know that’s a bummer. Unfortunately all my fishing dates are pretty much booked up through the end of April….. maybe next month might have an opening. I’ll holler at you and let you know…. I think I have your Email address if it hasn’t changed.
By the way there is some great SML night fishing close to several launching sights so maybe you CAN get out there with just your trolling motor. In my last 3 night fishing outings I have only burnt 4 gallons of gas total…… I’m not running far at all and I’m catching fish!
Ralph,
I fished Friday nite with the trolling motor and caught bass. I’ll email you in more details.