Fishing Forum

My dad and I had planned a trip for sat am, I overslept, and did not get up until 7:30, saw him walking across the field to my house to get me! He was ready to battle the elements. Hit the water about 8:30, steady drizzle and pretty windy. I could hardly fish at all trying to keep the boat in position for him to shoot docks, but he was on fire. He landed 8 before I caught my first, and he was loving it. A subtle boat position change later and I had 4 quick ones and started to play catch-up. We fished 4 docks, finding fish on each of them, then hit a bluff where we caught 10 more, all of them were a lot deeper than the dock fish. All of the fish today were better than average size, but the bluff fish (over submerged timber) were the biggest, My dad landed a 15" monster that came to the surface and shook his head like a bass - pretty cool!<br /><br />No pics cause of the rain, current really slowed down @ 11:00 and the fish did too, took my dad to some nearby grass and he caught a fat 3 lb bass on a frog. A great ending to the day.<br /><br />Total caught: 37 crappie (kept 12 avg size ones for 2 dinners), 2 spots, 1 bluegill, 1 nice bass<br /><br />Almost all were caught on 1/32 with crystal pa's and tail lights. The lighter jigs even worked better on the bluffs, when you could be patient enough to let it fall.<br /><br />I am taking my childrens principal fishing for crappie this fri afternoon, hope the good fishing continues.<br /><br />Saw Polo and his guard dog on the water, should have backed off and glassed him to learn some of his tricks....