01-21-2011, 10:00 AM
<br /> Don told me they were into some good biting crappie and I made plans to fish this AM with them. <br /> Rods, check.<br /> Tackle-box, check. <br /> New jigs, check. <br /> Gloves, check. <br /> Warm Hat, check. <br /> Extra warm clothes, check-they are already in the truck. <br /> Ok, so I am on the road at 6:45 with the hammer down, I pull off the interstate and about 5 mins before I meet up I realize, my extra-warm clothes ARE indeed in my truck....except I am driving my OTHER truck. emoBang emoBang emoBang emoBang emoBang <br /> What to do? I choose to brave it out. I had an exra button-down shirt and my jeans I was going to change into later to head to work, and I also had my Browning wind-breaker. It would have to do. Luckilly we never ran very far or fast or I would have frozen to death I tell ya. It was 43 when I left home, when we got off the water at noon, it was 39*<br /> Don and his buddy Chuck had been finding fish relating to a creek channel about 1/4 mile off the main river. We sat in 15-19 FOW casting to a grass ledge in about 3 FOW. Slow retrieve back to the boat and most casts you would either hook up or at least get a hit from voracious blue-gill. Water temps were 45*-42* We only fished from about 9-12 and in the middle the fish stopped biting so we checked further back in the creek without a single bite. Came back to the hot spot and found them again for the last 45 mins.<br /> Ended with about 40 keepers, several going over 13&amp;quot;, about 15 throwbacks, at LEAST 40 blue-gill, most were keepers in anybody&#39;s book, 6 shell crackers, several yella bass, and 5 LM bass, three of which kept. An outstanding, cold trip for three hours. <br /> Fish would ony hit: plastic lures on jig heads.......kidding, but seriously, we threw 6-8 colors, with and without tail lights, 1/32 and1/16th oz, and every one of them caught fish. I really need to do this again!<br />