02-27-2012, 10:00 AM
I made a short foray with my nephew, Brad Hudson, checking on the pre-spawn crappie this morning. It was only &quot;short&quot; because my 2-year battery is nearly three years old. emoBang It gave up the ghost after about three hours trolling.<br /><br />We caught a lot of fish... but most of them had their tails to close to their eyeballs. We caught 25 or 30, but only six keepers. I&#39;m hearing similar reports of lots of short fish from a guide friend on Kentucky Lake. Might be seasonal or might be just a strong year class of fish coming on. We caught an even mix of black and white today, but most the keepers (5/6) were black crappie. Red/chartreuse or black/blue were the colors of choice.<br /><br />Now, I&#39;m off to buy a new battery. Oh yea, my handheld GPS is also going south... only working intermittently. Today was partly about &quot;getting the kinks out.&quot; I succeeded. emoBadLanguage