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Put the Prangler kayak in again today. Weather when I arrived at 9:30 am was black clouds, spitting rain and a pretty good wind from the south. Waves were 12" - 18" as I headed to my crappie hump off Eagle Beach. Anchored up when the GPS and depth finder said I was there. Had a crappie on with five seconds of dropping a jig boatside and limited out in 90 minutes.

While I ate a bite, I put our a catfish rod and had one interrupt my brunch. Guess we were both hungry. Pretty standard 18-incher.

Pedaled across to the NW dike, pulling a rattletrap at 2.5 mph, but no takers. The wind by then had dropped to a calm and then shifted to a zephyr from the west - just perfect for drifting a bouncer and worm harness down the 10' break line along the dike. No walleye, but I did land a smallmouth.

I can report that the new fish-cleaning station is a honey. Very quiet-running and efficient.

Bank tanglers were getting crappie left and right in the marina. One guy told me he had landed 37 and kept his legal 10. He was using a black and bright green tube jig under a bobber - right off the boat ramp.

Water temps were 62° all over and the crappie I caught in deeper water had eggs still. Now's the time to get 'em, folks! Just remember there's a two-day possession limit, so eat some if you're going back more than twice.
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Thanks for the report. Lookslike a great day out there.
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Great report and writing! I've never fished Willard. It's one of the few major waters I've not visited. I'd like to give it a try sometime.

Thanks for sharing.
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[font "Calibri"]Hey I thought that was you Rocky. I was out at the Bay on Monday as well. I said hi to ya but you must not have recognized me without an Aqua-Vu in my hand. I was the white and green boat that was coming into the marina the same time as you. [/font]
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[font "Calibri"]I’ll second the comments on both the crappie fishing and the cleaning station. Nice and nice![/font]
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I'm sorry I didn't notice the wave. I was busy trying to mark the marina entrance on my GPS - just in case I ever get fogged in while out on the Bay. Had my "eyes in the cockpit" as we used to say.
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