04-18-2020, 06:23 PM
(03-30-2020, 09:26 PM)forgiven Wrote: Any ramps open at CJ? Black sands perhaps?
Sorry for the late reply but yes Black Sands was open as of 4-6-2020 and I have heard nothing to change that. I will warn you that the word is out and the conditions are crowded for such a tight bay. The sheriff said they were thinking about restricting the total allowed boats to 50. I personally would not go there on the weekends. What I experienced on the two weekdays that I went were as crowded as I would want to be under current levels of covid.
Oh, the fishing you ask? It was pretty darn good and I think it should be better by now. The crappie were loaded with eggs and water temp at 49 F so could be spawning anytime. I caught 15 crappie one day and 10 the next but the second day was only for 4 hours or so. They averaged 10" and one was pushing 12". There were a surprising number of white crappie, making up maybe 40% of the catch. I was using various jigs in combinations of two per rod, baited with crappie nibbles and fished 10' and 20' under the boat, trolling with wind energy maybe 0.3 mph, using a water sock to slow down the troll if the wind was over 5 mph....