Frustrating Day at Newton 9/26

[F15Hwhisperer]

Went out on the kayak at Newton in search of some crappie on Saturday. I got to the lake at about 6:15, launched in the dark and started paddling, looking for marks on the sonar.

I stopped paddling and set up shop and once I found them I could not get my jig to the bottom no matter how hard I tried! Dang crappie snatched it up before it even got close. I even shook a couple off and tried again, but another one would snatch it right up.

In all seriousness it was a fun trip, lots of marks, and lot of hungry fish, I kept a stringer for the grill and turned the rest back. I probably turned back 3-4x the number that I kept. All were caught on small white jigs, most of them vertical jigging, but a couple while I was dragging my jig to paddle back over the schools, and one silly one ate the jig dangling next to my boat while I was unhooking his buddy. The average size was around 9", the biggest of the trip was 11".

I was treated to fresh grilled/smoked fillets on a warm homemade bagel this morning. Awesome trip!