Crappie on the surface

[fishguru73]

Went to the Jordan and trudged through the mud to get to the warms spring holes. I was catching a lot of bluegill, more green sunfish than I have ever seen present in past years, white bass, and a few dinky large mouth. I noticed a lot of surface action in the shallows and from the silvery-white appearance I knew they were crappie. I tied on a foam beetle behind a small clip on float and immediately began getting strikes almost as soon as it landed. It was hard to get a hook set yanking that fly sideways out of their little round mouths but I still managed to land a few. Some of them were very decent 10 to 12 inch fish and it was really fun watching them splash on that fly. Next week I am definitely going to use my fly rod, which I suspect will increase my hook up rate, and see how many I can land.
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