06-10-2010, 09:00 AM
Put in at Soddy Creek this morning about 6:30, (I really like these overcast days), emoSmile The rain held off till about noon but tried to make up for it's delay, emoSmile I hid under a bridge while it opened up and tried to flood the lake along with some lightening, :o The moon Gods and the Crappie Gods 
d upon me today with some very nice crappie. Most of what I caught was over 11 inches with only a very few throwbacks. I had several 13&#39;s but most of what came in the boat today was around 12 inches. Should have been keeping today because I had some real nice slabs, emoThumbsup No TARP&#39;s today but I did catch another black nose which makes the 3rd one of those that I&#39;ve caught in the last month and this one was about 10 &amp; 1/2 inches so maybe next year we&#39;ll be able to catch some 11 or 12 inch black nose. <br />The final count was 57 crappie and 2 &#39;gills, (not one bass today although I did see some busting the top out in the river after 1 PM.) The bite was slow early but picked up around 10 AM and got better as the day went by. Sure hated to leave &#39;em biting but had to go. There was a couple real toad stranglers today and I had to seek shelter from the rain and lightening. I did some exploring for new places and found a couple that look like they will produce, I caught fish on both places so had to mark those for later checks.<br />The bite was deep early, around a 12-15 count in 20&#43; FOW then later it seemed to move up to a 10 after the rains started, probably &#39;cause the sky got darker. Did not catch any fish in less than 14 FOW today. The surface temp was 79*-80* everywhere I looked. I fished structure, bluffs, and deep docks and the lure of choice today varied between Blue Thunder, (Which sure applied today, emoSmile ) and Patriot, both with the tails dipped in J-J&#39;s Char/Garlic dye. It was a great day to be out there catchin&#39; crappie even if I did get a little wet, emoTongue
d upon me today with some very nice crappie. Most of what I caught was over 11 inches with only a very few throwbacks. I had several 13&#39;s but most of what came in the boat today was around 12 inches. Should have been keeping today because I had some real nice slabs, emoThumbsup No TARP&#39;s today but I did catch another black nose which makes the 3rd one of those that I&#39;ve caught in the last month and this one was about 10 &amp; 1/2 inches so maybe next year we&#39;ll be able to catch some 11 or 12 inch black nose. <br />The final count was 57 crappie and 2 &#39;gills, (not one bass today although I did see some busting the top out in the river after 1 PM.) The bite was slow early but picked up around 10 AM and got better as the day went by. Sure hated to leave &#39;em biting but had to go. There was a couple real toad stranglers today and I had to seek shelter from the rain and lightening. I did some exploring for new places and found a couple that look like they will produce, I caught fish on both places so had to mark those for later checks.<br />The bite was deep early, around a 12-15 count in 20&#43; FOW then later it seemed to move up to a 10 after the rains started, probably &#39;cause the sky got darker. Did not catch any fish in less than 14 FOW today. The surface temp was 79*-80* everywhere I looked. I fished structure, bluffs, and deep docks and the lure of choice today varied between Blue Thunder, (Which sure applied today, emoSmile ) and Patriot, both with the tails dipped in J-J&#39;s Char/Garlic dye. It was a great day to be out there catchin&#39; crappie even if I did get a little wet, emoTongue