08-18-2012, 09:00 AM
Rain came through last night but wasn&#39;t sure what the forecast was for today.<br />I reached for the little ladies Kendall Fire to checked the regional weather radar and saw the showers had all cleared out of the area. <br />Headed on over to the lake with overcast skies and a slight breeze.<br />Put the boat in and noticed the lake temp at 80 degrees. Five degrees lower than the last time I put in.<br />Headed on over to a deep water spot I frequent and picked up a nice TARP white crappie on the first cast.<br />This thing hit so hard it kind of startled me just a little bit. After all I was just looking for a slight tick in the line. <br />Many of you know this tick I&#39;m talking about.<br />Spent the rest of the morning working similar areas in open water near the 20ft zone.<br />Fish today were very finicky seeming to prefer 1 1/2 inch baits retrieved just as slow as possible.<br />Bites came just as slow also but if you kept work work working that cover, one would eventually commit and take the bait.<br />Did not tally a whole lot of fish this morning but did get a couple of nice ones within the mix.<br />Glad to see the keep ratio up on Tellico this year.<br /><br />