02-11-2015, 10:00 AM
I took the Kayaks over to a private lake I have access to on Saturday. Last spring and summer I had some unreal days over there with many fish over 7lbs but the last couple of trips were tough. One trip I didn&#39;t catch a single LM so I started crappie fishing and the other I only managed a couple of short fish.<br /><br />So I packed the crappie gear ready just in case. 
<br /><br />We didn&#39;t start until around 1:00 when it warmed up. After short paddle to the old channel bed I made my first cast with an Academy H2O brand square bill I had bought Friday night on sale for $2 bucks. I started just slowly cranking and immediately hooked up with a 3lb fish. I then caught a fish on 4 of the first 5 casts. All in the 3 lb range. Moved around a little and picked up several more in the 3-4lb range. It seemed like I was on an episode of Major League fishing... A fish on almost ever cast.<br /><br />After about an hour or so I had caught about 20 plus nice LM... I had one that would have been in the 8lb range but of course as I was trying to dig my phone out I lost my grip and it fell back into the water... I posted a couple of fish.... the pics make them look much smaller.<br /><br />Anyway... just for kicks I decided to see if it was the crank bait I was using or would they hit about anything. I tied on 4 different cranks, two different spinner baits, a swim bait, shakey head, jerk bait and a head spin. Couldn&#39;t get bit... I tied the original crank back on and caught another 4 lb fish on the first cast.<br /><br />Go figure... It was a red craw fish pattern and I was cranking it as slow as possible without falling sleep.<br /><br />Now my partner was having a good day with a blue skirted spinner bait. I tried it and couldn&#39;t get anything. He seemed to be letting it almost drag on the bottom. He also had probably 15 or so fish with one around 7lbs or so. I forgot my scales. He had a ruler and it measured 24&quot;<br /><br />Fun day for sure... Didn&#39;t use the crappie rod...<br /><br />I have a fish finder on the Kayak and it said the water depth where we were catching most of the fish was in the 7 foot range. Water temps were 48-49 degrees.
<br /><br />We didn&#39;t start until around 1:00 when it warmed up. After short paddle to the old channel bed I made my first cast with an Academy H2O brand square bill I had bought Friday night on sale for $2 bucks. I started just slowly cranking and immediately hooked up with a 3lb fish. I then caught a fish on 4 of the first 5 casts. All in the 3 lb range. Moved around a little and picked up several more in the 3-4lb range. It seemed like I was on an episode of Major League fishing... A fish on almost ever cast.<br /><br />After about an hour or so I had caught about 20 plus nice LM... I had one that would have been in the 8lb range but of course as I was trying to dig my phone out I lost my grip and it fell back into the water... I posted a couple of fish.... the pics make them look much smaller.<br /><br />Anyway... just for kicks I decided to see if it was the crank bait I was using or would they hit about anything. I tied on 4 different cranks, two different spinner baits, a swim bait, shakey head, jerk bait and a head spin. Couldn&#39;t get bit... I tied the original crank back on and caught another 4 lb fish on the first cast.<br /><br />Go figure... It was a red craw fish pattern and I was cranking it as slow as possible without falling sleep.<br /><br />Now my partner was having a good day with a blue skirted spinner bait. I tried it and couldn&#39;t get anything. He seemed to be letting it almost drag on the bottom. He also had probably 15 or so fish with one around 7lbs or so. I forgot my scales. He had a ruler and it measured 24&quot;<br /><br />Fun day for sure... Didn&#39;t use the crappie rod...<br /><br />I have a fish finder on the Kayak and it said the water depth where we were catching most of the fish was in the 7 foot range. Water temps were 48-49 degrees.