Poverty Point

Made my annual trip up to the point. Monday was wind extreme and the bite was off , at least for the Doc and myself. Although Doc did catch a 8lb 8oz bass right at dark the first day. Did talk to a guy who had 40 males beating the bank all day. I typically go there for the big fish, so was looking for those big females staging out. Tuesday was severe weather until 1pm or so. The afternoon was fishable, but the bite was not good..Totally thought i had lost my touch. Tried deep, shallow and everywhere in-between. Nothing i was doing was working. Normally it takes a day to adapt and figure out the fish. But this was day 2 and we were still not on a consistent pattern. So instead of changing what i know about the lake, depth, lures etc. We changed the time pattern and it payed off. Got out before sunrise on wednesday and picked up 13 quick. The bite shut down for a while after sunrise. Still picked up 20 fishing north cove throughout the day. The weather had calmed that day and it was sunny. Switched to the south cove in the afternoon and the late bite into the dark was really good. Ended the day with 51 fish. Only downside was nothing better than 2.3lbs. After all, the point has become famous for those grenada sized crappie. Not complaining, the quality was great. Most in the 1lb 8oz range. Many up to 1lb 11oz. Thursday was cloudy with east winds, but not bad enough to affect the fishing. Same pattern, but for some reason the after dark bite was not as good as Wednesday. Same results on the size. Lots of quality fish, but still no "walter". Had to leave Friday am. Storms kept us from that before daylight bite and only had 4 fish before heading back south. Overall, it was a good trip number wise. Ended up with 125 total. All caught and released. Many still full of eggs. Males caught in 17fow. Lots of folks beating the banks, some caught, some didn't but that's fishing. Marina folks told me no one had weighed any really big fish. They are there, just got to be there when it happens. If lucky enough, may make one more trip. The locals said the bite was really good during the fall and winter..Guess this warm spring has them in a quirky pattern.