Thread: Lakes Are Getting Busy!

I went fishing today and got to the ramp maybe 20 minutes after daylight and to my surprise there wasnt anybody there. Now I wasnt expecting it to be full at this time of the morning but I was expecting to have to get in a short line to get launched. Anyway, before I could get in the water two more trucks with boats arrived so I felt I was in the right place. I got launched and checked out a few places and began fishing when I started seeing boats coming from different directions.

Some were bass boats. Some were pontoons looking for spots to fish. A few were striper boats. And then some were crappie fishermen. Even watched a pontoon catfishing with @ 15/20 rods around the anchored pontoon. I thought...Wow! A good many out today but then again it was Saturday.

Anyhow, I fished a spot or two, then moved around some. Found folks fishing almost everywhere I went. Wasnt overcrowded by any means....just people fishing. I was actually relieved seeing folks out having fun fishing instead of worrying about the virus staying shut in for Christ sake!

Anyway, fished a few spots catching some pretty decent fish here and there. Moved a few times and dropped lines picking up a few more. Fish seemed to be scattered , atleast the ones willing to bite, but it was just interesting enough to stay after 'em. Finished my last spot @ 1PM and decided to call it a day because I had plenty of fish to clean AND 20 'mater plants at home that I wanted to get in the ground today. At the ramp there was a fair amount of trucks/trailers but mothing like a full parking lot. I figured....oh well!

Now....here's what blew me away! I was probably 30 minutes from home and on the way there I met boat after boat after boat! Almost every vehicle I met seemed to be pulling some kind of water vessel. There were crappie fishermen's boats, met a wake board boat, met trucks pulling jet skis, even met a pontoon loaded down with inner tubes and floats. Lots of pontoons and pleasure boats too. In all....probably met 20 trucks/boats during that short ride from the ramp to town.

Guys...not sure about your lakes but it looks like mine is fixing to get real BUSY in a very short time. And...it's only Easter weekend. Somebody needs to tell these folks to WAIT until atleast Memorial Weekend!! Geez...

Oh, the fishing...……….caught a lot of fish keeping a good many quality (filleting sized) fish with a few hawgs in the mix. A few fish were STILL holding all their eggs (white crappie mostly) but for the most part the black crappie have moved back off the banks looking for food in the 10'-15' depths. And in most cases the shad isn't that hard for them to find.

Didn't carry a camera along but did manage to take a cooler shot at the house. Here's the fish I brought home... Good luck to you guys. It'll be another weekend before I get to go again.

Nice box of fish