Fished Monroe Today

[cevans]

Water temp was 68.5, very stained, drizzling lite rain all afternoon, wind was very light,,I mostly fished the Saddle Creek area, and long lined, Caught about 100 crappie of which I kept, 7 that were 12 to 13 inches,,4 were females, most were caught between 6 to 14 ft of water all over the area, 2 walleyes, 1 bass, as well,,,all were taken on 1/8 oz roadrunners loaded with curley tale type gig bodies, floresent green, hot pink, orange/yellow. and a Yamamoto hot green w/glitter worked good too. Speed was 1mph to about 1.6 mph staggered. Several people were trying the bushes, points, brush,,and mostly what I saw them catching were small dinks. Lots of those for me as well. Not alot of people on the lake today, so I could fish anywhere I wanted.

[Hoosier Hog Daddy]

Good report . Thanks for sharing it. I figured the water would be pretty stained, unless you went below causeway. I take it you were not tipping your jigs with anything. I would have thought with the water being stained as much as it was that slow and lighter jig might have worked better. Walleyes are a great trash fish to supplement your crappie :rolleyes:

HHD

[cevans]

You can't see your bait,,about 2 ft down,,but its not muddy,,just a greenish stain and not to milky if that. At this time of year,,I don't use live bait. I fish out of a 14 jon boat,,so when going with the wind,,what ever the speed is,,is what it is,,and when going into the wind,,its more controlable. Hence the heavier jig, This works for me, and I couldn't keep 3 lines in the water over a 5 hr period all day yesterday,,even tho most of the fish were dinks,,I released alot of 10" fish.