The haul has been kind of light the last ten days; like "two or three fish in three hours" kind of light.

So yesterday I stopped by Dick's Sporting Goods to see if anything would change my luck. They had Kastmaster silver spoons which someone had recommended in another thread, so I bought one. And I bought my first "hair" jig - a Spin Daddy in hot pink and chartreuse tail (but I fished it without the spinner attachment).

Using just those I caught more than a dozen crappie and perch in one hour. Of course, my usual plastic tubes and grubs probably would have done just as well today...but it's better than spending $10 and then getting skunked! I guess the fish came along at the right time, huh?