Hillsdale 6/20

[John Wells]

Caught 10 small crappie mid-morning. They were around trees in deep water, hanging around in 3-15 feet of water. Water temp was 75 degrees on the humminbird. I used minnows. I also caught a small channel, two drum, and a nice white bass. Just FYI.

[springhillwantabe]

thanks for the hd post

[crappiebum_kc]

Thanks for report!

[Ronald Meeder]

What was the water clarity?

[John Wells]

It wasn't clear like it had been before the lake rose, but it wasn't super stained either. Actually more towards the clear side than stained.

[runout789]

We found same thing all last week. 8-9 inchers on top half of submerged trees in 20ish FOW between 3-15 feet. Larger fish were very hard to come by and only in the deeper portions of water column. Almost no keepers. if you like em 9 3/4" though I am a slayer Fun but slow very light tapping bites pulling minnow jigs and dipping.

[John Wells]

We found same thing all last week. 8-9 inchers on top half of submerged trees in 20ish FOW between 3-15 feet. Larger fish were very hard to come by and only in the deeper portions of water column. Almost no keepers. if you like em 9 3/4" though I am a slayer Fun but slow very light tapping bites pulling minnow jigs and dipping.

I wish they would change the length limit to 9" like it is at Truman Lake., I'd be cleaning a lot more fish. I'm going to try a couple of things soon at HD: Trolling with crankbaits on the dam and night fishing. I know the bigger ones are there, I caught almost all keepers this spring during the spawn.

[runout789]

Wife and I are gonna camp out there tonight and tomorrow. Gonna hit water in morning and see what we find. Hopefully the idiots stay home till later in day.