Report; Quabbin, 6/15/16

[Crestliner08]

Walt & I launched around 7:15 am this morning. Air was a brisk 53 degrees, but the water was 65 degrees! Winds were calm to slight, which isn't normally good conditions for us. We'd much prefer a stiff 15 - 20 mph wind to drift the main basins. We pulled off at 1 pm - just too darn hot with no breeze to comfort us. Here is what we were looking at, on the sonar, for most of the morning:



Schools of crappie & bluegill cruising the basin floor around 15' down. Small groups here & there as we cast and drifted various areas (very little structure to speak of). We used mainly straight tails today. I'm finding that unless you are moving along on a pretty good drift, the paddle tails don't give enough action to initiate a strike. But the single tails do just fine under slow conditions. Also caught a few on RoadRunners as well.

We ended up with 85 today, 8 being bluegill with the rest regular sized crappie. No giants today, but a decent start. They are definitely cruising under bait balls suspended over the main basin. You can catch some shallow, but not as many as on the main - JMO!

Here are some of our catches today:











All in all, not a bad way to spend a beautiful morning to be alive!