hey rug's did'nt feel like typing all this stuff again but this is a post from a few week's ago i typed. few thing's have changed since then so won't be hit'n it in march but should be catching those slab's sometime in early april!:D
i live in independence and fish maple leaf a lot in the spring! bob is right you can run your big motor. don't quite understand but the sign actually say's "anything over 9.9 no wake" never quite got that cuz a 9.9 will still make a wake. but you don't really want to anyway's. timber all over that lake. give me a shout when your ready to go, i'll be hit'n it in mid march through early june pretty hard! i found a couple awesome spot's these last couple spring's were i was loading the boat with 10 - 14 1/2 incher's fast and furious. was get'n off work at 2 driving by the house hooking my boat up and was out there by 3. i believe it was 3rd week of april til 2nd week of may when i did the best...did pretty well in late march early april as well. they seem to want fast moving roadrunner's. the timber is messy there though, the tree's are like spiderweb's real tough to get your jig through them but i found a couple spot's were there was'nt much timber but a couple hump's that produced a ton of fish...give me a shout and i will be more than happy to let you know when they start hitting and i will take you and your son right to them!
lot's of crappie in lake jacomo, but tough to get a decent one. have figured out a great nightstalking pattern but not sure if you would want to take your son doing that, they don't start hit'n til about 10 at night. you can dock fish there as well, there are several dock's all around the lake, some of them are a bit of a walk...blue spring's is a great lake i hear, don't have much experience there though. duncan is the man you want to ask about that lake...you also have holden city lake which is off 50 hwy...it's fast and furious in the spring but mostly 7 incher's. but would still be fun for your son. hazelhill off 13 hwy is another good lake filled with timber and a lot of crappie. but it's tough to get any size there as well, mostly 6-8 inches...look me up and we will have to hook up when this weather break's...i love my maple leaf!
why do today what you can put off til tomorrow, go fishing instead!!!