Seventy-five fish brought to the net in 2.5 hours. All but 5 fish were keeper crappie. I went hoping to find shell cracker on bed..but they are not. After a quick side scan of prime spawning areas showed me no bedding activity is occurring I got very lucky. I found crappie stacked as thick as thieves in an area no bigger than 12 by 12 feet. I spot locked and caught crappie after crappie until the front end of a front blew in with winds of over 35 MPH. Not only could I not fish in that wind, water was coming over the bow of the boat as white capping swells got to about 3 feet. There were only about 3 bass boats that had put in at the ramp I was using. They were hopping waves as they blew by me headed back to the ramp. I soon followed…but in a stick steer boat you are sitting up front. I was quickly soaked with the spray coming off the waves as I plowed into them. Made it in OK but was wet and cold. As I got the boat on the trailer…wiped the boat down…everything loaded….the wind quit…LOL. It was a great day of action…used the Diplomat Extreme 6’ 2” UL Area Trout rod….Varivas ES2 Ester Line at 2.3# test….a 2 foot section of Phantom FC leader…and a Sow Bug colored Trout Magnet on a 1 gram Daiwa Gekkabijin jig head with a #8 hook. The crappie are in their tuxedos…..black spawning colors. Most crappie in the 11.5-12.5 inch range. Sooner or later the shell cracker will go on bed…and I’ll be there. Life is good and getting better!
Congratulations ! I've been an Ultra Lite Crappie fisherman for about 10 years. I also have a "stick steer" boat so I know what your are talking about in waves. Great to see others trying the UL tackle and finding the joy of the added hits you never detect with the heavier tackle. Tight lines.
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