Originally Posted by
sticky
Thanks Ron. We spent a good part of the day scanning different areas of the lake now that I have my 998 on my new (to me) boat. I found lots of good looking areas that were similar to the ones that have been producing fish, but the crappie just weren't there in numbers. We would catch a few here and a few there. We finally found a good spot in 12-20 fow with heavy brush and we hit the jackpot. They were right in the tops of the piles and they were in there thick. We had a hard time catching many keepers. I think we had 14 keepers between 2 of us, but caught at least 150 fish in that one area. Then they slowed way down at about 3pm. We moved to a point on the south side of the lake where we have seen boats the last couple times out. It was also in the 12-20 fow range with less wood than before but the fish were in there. They were off and on for a while until it started spitting freezing rain around 4 and they started up again. Only a few more keepers and maybe around 50 or so fish in that spot. I used my hand tied jigs all day today instead of my plastics. I wasn't a huge fan of hand ties until today except for the fact that I hate losing them way more than I do a plastic jig. There sure are a ton of short fish out there. Clinton isn't nice to me except around spawn, but we seem to catch bigger fish there. Perry always produces for me but I always have a keeper to dink ratio of about 1-12. Much of the ice that extended from both Slough and Rock Creek to their respective bridge had melted off. The docks at devils gap were pulled out this morning but Slough ramp docks are still in for now. My 10 day forecast on my phone shows below freezing temps for at least those 10 days so I think the open water fishing around here is coming to an end pretty quick.
200 fish day???? That had to be non-stop catchin. <*)}}}><
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