I was on some docks fishing the Mississippi this morning. I had rain and wind to contend with , the wind being the biggest headache. In spite of the weather, the fish seemed hungry. Today was a color day....if the color wasn't bluegill/chartreuse tail, the fish didn't hit. I went thru about 8 color changes before I hit on the good one. Effective plastic sizes ranged anywhere from 1" to 2-1/4". The water was still a balmy 54+ degrees. A major front is moving thru the area today and began yesterday but the fish still cooperated nicely. Nothing huge made the pail but I did keep 4 crappies and a nice sunfish of about 9" for dinner tonight. Lots of so-so crappies were on the chew. The 4 I kept were in the 11" range but a couple much larger blacks came un-pinned at the water-line before I could slip the net under them. The weather made the time there a challenge but in the end I was well rewarded.