Originally Posted by
CrappieDreamer
Fished the mid lake area Friday night. The water was still 56-57 degrees. When I first arrived, there was a steady breeze, but the lake wasn't too bad (no white caps).
There was one small group fishing one of the docks, another came later but neither stayed all that long.
I decided to try somewhat close to shore, thinking the wind might keep the baitfish there. Fished in 17-25FOW. Mainly caught fish 1-3ft off the bottom. I was using both minnows under a bobber and a double jig rig. The jigs with Monkey Milk baby shad out performed the minnows. However, when the wind and waves picked up, it was tough to detect light bites on the bobber. There were times that I discovered I was "fishing on credit" and hadn't seen the bite that did it.
At 12:30am a brief rain show came through. This didn't seem to affect anything. Around 1:30 the wind picked up more, changed from the SE to be out of the SW and was noticeably colder. My two anchors weren't holding very well and I kept moving from my spot.
Finally called it a night when the waves became very rough and it was starting to rain again. The trip back to the dock was very wet (mostly from the splashing waves coming over by bow).
I ended up catching 35+ crappie. Most were hugging 8-3/4 to 8-7/8 :-(. I did manage a small mess to take home.
No WB, saugeye or perch were harmed on this outing, only crappie.
Glad to hear someone is getting out in their boat ... I'm 50/50 on selling mine! Just do not get on the water like I did a few years ago ...
"We sleep soundly in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm."
- Winston Churchill