7-3 evening trip

I was finally able to find a couple of hours to get out and wet a line or 2. Had a light breeze here at the house and I figured it would be a bit stronger on the pond. I launched about 5:20 in to a pretty good breeze (not quite a wind) out of the north. Air temp at 82 degrees at waters edge, low humidity and a near cloudless blue sky; very enjoyable conditions for a mid summer day actually. Water temp was a warm 79 at the surface out over the basin.
Took quite a while to hook my first fish, a small one eyed bluegill on the roadrunner with a stinger tail. A few minutes later, I had a double hookup, landing one bluegill and and losing the first crappie of the evening about 15' from the boat as I was reeling him in. A good hit soon followed, pulling drag and giving a real good fight; turned out to be a 14" LMB.
I did some casting over in to the shallower water with the roadrunner and landed the first crappie of the night.

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Another soon followed, a better sized one.

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Bluegill would be main catch of the night, most were in the 7 -7 1/2" class and smaller.

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The action for them picked up after the sun began to dip behind the hill and the shadows began to creep across the water. I had a brief flurry of activity from the perch, too.

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The wind never let up as I expected it to and I called it a night about 8pm. My shoulders were telling me I'd had enough rowing after my long layoff. Out of shape, I guess.
Totals for the night would be 4 crappie + the one I lost, the one bass, 3 perch, 1 pickerel that broke me off about 5' from the boat as I was getting ready with the net and about 15 bluegill, average size and under. All were returned for another day.

Very nice mixed bag.

Great outing. Glad to see you getting a chance to get out again.

Nice time on the water all around