08-22-2009, 09:00 AM
We got on the water about 7:30 this AM. First 3 casts had 2 crappie and then 2 casts later had another, emoParty Thought it was gonna be a banner day but they slowed down after that and it was slow goin&#39;<br />for the rest of the day, emoRedface We fished &#39;till 12:15 and headed for the trailer as the seadoo&#39;s and destroyers were beginning to get going, emoAngry <br />Covered several docks and structures but only ended up with 25 crappie, 1 spaaattt big enough to keep and 2 &#39;gills. We only kept 7 crappie keeping in mind our 11&quot; minimum slot length. BenTim caught one that was 13 &amp; 3/4 inch but not too fat, emoScratch I would have thought that most would be really fattening up with all the minnows that we&#39;re seeing but none of the 7 that I kept had minnows in them, emoScratch I had 2 that were over 13 inches.<br />The count was 12 or more, a couple were 20 feet down in 25 FOW. Best bait seemed to be BG crystal shad today<br />Water temp was 81* - 83* and the wind was about 5 mph out of the south. Looking forward to cooler weather and maybe the crappie fishing will pick up, emoSmile