08-24-2009, 09:00 AM
Put in Soddy Creek early this morning, hoping to catch a few crappie, 
And a few it was, only 14 crappie, one spot and one 'gill, emoScratch Just could not find the schools of fish today. Caught 2 or 3 here and 2 or 3 there, 
I did catch some nice slabs with 2 in the 13&#39;s and 3 in the 12&#39;s, only had 4 throw backs that were less than 10&quot;. It was cool on the water early with the water temp down to 79* and a north wind at about 6 or 7 mph which made for some waves being helped by all the boat traffic this morning......Bait of the day seemed to be BG crystal and bleeding shad on a 1/16th leadhead. The crappie were really down, most were at least a 20 count and caught a couple right under the boat at 30 feet. Also a lot of very light hits today, not aggressive at all.<br />It was a nice morning but the seadoo&#39;s and destroyers were out in numbers by 10 AM so I headed for the trailer. <br /><br />Thanks to BBass I have disk brake parts for my boat trailer now so this week I hope to get those installed. Having to pull the rig off Signal Mtn to go fishing is hard on the tow vehicle&#39;s brake system so I thought I would install some brakes on the boat trailer to give better control. Shouldn&#39;t be too big&#39;a job and hope it will be safer traveling, emoSmile emoThumbsup <br /><br />Thanks BBass, for coming out on your Sunday morning to get the parts for me, I owe you one, emoSmile <br /><br />No pic&#39;s today, forgot the camera, emoAngry
And a few it was, only 14 crappie, one spot and one &#39;gill, emoScratch Just could not find the schools of fish today. Caught 2 or 3 here and 2 or 3 there, I did catch some nice slabs with 2 in the 13&#39;s and 3 in the 12&#39;s, only had 4 throw backs that were less than 10&quot;. It was cool on the water early with the water temp down to 79* and a north wind at about 6 or 7 mph which made for some waves being helped by all the boat traffic this morning......Bait of the day seemed to be BG crystal and bleeding shad on a 1/16th leadhead. The crappie were really down, most were at least a 20 count and caught a couple right under the boat at 30 feet. Also a lot of very light hits today, not aggressive at all.<br />It was a nice morning but the seadoo&#39;s and destroyers were out in numbers by 10 AM so I headed for the trailer. <br /><br />Thanks to BBass I have disk brake parts for my boat trailer now so this week I hope to get those installed. Having to pull the rig off Signal Mtn to go fishing is hard on the tow vehicle&#39;s brake system so I thought I would install some brakes on the boat trailer to give better control. Shouldn&#39;t be too big&#39;a job and hope it will be safer traveling, emoSmile emoThumbsup <br /><br />Thanks BBass, for coming out on your Sunday morning to get the parts for me, I owe you one, emoSmile <br /><br />No pic&#39;s today, forgot the camera, emoAngry