Hal, Chick, Crappie-MIxed with Bass & a couple Cats, 10-18-09, M & M Marlon

Kinda tuff day for fishing starting out this morning with the boat cover frozen to the boat at my house, :frowning: Temp was a balmy 32* and the wind had an early start, emoRedface Other than the wind we had a good day but that wind made for some interesting boating, trying to stay on one spot was a chore. We ended up having to tie up, just couldn&#39;t keep the boat off the docks without banging into them. We had lots of clothes on and didn&#39;t get the least bit cold, even running the boat looking for a place to fish that was out of the wind, emoTongue We ended up with 28 crappie, 2 catfish, 1 of which was about a 10 lb blue, 2 spots, 1 LM bass, 1 very small small mouth and 3 &#39;gills, emoThumbsup We kept 14 crappie and a big spot for Marlon&#39;s fryin&#39; pan and let the others go back to get bigger, emoBigsmile We did have 2 TARPs today which brightened up Marlon&#39;s day quite a bit, emoThumbsup We fished docks and structure while struggling with the boat handling, emoHoppingmad Waves were 2 feet &#43; and there were even some destroyers out today, emoScratch <br />Water temp was 64* and most of the fish were caught on a 10-12 count. The fish are really in great condition already so they should make the winter just great. We did catch several 9 inch fish off one of the docks without any big fish, emoScratch Used BG shad and color didn&#39;t seem to make a big difference but you did have to change colors quite often to keep the bite going emoFish