My brother and I got a chance to spend some quality time together this past week. Booked a guided crappie fishing trip with Carl Painter of Sardis Lake, MS.<br /><br />We left Chattanooga a balmy 54* and by the time we got to Sardis the temperature was 41*! The next morning the day of our fishing expedition the morning air was about 27* leaving frost on the truck windshield. It did manage to get up to just shy of 50* by the end of the day. (What is this stuff about Global Warming??) I thought the dogwoods would be blooming that far south.<br /><br />The crappie caught at Enid Lake have to be better than 12" to keep. You can keep up to 20 per person or 50 per boat. It is truly a crappie trophy lake. The first crappie caught was 14-1/2" and the second crappie caught was 15-1/2". In total for the day we caught 18 crappie with 16 of them 14-1/2" or better. The two shorter fish were 12-1/4" and 13-3/4". It only takes 8 Enid Lake crappie to make 12…honest. After filleting them out we had a little better than 12 lbs. of fillets. Yum, Yum.<br /><br />The water temp. was 43*. We fished with minnows (spider rig).