The public ramp near HFB is disappearing. I checked it on Tuesday and watched a guy launch his big Ranger bass boat so I figured I was safe. Even with the ramp extended, my trailer wheels still leave the concrete and ride the rubble rock beyond the concrete. Touchy but still doable. No telling how long that will last. Anybody know a good rain dance?
Back on standard time and sun comes earlier. I was a little later than usual and gave up dock lights for bait. Started the usual milk-run up the lake checking spots along the way. Nothing to see.Saw a few fish around R35 and started trolling up to and around into Indian Creek. Last year I caught fish there all Winter. Not this time.
Kept moving up lake and tried to look for bait at Harbor Ridge in the little creek. I could swear I saw piles of fish there and worked them with vertical jigs and A-rigs but no bites. Maybe they were some other fish. I need to start carrying 1 or 2 crappie rods just in case. Good thing I now have a big boat. Kept going and found the crowd at the tennis courts. I got there just in time to see most of them leave for better spots. I didn't see anything so I kept going.
I started trolling again at Moorman's and was marking fish. Not big schools but good bunches. Worked them hard, changed up cranks and changed speed. Seems they wanted them a little slower. First bite at 11:00am. A tough fightn' 30". Makes great filets. No I'm kidding. Tossed it back. Rough when fish are "too big". Second fish came 10 minutes later. A scrappy 23". A little on the thin side so I tossed it too. First one bit a medium size crank and the second bit a small size crank. I kept working the area cause I was still seeing fish. Tried the A-rigs down on/near the bottom as I did before. I was down there cause I kept hanging up. Didn't lose any this time.
That's it, two fish in ten minutes.
Later Joel
Back on standard time and sun comes earlier. I was a little later than usual and gave up dock lights for bait. Started the usual milk-run up the lake checking spots along the way. Nothing to see.Saw a few fish around R35 and started trolling up to and around into Indian Creek. Last year I caught fish there all Winter. Not this time.
Kept moving up lake and tried to look for bait at Harbor Ridge in the little creek. I could swear I saw piles of fish there and worked them with vertical jigs and A-rigs but no bites. Maybe they were some other fish. I need to start carrying 1 or 2 crappie rods just in case. Good thing I now have a big boat. Kept going and found the crowd at the tennis courts. I got there just in time to see most of them leave for better spots. I didn't see anything so I kept going.
I started trolling again at Moorman's and was marking fish. Not big schools but good bunches. Worked them hard, changed up cranks and changed speed. Seems they wanted them a little slower. First bite at 11:00am. A tough fightn' 30". Makes great filets. No I'm kidding. Tossed it back. Rough when fish are "too big". Second fish came 10 minutes later. A scrappy 23". A little on the thin side so I tossed it too. First one bit a medium size crank and the second bit a small size crank. I kept working the area cause I was still seeing fish. Tried the A-rigs down on/near the bottom as I did before. I was down there cause I kept hanging up. Didn't lose any this time.
That's it, two fish in ten minutes.
Later Joel
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