Found out yesterday about 3PM that today (Friday) became a Federal Holiday and I was off work so I decided to make a short trip to 8 Mile Creek on Lake Catoma in Cullman. Best bait was a 1" slider in Pink and Chartreuse on a 1/32oz jig head casting single pole. I kept half a limit of Crappie and returned endless small gills and Crappie. The fish I kept were 9 1/2 inches to 10 1/2. I only returned a handful that were 12 inches or over, most were under 9. The water was 78 degrees with visibility of about 12 inches with fish suspended 5 to 6 feet deep on the grass along the edges. Beautiful day on the water! Fish pics later.

Damion Kidd, dragging back up the hill off CR 1422 was worse than I remember. I about had a heart attack!