I figured that I wouldn't have another chance for a while, so I decided to hit CC on yesterday morning. I had high hopes before the front moved through. Cloudy skies, light sprinkle, little ripple...But, apparently the crappie didn't appreciate it too much. Put poles in the water at the crack of dawn and hadn't gotten a single bite by 11:00, so I said screw this. I only saw 2 other boats out there and they were both bassin', so I figured that the bite was completely off.

Packed it up. Headed in to get some dinner. Then rolled on over to Lake Monticello. It rained hard the whole way over there, and then it rained, and rained, and rained...Lots of folks were headin' in as I was getting there around 12:30. All the boats had between 5-10 crappie, so I knew that it was going to be slow.

I really wasn't prepared to fish 55' deep. Started off with 6 poles and figured out really quick that they couldn't be spread far enough apart to keep the baits separated at 50' deep, so I had to downsize to 4 poles. They would hit it pretty good, but after a few cranks of the reel, it felt like they had gotten off the hook. After about an hour of reeling, they would just come up and lay on their side. Without a doubt, it was the wildest crappie fishing that I've ever done. I hooked several, but didn't get them to the top. Ended up with 7 crappie and a white bass. I threw a couple of small white bass back, and they seemed to take the pressure fairly well. All were caught on rosies dead on the bottom between 45-53' deep. I did catch my biggest blacknose to date. He weighed 1-12oz.

A few pics from this weekend...

Cane Creek at the crack of dawn. Doesn't it look peaceful?


When I see weather conditions like this, it just screams crappie to me. But not yesterday.


Lake Monticello in the fog and rain. Note the smart guy with the canopy...:D


Crappie floatin' in the livewell. That's how they came to the top of the water too.


Two of the biggest from yesterday at L. Monticello


Big ol' Blacknose