Decided to try Lake Brewer for the first time. Well, for crappie anyway. I have bass fished it several times. Saturday morning we found the parking lot with about 8 or 10 boat trailers. We soon joined them braving the wind and RAIN. When it rain like that, I found that a rain suit is not always waterproof. They have raised the lake level so the bank we fished had buck brush and trees in 8-12 feet of water. My daughter and son (21 and 19) caught their fish on minnows and I used a jig tipped with a minnow. By noon we had 13 keepers from 11 to 13.5 inches. 11 males and 2 females.

My wife wanted to go this morning. After she twisted my arm a little, I gladly agreed. The things I do to keep her happy. The parking lot was overflowing with trailers when we arrived at 8:00, but the weather was much better. We fished the same stretch of water and caught 11 more good fish by noon, but today we had 9 females and only 2 males. I would guess the spawn won't be far away. The water temp was 67. I was snake bit early because for every five 6 inch bass I caught, she caught a crappie. After she had 8 in the boat, I finally caught 3. This was our first trip together this year and we had a great time.

I did see several folks catching white bass as well.