OneON and I made a drive to Erling today after a late start due to rain. Arrived around 8 am. Looked like it was going to stop but as soon as we pulled out from the launch the bottom dropped out. We caught 2 nice crappie and a 4 pound blue but really didn't find any shad on the southern end of the lake. Took a drive up to Blackwells after lunch, scoped it out but nobody was fishing and the rain didn't let up. I'll stay with it as soon as the rain stops next week. Thanks to all. Don