Crappie Redeemed

Well, I was beginning to wonder was I going to have to post shorts, or empty ice chest. I was reaching out to those anglers that are able to fish daily and even a few guides I know.
For the last four or five trips not much luck. I usually sit on the sidelines from mid February to first of April. This has always been my least productive times on the southern river systems.
But today I brought me and my bride back about twelve and put the rest back. Probably caught at least a one man limit.
These fish were stacked up in a dead lake off the Pearl. This old lake is shallow ranging from a foot deep to only eight foot deep and some current is usually flowing through it till mid late summer when river gets really low. Yesterday the fish were only holding on big wood. No roamers to speak of. Most were found in three to eight foot of water holding from a foot deep to mainly three foot deep. Some were on the bottom but rarely bit. The ones holding higher up were more aggressive.
They wanted hair jig! No plastic!!! I spoke with four other fishermen none were having success with two that also had FFS. Those that I kept and cleaned had the pale eggs in them in which I have been told when pale no blood they are not going to lay them and their bodies simply ingest them. Not sure about that smarter anglers on this page may know more. The other interesting thing is all had three inch minnows and some even had a shad or two. But all other anglers in the lake were fishing mainly minnows under cork. A good day!