I enjoyed your story and agree the oil temperature and pan may be the problem.

We bought a place a few years back on LOZ and the crappie fishing is excellent from the dock. Not a day goes by that I do not wish my dad was still alive to share the experience with. Seems I never really appreciated spending time with him until he was gone. I have passed down the love of fishing to my family and hope they will be thinking of me and the quality time we shared when I am gone.