Thread: Today's Catch

Long lined for about 4 hrs today, 5 to 10' of water in a Res. in southern Indiana and caught about 40 total and kept 17 all 10" to 14". Threw back about 20 that were 9 to 10" each. Speed was 0.6 mph to 1.0 mph, constantly staggering the speed,,using a 1/16 chartruese road runner with chartreuse tube injected with crappie nibbles. Bite was awesome and they were moving up onto flats from deeper water. Water surface temp was 65 then later on all the way to 67. Water was stained a dash. No breeze,,back side of the high,,front side of the low pressure system and I am betting tomorrow will be even better so taking the wife and seeing if she can catch a few. Will keep you posted, but its starting finally. Females were full of eggs but no way ready to spawn and that won't be for a good while. Quite a few crappie fishermen were fishing the banks and moving quite a bit, catching dinks mostly,,while I was the only person long lining and I was a good 50 to 100 yds out from the banks and points.