Quote Originally Posted by Lucky_Livewell View Post
The piles were hot! Fished from 4-7:30 pm and caught about 35 over 10" and probably 3-4 times that many shorts. It was drop a minnow down and pull a crappie out! They were doing the tic-tic-tug and if you didn't let 'em take it you'd just lose a minner. Didn't matter at all whether the minnow was dead, alive, stepped on, or dried up from lying on the boat floor. Managed to catch 7 crappie off one dead minner before he fell apart. I tried jigs and they sure seemed to thump it hard, but couldn't hardly get a hook set; seemed to be grabbing just the tails. Anybody got any tips on how to hook up when they are biting like that?

Only fished three piles; one in 17-18 fow, one in 12-14 fow, and one in 10-11 fow. The shallowest pile was by far the best - don't know why- could have been the depth, location, or lack of fishing pressure. About 6:00 the fish seemed to come up in the water column and sit at the top of the pile - that was fun - didn't have to waste time reeling, they were just 5-6 ft down.


Good Luck to all who brave the crowds this weekend

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this makes as much sense as anything to answer your question....Nice job