Quackrstackr and I decide to try to catch some crappie on cranks Sat after our last trip was a total fiasco with 3 foot waves and bunches of crankbaits left hung on bottom structure. We hit some main lake bars but the lack of current really hurt us there. The fish were scattered all over the place with maybe 3 here then one there. We ended up on a ledge in a major bay that had done well for us in the past. Again, they were scattered but we did hang with them long enough to catch 22 keepers. Tim and I have both been painting some really off-the -wall colors and combinations to try. We caught all but a couple of our keepers on our custom combos. We didn't lose quite as many as the last trip but enough to make it painful. It's hard to take when you start catching fish on one you painted that happened to be the ONLY one like it then break it off. That's why I take pics of all my new combos.

I am spending this afternoon changing line on every one of my trolling reels to Trilene Big Game Solar 12 pound test. The Mr. Crappie 10 pound I spooled onto my reels just a couple of days ago let us down BIG TIME. It might be OK for longlining but isn't made for getting cranks back from bottom snags.

Here's qs with one of my custom colors which happens to be a taxidermy paint for fish mounts. I had 2 of them and we both caught fish on it. Guess there will be more of it in the works this week.