Looks like there's not much going on or everybody has lock-jaw. My last 3 trips have humbled me greatly. The lack of current is killing the crankbait bite but has forced me to check out lots of new waters I have been looking at on the maps. 10 miles of secondary channels on Barkley Sunday produced zero crappie but a bunch of new waypoints that will be checked out again as soon as the powers that be decide to start releasing normal amounts of water into the rivers again.

On a brighter note, the down time is allowing me to get a bunch of crankbaits painted for Wiskers so he can lose them all during the next spell home. He ran up on the deal of a lifetime on 100+ cranks that we all dream of and we both are benefiting from his good fortune.

I've been looking long and hard at my night fishing gear that has sat in my garage for several years. I made up a pair of 30" green LED submersible lights a couple of years ago and they are still as dry as the day I built them. If the rivers stay high, I may have to drop back to my younger days and break out some shiners and the night gear.

Tight lines to all.