Black Lake 5-23-16

[Pastor]

I have been watching the water at Black Lake fall on the USGS site and knew the water was almost back to pool stage. So, today, I made an exploratory trip over that way. Fished from 6:30 until 1:00. I caught around 40 and kept 15 crappie and 2 bream. All caught on concrete pilings. I did fish the trees for a while, looking for some bigger fish, and didn't get a bite so went back to the pilings. Almost every one of the fish were caught on a 1/32 oz. black/green/chartreuse hair jig that I tie, the "Last Resort." It was amazing; I could fish the same colored jig in a 1/32 oz. and a 1/16 oz. side by side and never get a bite on the bigger jig. I did manage a few fish big enough to filet, but most of the ones I caught were scraping size or smaller. But it was fun even catching the ones I threw back. Here are a few pictures I made.



This is how high the water got on Black Lake at the bridge on Hwy 9.



Pictures of some of the fish I caught.



A picture of the biggest fish of the day. I don't know what the world record is for goo on 6 lb. line, but this one had to be close.



And finally a box shot of the fish I brought home.



We ate some of them for supper. Yum! Yum!