I remember that movie to some degree and i would like to say there may be such a thing . What makes a fish lose its mind right before a storm comes thru is up to you to decide . Some say its the falling barometer and others say its this and that . I do know way back when the Stripers seemed get crazy before a storm would come thru .
I think i have noticed crappie doing the same from time to time . Maybe its the baitfish balling up for protection ?
So here we go ....i need to ketch fish ...specifically crappie fish and i was going to go get a few tuesday afternoon in a spot i dont really know . Well all 3 folks i called couldnt make it so i ended up hitting a lake closer to my house that i know well . got there about 5:30 pm and it was super windy . I thought well at least 3 spots have good south wind shelter and i best get after it .Never did a weather check because i was low on time ...MY BAD for sure . Spot one NADA ....and i dont know why , they always seem to be in there to some degree ....spot 2 a few but no size to them . Spot 3 .....KABOOM ......!
and they are stacked up like Alaskan fire wood in the fall .
Anyway i smacked them fast and hard and they were as aggressive as crappie get . There were huge balls of shad all over the entire cove. The crappie were all over em up on the surface and thru out the water column . One crappie even smacked my jig when i was pulling it out of the water to check it after i missed one . I noticed some turbulent skies and worried a storm might be coming and about the time it got crazy with fish my phone starts to get crazy as well. Folks are like Ketchn you best get off the water NOW ....its a bad one a coming to town .
A deep rumble in the distance made me pack it up and when i hit open water it was obvious it was a race between me and this here storm . My rig runs about 30 and the reports i was getting said it was running 60 to 70 plus ......
the good news is i made it and got my rig out about a minute or 2 ahead of the monster ....
you know you are cutting it close when you are backing in to pick up the boat on one end of the bridge and the storm is on the other end of the bridge.
hope you enjoy the read and photo and have a great day
ans all the fish were released btw ....