Cold, Rainy Day Turned Out OK

[TDMartin25]

Started out the day checking out some duck blinds for sacalait on a small, local lake since it the first split of duck season closed last weekend. Couldn't find a single fish, so I pulled my boat out of the water, made about a 40 minute drive, and went check out another spot in the basin. Although, I didn't catch a bunch, I caught some really nice-sized ones (3 were 14"). They were all suspended a little off of submerged stumps in about 4' of water, and the water temperature was 48-50 degrees (coldest I've seen so far this winter). Caught them all under a slip bobber with a nickel 1/64 trout magnet jig. They were a little more aggressive yesterday and slammed the cork down pretty hard. Since they were a nice size, decided to blacken them, cook a small crawfish etouffee' on the side, and put the etouffee' on top of the fillets. Topped it off with some air fryer potatoes. This is probably my favorite way to cook them!