Well most of the ice is gone in our area and I was able to get the kayak in the water for the first time earlier in the week. Didn't even take a rod and reel as I had not purchased my license yet. I did however take a new camera that my lifelong friend and fishing buddy gave me last December for my birthday. I attached the camera to my extending paint roller pole and probed it around in the some holes, slack water, current breaks and structure. I got some decent footage of structure, but the water is very dirty with only a foot or so visibility. No fish though. Tonight, however, was a different story. Keep in mind that this is not a camera with which I can view the footage on the spot, I just submerged into areas that I thought would likely be holding fish, checking about a half dozen areas. I wasn't expecting to see a whole lot because the pole and camera rig is fairly large and seems to me that it might alarm fish. I was really just intending to use it for structure observation. So man what a surprise it was when I saw the first sign of fish. Though it was not crappie, I think you all might enjoy this little video. And now that I see my set up just might work, it won't be long before I should be able to have some crappie video to share.