Quote Originally Posted by MidnightCodeX View Post
Looks like a great day on the water, especially sharing it with your daughter — that’s what fishing’s really about. I like how you adjusted with the sun coming out and found those crappies and catfish. Sometimes you just have to be patient and let the fish wake up. Nice haul too! Do you usually target crappie this time of year or mix it up with bass and catfish?
I usually target crappie 100% of the time regardless of fishing style, although catfish are also around the areas that I fish much of the time. Because I’m pulling crankbaits fast (1.4-1.6 mph usually), bass sometimes get caught as well. Most of the time they are smaller and need to be thrown back, although I sometimes get one that is large enough to bring home (but not so big that the bass fishing community get mad at me).

The only time that I target catfish is with jugs, although I haven’t done that in a while. I stopped bass fishing on big water after college.