Tues062309
"Raleigh Area Lake"
4:30pm
8:10pm
Water Temp: 86.6F
14 crappie
13 harvested 1 released
10.5-16" (16"=2.41 lbs)
3-9' down in 7-10'
#6 Vanish Transition


*1/16 glow ice fishing jig
split shot and #2 aberdeen
slip bobber and minnow

My midlake hump is officially open for the summer! 10 of 14 keepers were pulled off of it including the 9 largest. Again the fish were stacked on the hump...they weren't really interested in vertical minnow rigs--they preferred jigs...but a very strange and tiny solid body type. They would not touch the 1.5" gold/chart standby setup. Instead they went crazy for a glow-white 3/4" ice fishing plastic (Illinois leftovers) on a short shaft 1/16 oz chart head. I have had tournament success with this same plastic back in Illinois--but only once did it outperform the traditional tube. I'll take a picture of it soon.
I also had some success fishing the hump with a slip bobber and minnow pitched to wherever the boat hadn't cast its shadow yet. I hauled in a 1.78 lb crappie and a 1.67 lb crappie on that. But the jig caught more fish and big fish, including the 2.41 lb slab (which was released after a quick photo-op).

I had a great time with my coworker today. He fished with me about 10 months ago on the same spots...with similar results. We both had a great time...and he's got some good eating ahead of him.