Quote Originally Posted by EFslabs View Post
It sounds like you're doing just fine if those 15 fish are 10+''. We have had many 100-200 fish days, but 90% of those always seem to be under 10''. I'd gladly settle for less numbers on that lake if the quality was a little better.
I was going to say almost the same thing. Sounds like you are doing pretty good as-is. My dad and I caught near 100 (85) last week, but that was one of the best days we've ever had there. Time before that - in Jan on MLK day - we fished 6 hours and got skunked. Granted water temps were low 30s and the coves where we wanted to fish where iced over, but we've had our rough days, in every season.

My favorite fishing and the kind where I catch the most when they are biting is single pole jigging with a 12' pole. I troll through and jig up against structure and keep my finger on my 6# test and ready to set the hook with even the slightest tick.

However, I've done good trolling with double-minnow rigs too - generally in summer and early fall. Last summer, being in no particular hurry, I was trolling back to the ramp all the way across the open part of the lake and I was surprised to be catching crappie about 5-6 feet down in 50-60 foot of water with no structure anywhere around. It just depends on where they are - and I'm still learning for sure.

Average size for me last week was probably 9.5 (many well over 10"). I caught a share of small ones but the size was encouraging to me. Hopefully there's a good class of crappie in there now.