Fished on Friday with 2 other guys. The wind was rough to hold in, but the fish were biting. We fished ledges on the south end of the lake with some brush scattered on them. We kept 57 and could have kept a whole lot more but didn't want to clean any more. All fish were over 10 inches and 1/2 of them over 12 inches. We didn't have any huge fish, the biggest was a 13 incher that looked like she had swallowed a golf ball. They are just gorged with shad. The best depth for us was 25 fow. We used jigs in various colors but the best was blue/white. Here are pics of the ones I cleaned.

Odie





Yesterday I went solo. It has to be one of the all time best days I have ever had. I got on the water at 8 and it was an alright bite until about noon. I think I had caught 75 and had 25 in the well. The wind actually calmed down some around noon and I was able to move. I found a ledge in 25 fow with a just a little brush on it. The screen on my locator lit up from the bottom to within 6 feet of the surface. There was no fishing involved, just drop in and catch. The size was great. I went back to the live well and threw out 12 fish that were over 10 inches and replaced them with 12 inch fish. I closed the livewells when I got to 34 and kept fishing for 2 more hours. I must have caught over 200 fish, maybe more. I tried to fish with a rod in each hand and there was no way. I even caught 2 fish on one rod 1 time. Best colors today were blue/white and red/char. I wished my son would have braved the cold with me, he would be hooked for sure.

Just a tip I have found these last 2 weeks. If you have a locator, keep moving until you find big schools of shad and the crappie will be in them. The fish have not been the same place everyday. Same places we kept 109 Tuesday we kept 11 Wed. due to there being no shad. I had not fished any of the places I fished the last 2 days. I just turned on my locator and trolled in 25 fow until I found what I was looking for.

Odie

Here is the pic from yesterday.