Yesterday I had a lot of strikes and only 10 fish. Today I had 15 strikes and 13 fish. It's hard to complain about small numbers. I have lived on Texoma for 15 years and this is the first year I have been able to catch crappie in January in the main lake. I finely got completely over the medication and was able to get past the tunnel vision I was suffering from yesterday and managed to engage both brain cells at the same time and put together a pattern.

I most often use a #2 hook but for the last 3 weeks I couldn't get a good stick until I changed to a #4 hook. Today was just the opposite. I missed my first 2 strikes and went to #2 hooks and didn't miss another strike. The catch is in the details. At times a seemingly insignificant change will make all the difference. When looking for that working pattern remember to try all available options. The fish I threw back were legal just a little smaller than I like to clean. I cleaned 9 all over 11".

Afternoon fishing may be the ticket right now. I fished all day and again didn't have anything until 3:00 pm. Color didn't seem to matter as long as it was bright. I think I did best on orange and chartreuse. The bite for was very light again. For me anyway. I could see the fish on my sonar just couldn't get them to hit till 3:00. They did prefer to be deep inside the brush today as opposed to yesterday.

As a bonus to myself I set 2 more brush piles today. Old Russ Bailey would have been proud of me if he knew I existed

Striped Bass are still simple to catch if that's what anyone wants. I had a couple again today. They sure put the old ultra lights to the test.