Had a busy day today on the water

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And actually FILLED my cooler! We had to weight it down between fish at the end or they'd flop out.



There's well over 50 nice 'gills in there, as well as 3 nice crappie. I'm gonna brag a little and be sure to mention that I caught the 3 crappie.

We were late getting on the water, arrived at my favorite piece of real estate about 12:15 pm and we called it quits at 1:45 'cause we started having fish bouncing their way out on their own.

That calico on the top of the pile was a bit over 14" when I pulled him out and laid him on the lid for a quick measurement; the others were just under 14" and right at 12". Here's a better pick or him:



Notice the action on the HB; kinda hard to see but we were in about 21-22' of water and there were fish at the 15-18' mark the hole time we were there but I couldn't get them to bite; we tried lots of things, too before giving up and casting back to where they were biting wildly. We anchored up there and never moved until we quit for the day. The gills were average and above for this water. We only tossed back 3-4 that seemed small compared to the other and wow, did they fight and hit the lures hard; we had a blast! As well as catching the big fish, my partner for the day gleefully reminded me that I caught the small fish, too.......2 actually......small largemouths all of 4" long........ and he didn't let me forget it as we were cleaning them either.