I took James Joslin from The Arkansas Democrat Gazette fishing today. It was slower than usual to say the least. Catfish were even slow. We started Catfishing and caught about 14 I think before changing to Crappie. It was almost dead calm and hot!!! Then wind picked up strong with the heat. Water temp on main lake on tranducer mounted on Trolling motor said 90 degrees. Decided to check a slough upriver and cool off. It was where I caught some a few days ago. The water temp there was 97 degrees! Did not stay long and returned to the windy open water. I finally was able to catch a limit of keepers and he kept a few also, but it was slow. The main bait was Umbrella tubes like usual. I gave him some baits Meatgetter , Crappie Logic and Southern Pro sent. Gave him a map lake , Crappie.com stickers and an invite to the forum. He took photos and asked lots of questions. Seemed real interested in the new'' kids corner'' forum. Really seemed interested in the B-n-M jig poles I use and the rest of my tackle. He wanted me to pass along thanks to those sending bait samples. He seemed happy going home with a cooler of fish .
When I backed my boat in the shop which is insulated and 16' door open the themometer registered 107! Tomarrow will not be a fishing day for me on the lake. His article on Nimrod will be out in a Sunday paper about mid August.
