Smithville Sep 25th

Me and a buddy hit Smithville this evening from the bank just to see if we could luck up on some fish. We went to the second W bridge on the west side and had no luck at all during the day but once it got dark we lowered a lantern down to the waters surface and and tied it off to the bridge. After about 30 min of nothing the bugs gathered the shad gathered and sure enough the crappie showed up and it was on. Didnt catch very many keepers but we had a ball catching the little 8 inch shorts. Used minnows of course anywhere from a foot to 3 feet down. We weren't catching them up close to the light but about 5 feet out from the lantern. Now if we can get the weather to cool off a little bit maybe the big ones will show up.