Fishing 11-19-08

Temps were suppose to be in the upper 50's yesterday, with plenty of Sunshine and lite winds. I did my running around in the morning, and then headed to the lake about 2:30 started fishing about 3:30. Talked to a few guys that was fishing from boats and they said they was fishing along the dropoffs and only catching small Crappie. I have my boat put in storage for the winter so am just fishing off the Docks at the Marina. I started in 10-12 ft of water and didn't go any deeper. First cast and I noticed that my line jumped so I set a bobber about 5 ft and started catching some nice Crappie right away. Then they slowed down and I raised the bobber to 2-3 ft and started catching them again. When I stopped catching them I took the Bobber off and would drop my line back to the bottom and then real up a few feet and hold it for awhile and then reel up another 2 ft until I either got a bite or reached the top of the water. Then I dropped back down and started over again. Most of the fish that I caught I watched take the bait. I could see my bait about 3 ft down, just to where it would disappear. It takes catching about 10 fish to get a nice keeper for a ratio. The action was pretty lively most of the time. Several people came and fished off of the docks but didn't catch anything at all. I brought 10 nice Crappie home. I quit at 6:30 and had quite a bit of action in the 3 hours that I fished. The temps are dropping down into the 30's and 40's here this next week so may not be able to go anymore this year. I have to pick my days that I can go.

Sounds like fun, my buddy is coming down from NE this weekend. Hopefully get on some slabs somewhere...

It was 12 degrees here this morning. Hope that you can get on a good bite this week-end. Crappie are a little confused this year. Good Luck! The weatherman is calling for snow flurries here tomorrow.