I have fished the Pond 4 of the last 8 days. It has not been that great, the wind is wrecking havoc. Water is dirty, visibility is 6-8 inches. Went by myself last Friday, caught about 30 and kept 14. 7 were slabs and 7 were just fish (I don't keep anything under 10 inches and 11 inches if they are biting pretty good). Me and my partner Phil went on Sat, I didn't get a count as Phil kept them all, but I'm sure we kept 20 out of about 50 caught. Ran into Rusty (Blue Ghanoe on this board) and he found some fish on a ditch and was trolling back and forth on 400-500 feet of the ditch. He kept 23 and had some hogs. Me and Phil went back on Sunday with plans of fishing the ditch were Rusty found them. Howling wind made that impossible. Had to fish close to the west bank to stay out of the wind. Caught maybe 20 and kept 10. We lost 4 monster Crappie right at the boat. We seen all four of them and right before they were in net range, they came off. I expect to lose 1 or 2, but dang, not 4. Me and Phil went again yesterday and it was bad. Lake was white capping by noon, kept 7. Got into those pain in the butt Catfish yesterday, caught 8-9 of them. Wind is supposed to be better tomorrow, going to try them again. The crappie should be schooled up by now, but if they are, I can't find them. I talk to Jim Porter (the premier Bass and Crappie Guide down there) quite often. I think he has only found schooling fish one time in the last month. The day him and his client found the school, he said they kept 46 and 44 of them were big. If this wind ever lays down and the water clears up some, it will get better.
