Made it out to El Dorado yesterday afternoon to fight the north wind which ended up nicely dropping off as the afternoon went by. My dad came out with me and helped me sink a couple cedar trees for Mr. Crappie. Thought we had a pretty good plan, tie the trees to the concrete blocks on shore, run a rope threw the cable and pull them a short distance with the boat to where we want them dropped. Went very smoothly and kept the mess out of my boat, but we now have a new appreciation for the people who sunk brushpiles that we've fished in the past. Pretty hard work and time consuming. Hope they produce some nice fish in the future. :cheers2
On to fishing, only a couple hours to fish, planned to go look for whites and wipers, plenty of birds all over the lake to help find the fish. Didn't have to high of hopes for catching since we were post front with a north wind, but we decided to stop and try a couple trees for crappie anyways. Started to catch some nice crappie dipping trees 10-12ft down, real real tight to the timber. I was smoking my dad until he brought a hog up to the surface. After I struggled to get the net loose I boated his 15.5in crappie. :crazy: His new personal best for El Dorado. Been trying to make a point to keep the net very handy, but when it's stuck you're bound to catch more big fish. :ThumbsUp Kept dipping trees, found a several more that would play. Only a couple dinks but ended up with about 10 for about 2hr of fishing. A lot of the crappie had big-ole bellies on them, definitely not missing any meals, getting ready for winter. :)
Not much activity on the lake, think we only saw one other boat. Matches the activity and reports on this forum. Everyone must be watching football Sunday afternoons.
