Finally made it back to the lake for a crappie trip. In the last few weeks I haven't had a chance to fish more than a couple of hours a weekend and the bass bite has been winding down on my favorite spots so instead of searching for them I decided it was time to pick the jig pole back up.

I was excited to get back after the crappie and normally this time of year is as consistent as it gets once you figure them out. Needless to say, I was greeted by some tough fishing. I started out at safe light and figured things would be slow until the sun showed up. This time of year I generally fish shaded cover and the early morning bite is generally slow unless a few are found on brush.

It didn't take long before I caught a nice fish in the 1.50 range but the quick start quickly slowed drastically! It took another 1.5 hours to catch another crappie. I stayed on the move and fished a lot of spots including blow downs, bridges, docks, logs, and brush. In hindsight I caught fish at each type of cover but it was 1 here, 1 there. I kept after them until 1 pm when I had enough. I caught around 20 crappie and ended up keeping 11 with a few bonus fish including a hefty shellcracker that made my heart skip a beat on a blow down LOL

Fish were caught in 4-15 FOW at a variety of depths and the best colors were black/chart. and June bug/chart. Although I tried casting, all fish were caught vertical jigging. I believe the fish are behind schedule a little bit. I could be wrong, but the water temps are lagging behind right now. Water temps were around 80 degrees Saturday. Albeit slow, it was still a fun morning on the water!

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