I got the boat water ready and this year u moved the big fishfinder to the front on the troller. Yesterday it rained about 5(?) inches, then slowed in the afternoon. I really wanted to get on the water, even if the air temp was only 43 degrees. Put on my winter clothes and raingear and went fishing. For some reason, I had the Lake to myself. I found the crappie in 15 feet just outside the spawning bays. I went shallow, but didn't catch anything there. You can see from the picture, some of the males are BLACK. I was only looking find fish to bring the kids back in a couple of days, when the air temp is to hit 65.