The morning temperatures were considerably colder than the last couple of days. It was 42 degrees at the boat landing but as you moved a few miles away from the lake, it was several degrees colder yet. Still, Doug and I found the surface water in some of the more protected bays had not dropped much from yesterday. The first bay we pulled into was still full of 61 degree water.
Doug's first cast with a bobber resulted in a nice eaten size crappie. Ninety percent of the crappies we have caught so far this spring have been between 9-1/2" and 11" long. All of those crappies are probably three year old fish.
Doug caught and released several bigger crappies today. We took pictures first of course, but he released most of them in favor of those average size fish for eating.
By 9:00am, Doug already had his limit and since the bay we were fishing was just starting to get busy, he decided to call it a morning.
It was great fishing with you again this morning Doug! Look forward to doing it again this fall.
