04-26-2018, 08:55 PM
Followup report. I went to the North marina today. There were at least ten boats, toons and such in the boat harbor trying for crappie, along with a dozen or so crappie croppers on the bank. I didn't witness a single one caught but talked with one boater (Larry) who said he had one. Water 56° inside.
Not much better outside the buoys, either. I drifted the humps and had two catfish inquiries but no invitations accepted. Finally moved nearer the old roadbed and had a slashing strike. It was a dinner for two on the line, but the line was 6-lb test. No stopping that critter and it finally stitched my line through submerged trees. Pop. One of my best lures, too, dammit. Hadda be a wiper.
Water hit 60° as I packed it in.
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Not much better outside the buoys, either. I drifted the humps and had two catfish inquiries but no invitations accepted. Finally moved nearer the old roadbed and had a slashing strike. It was a dinner for two on the line, but the line was 6-lb test. No stopping that critter and it finally stitched my line through submerged trees. Pop. One of my best lures, too, dammit. Hadda be a wiper.
Water hit 60° as I packed it in.
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