Labman, Chickamauga, Crappie, 3/19/2010, Solo

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A beautiful day today and everybody decided to go fishing. There were more than 80 Trailers at CFP when I put in around noon. Got on to some fish pretty quickly with only 1 non-productive stop before finding some. Fished a dock at mouth of possible spawing ground and got into to some good fish. Water was about 18' and temp 52. All caught on 1/32 jig with BG Shad and PA's. Most any color seemed to work, all with taillight on a 5 count with some dead sticking. Left after catching 18 crappie, 15 keepers and 3 shorts. All the females are bursting with eggs it looks like. The keepers were all 11-13" and very fat.<br /><br />Tried a couple more spots with no success and then moved upriver to mouth of another spawning bay. Got into fish right away, but a few more smalls. Glanced at the structure scan and it was showing a huge school right behind the boat in open water. Tossed out a jig and bam hooked up. 5 straight casts and a fish. Lost the school and returned to to dock and got a few more decent fish. Water depth there was about 8' and same baits and count used. <br /><br />Ended the day with 38 Crappie of which probably 10 were smalls. Nothing super big, but some very nice fish. All returned to the lake for another day.<br /><br />Regards, Labman<br />