Fishing

I hit CC Manor pits last night and was blessed with some success. I brought a buddy from South Dakota and the pannies were hungry.

We started on the shady side of the water. Expectations were high, but fish counts were low. I’m not sure if it was the shoreline, shallow water, weeds, or what, but we couldn’t get the numbers and size fish we were looking for. We walked up and down the shady shore and it was about 1 fish per 10-15 minutes. Size was minimal with a mixed bag of gills and LMs

We made the big walk to the spot where I had done well in the past. It was sunny, clear, deeper water (completely different that our previous spot). I should note that the water was up about 2-3 feet from the last time I was out there (2-3 weeks ago) and many of the weed beds where completely submerged.

At this point in time it was about an hour before sundown and the fish made it know that it was supper time. We ended up catching about 40 fish a piece. I would estimate a total of 30 gills, 30 crappies, & 20 LMBs. We had plenty of doubles and had the opportunity to take pictures of us with doubles of gills, crappies, and LMBs. I will post them in a few days. Everything was CPR for another day.

We had several gills in the 8.5 inch range, but nothing bigger (many smaller). Crappies ran just a hair over 10” and almost every single one we caught was that size. We didn’t hit a single crappie until the sun fell below the horizon. After that, they moved right up next to shore and you couldn’t move your jig though there without having a strike.

1/32 oz jig with 1” twister tails were the weapon of choice. Chartreuse, and pink & white were the colors that kept us the most busy. We tried some others earlier in the evening, but this was the sundown ticket. I’d say a worm under a bobber worked best during the high sun.