Here’s one of the two lb bass I’ve been catching.  Caught this one on a Berkley paddle tail shad minnow. 

I was really looking for the big crappie again and on the fifth cast of the day, I caught this bass.  I thought I was going to have a really good day.  But, as luck would have it…he was my only bass for the day. 

I did manage to catch a few crappie and one fairly nice one but the rest were mostly small.

Then, the wind started up and it got cold in a hurry.  I knew a cold front was coming in and I had dressed for it, but the bite just went dead.  The wind was so bad my line had a large bow in it and I couldn’t tell when or if I had a bite.  My little two man boat just kept swaying around in the wind that made things worse.  I kept at it anyway but all I could muster up was a few small crappie.  They were caught on the rust colored tube with the slip bobber.  In spite of the wind, I could see the bobber go under and that helped.  My goal could not be reached today either. 

I hope that there will still be some better days before I start my annual equipment cleaning and line changing.  Tight Lines.

Jim