4-11 report

[Skeeter ZX190]

With the beautiful weather I figured I'd give it a go and see if anything was biting, especially the crappie.  I put in at Long Shoals and headed up the Grand.  After I went under the Long Shoals bridge I veered off to the left and went back into one of the bigger creek arms.  The water temps were 58 to 60 every where I went so I figured the crappie wouldn't be on the bank.  I started out throwing a white & chartreuse spinner bait and started working my way back into the creek arm.  Started picking up some bass on the chunk rock banks.  Nothing over 16 inches with most of them being in that 13 to 15 inch range.  I probably caught 15 to 20.  I came to a secondary point and I grabbed my crappie rod.  The boat was in 12 feet of water but it was a short cast to the bank.  I was throwing a 1/16th oz. white and chartreuse grub.  I caught a crappie.  Then another. Then another.  At one point I caught 5 crappie on 5 casts.  They were all in 3 to 5 feet of water, maybe a little shallower.  I ended up catching at least 15 to 20 crappie.  All but one were between 10 and 12 inches long.  The males were just starting to turn black.  A few of the one's I caught were females.  I also caught one decent sized white bass.  I was also surprised by the number of Kentucky bass I caught, 6 or 7.  The forecast for the rest of the week is for wind, and more wind.  I hope it dies down this weekend so I can take me son and grandson and we can do some catching, not just fishing.