Big M area, Dec. 27

[Quillback]

Cloudy, misty day with no wind early and a bit of wind later.  Took this pic of the mist on the mountain:

 

Caught some fish on the Ned rig and some on a 3.3 swimbait.  I caught 17 bass with 3 keepers, which is OK, but I felt I should've had a better day.  I was around fish but had a tough time getting them to bite and to top it off lost several fish with a couple feeling like they were good fish.

There were quite a few fish chasing shad on top, but they were scattered.  If I was close enough to get to them before they moved away I could get them to bite the swimbait.  

Ned fish were on the rocky banks with a few on a rocky ledge coming off a point.

The spots are eating good, getting real fat.

WT 51

 

[Dutch]

That’s as good as two of us did at Cape.  Congrats 

[Targa98]

Quill, I saw your rig down there at we put in at 10 am. We were chasing the little tastey variety. We ended with out 30 but it took all 6 hours we had to get them. They are scattered and tough to catch right now. And No one color was better than the next. Prob had 4 or 5 over 15" so it was great quality. And threw back 4 or 5 short. Tried to toss the Jerkbait for some Walleye but No dice. Did have 5 or 6 short Kentuckys. All in all, the trip served the purpose and really couldnt have asked for a better end of the year. WT be 49 & 50.

[Quillback]

Targa, that is a great day catching crappie on this lake!  Congrats!

[Dutch]

If anyone can catch them it’s him.  I wish I had his skills then I wouldn’t have to buy cod.

[Targa98]

Oh it wasnt easy. I actually rode down with a buddy so I fished from his boat. He put a beating on me and probably had 2 to my 1. But the front always wins whens it's that way. I'll prob go down Tuesday Solo. Not sure yet though.