mojocatt

One stinking crappie, that's all we went home with. I got one decent sized crappie and about six little guys, Rowan did not get so much as a nibble. They were hugging the bottom and were a bit lazy, I had to jig like nuts to get their attention. Once I got one to come up off the bottom and inspect the offering, I had to work the lure just so to get a bite. Too aggressive and the fish spooked, too subtle and the fish would loose interest. Poor Rowan never had a chance against such a grumpy school of crappies. Even using the same exact setup she had no luck, as the trick was in the presentation and she lacked the understanding of how to do it. Plus we only had one sonar unit, and you had to be able to see exactly what was going on down there second by second and change your jigging depending on what was near the lure.

Although the last small crappie was a interesting chap. I threw him back in the hole, he did 5 to 8 laps in the hole at high speed and he jumped back out. I threw him back again and he just hovered in the hole, refusing to go down. I pulled him out again, pointed him straight down and gave him a push, he came back up. I poked him, pushed him, helped him down the hole, and each time he came back. I finally gave up and continued to fish past him, eventually the crappie made his way down the hole again.

I should wait until March to bring her out again, things can just be too difficult in mid winter. By March the crappie and bluegills will be throwing themselves at the lures again.

Update on our bicycle lane woes, the hearing is not about stopping the restoration of parking in front of my house, that's good news. The hearing is about proceedure in these matters in the future. I might still go, I don't know. Put my two cents in about what a cluster the process is for both sides of the isse.