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3/9/10 - Caught Crappie, Black Bass and Bream on Rosy Red Minnows, Shiners and 1/32-ounce chartreuse/silver/chartreuse and gray/red/gray hair jigs fished from 1.5-feet to 5-feet deep in 2 to 15-feet of water around brush piles and Bamboo Crappie Condos. Surface temperature was 52 to 58-degrees and the lake level was 543.62-feet above mean sea level and steady.
3/8/10 - Caught Crappie, Black Bass, Bream and several Pickerel on Rosy Red Minnows, Shiners and 1/16th-ounce chartreuse/silver/chartreuse and 1/32-ounce chartreuse/silver/chartreuse and gray/red/gray hair jigs fished from 1.5-feet deep in 3-feet of water to 17-feet deep in 30-feet of water around brush piles and Bamboo Crappie Condos. Surface temperature was 51 to 54-degrees and the lake level was 543.47-feet above mean sea level and steady.
3/7/10 - Caught Crappie, Black Bass (released), Bream and a Pickerel on Rosy Red Minnows, Shiners and 1/32-ounce orange/black/chartreuse, gray/silver/gray, gray/red/gray and chartreuse/silver/chartreuse hair jigs fished primarily from 1 to 3-feet deep in 2-feet to 6-feet of water around brush piles, lay-downs and Bamboo Crappie Condos. Surface temperature was 50 to 55-degrees and the lake level was 543.42-feet above mean sea level and steady.
3/6/10 - Caught Crappie, Black Bass, small Bream and a Pickerel on Rosy Red Minnows, Shiners and 1/16th-ounce chartreuse/silver/chartreuse and 1/32-ounce orange/black/chartreuse hair jigs tipped with small minnows fished from 1.5-feet deep in 3-feet of water to 25-feet deep in 35-feet of water around brush piles and Bamboo Crappie Condos. Surface temperature was 48 to 58-degrees and the lake level was 543.46-feet above mean sea level and steady.
3/5/10 - Caught Crappie on Rosy Red Minnows, Shiners and 1/16th-ounce chartreuse/silver/chartreuse hair jigs tipped with small minnows fished from 8 to 25-feet deep in 14 to 35-feet of water around brush piles and Bamboo Crappie Condos. Surface temperature was 48 to 52-degrees. At noon the lake level was 543.79-feet above mean sea level and falling.
3/4/10 - Caught Crappie and small Black Bass on Rosy Red Minnows, Shiners and 1/16th-ounce chartreuse/silver/chartreuse hair jigs tipped with small minnows fished from 12 to 22-feet deep in 16 to 30-feet of water around brush piles and Bamboo Crappie Condos. Surface temperature was 46 to 51-degrees. At noon the lake level was 544.19-feet above mean sea level and falling.
3/3/10 - Caught Crappie and Black Bass on Rosy Red Minnows, Shiners, 1/16th-ounce chartreuse/silver/chartreuse hair jigs and 1/32-ounce orange/black/chartreuse hair jigs tipped with small minnows fished from 15 to 25-feet deep in 20 to 32-feet of water around brush piles and Bamboo Crappie Condos. Surface temperature was 45 to 48-degrees and the lake level was 544.54-feet above mean sea level and falling.
3/1/10 - Caught Crappie on Rosy Red Minnows, Shiners, 1/16th-ounce chartreuse/silver/chartreuse hair jigs and 1/32-ounce orange/black/chartreuse hair jigs tipped with small minnows fished from 8 to 22-feet deep in 15 to 30-feet of water around brush piles and Bamboo Crappie Condos. Surface temperature was 45-degrees and the lake level was 545.26-feet above mean sea level.
2/28/10 - Caught Crappie and Bream on Rosy Red Minnows, Shiners, 1/16th-ounce chartreuse/silver/chartreuse hair jigs tipped with small minnows fished from 10 to 24-feet deep in 15 to 35-feet of water around brush piles, Bamboo Crappie Condos and other man-made structures. Surface temperature was 45 to 48-degrees and the lake level was 545.26-feet above mean sea level.
2/27/10 - Caught Crappie up to 16.25-inches and Black Bass on Rosy Red Minnows, Shiners, 1/16th-ounce chartreuse/silver/chartreuse and orange/silver/chartreuse hair jigs tipped with small minnows and 1/32-ounce gray/silver/gray and orange/black/chartreuse hair jigs tipped with small minnows. We fished from 8 to 22-feet deep in 15 to 30-feet of water around brush piles and Bamboo Crappie Condos. Surface temperature was 44 to 47-degrees and the lake level was 545.24-feet above mean sea level.
2/25/10 - Caught Crappie and Black Bass on Rosy Red Minnows, Shiners, 1/16th-ounce chartreuse/silver/chartreuse and orange/silver/chartreuse hair jigs and 1/32-ounce gray/silver/gray and orange/black/chartreuse hair jigs fished from 7 to 25-feet deep in 15 to 32-feet of water around brush piles and Bamboo Crappie Condos. Surface temperature was 44 to 46-degrees. At noon the lake level was 545.82-feet above mean sea level and falling.
2/24/10 - Caught Crappie and a White Bass on Rosy Red Minnows, Shiners, 1/16th-ounce chartreuse/silver/chartreuse and orange/silver/chartreuse hair jigs and 1/32-ounce gray/silver/gray and orange/black/chartreuse hair jigs tipped with small minnows fished from 8 to 15-feet deep in 16 to 27-feet of water around brush piles and Bamboo Crappie Condos. Surface temperature was 45 to 47-degrees. At noon the lake level was 546.17-feet above mean sea level and falling.
2/23/10 - Caught Crappie, Black Bass and Bream on Rosy Red Minnows, Shiners, 1/16th-ounce chartreuse/silver/chartreuse and orange/silver/chartreuse hair jigs and 1/32-ounce orange/black/chartreuse hair jigs tipped with small minnows fished from 8 to 25-feet deep in 16 to 35-feet of water around brush piles and Bamboo Crappie Condos. Surface temperature was 45-degrees. At noon the lake level was 546.36-feet above mean sea level and falling.
2/22/10 - Caught Crappie up to 2-pounds, 1-ounce and Black Bass on Rosy Red Minnows and Shiners fished from 6 to 25-feet deep in 12 to 35-feet of water around brush piles and Bamboo Crappie Condos. Surface temperature was 46-degrees. At noon the lake level was 546.64-feet above mean sea level and falling.
2/20/10 - Caught Crappie and Black Bass on Rosy Red Minnows, Shiners, 1/16th-ounce chartreuse/silver/chartreuse and orange/silver/chartreuse hair jigs and 1/32-ounce orange/black/chartreuse hair jigs tipped with small minnows fished from 8 to 26-feet deep in 16 to 36-feet of water around brush piles and Bamboo Crappie Condos. Surface temperature was 47 to 49-degrees and the lake level was 546.52-feet above mean sea level and steady.
2/18-19/10 - Caught Crappie, Black Bass and Bream on Rosy Red Minnows, Shiners and 1/16th-ounce chartreuse/silver/chartreuse and orange/silver/chartreuse hair jigs tipped with small minnows fished from 17 to 27-feet deep in 24 to 38-feet of water around brush piles and Bamboo Crappie Condos. Surface temperature was 43 to 47-degrees. At noon Friday the lake level was 546.76-feet above mean sea level and falling.
2/17/10 - Caught about 40 Crappie (kept about 20 - getting dark so no stringer picture) and a Bream on Rosy Red Minnows, Shiners and 1/16th-ounce chartreuse/silver/chartreuse hair jigs and 1/32-ounce orange/black/chartreuse hair jigs tipped with small minnows fished from 17 to 25-feet deep in 22 to 36-feet of water around brush piles and Bamboo Crappie Condos. Surface temperature was 43 to 45-degrees. At noon the lake level was 547.42-feet above mean sea level and falling.
2/16/10 - Caught Crappie, a White Bass and Black Bass on Rosy Red Minnows and Shiners fished from 16 to 26-feet deep in 22 to 38-feet of water around brush piles, Bamboo Crappie Condos and other man-made structures. Surface temperature was 43 to 45-degrees. At noon the lake level was 547.74-feet above mean sea level and falling.
2/15/10 - Caught Crappie and Black Bass on Rosy Red Minnows, Shiners and 1/16th-ounce chartreuse/silver/chartreuse and orange/silver/chartreuse hair jigs tipped with small minnows fished from 17 to 25-feet deep in 22 to 36-feet of water around brush piles, Bamboo Crappie Condos and other man-made structures. Surface temperature was 43-degrees. At noon the lake level was 548.02-feet above mean sea level and falling.
2/13/10 - Caught Crappie and Bream on Rosy Red Minnows, Shiners and 1/16th-ounce chartreuse/silver/chartreuse and orange/silver/chartreuse hair jigs tipped with small minnows fished from 13 to 25-feet deep in 18 to 36-feet of water around brush piles, Bamboo Crappie Condos and other man-made structures. Surface temperature was 43 to 45-degrees. At noon the lake level was 548.89-feet above mean sea level and falling.
2/12/10 - Caught Crappie, Largemouth Bass (released) and Bream on Rosy Red Minnows, Shiners and 1/16th-ounce chartreuse/silver/chartreuse and orange/silver/chartreuse hair jigs tipped with small minnows fished from 11 to 24-feet deep in 18 to 32-feet of water around brush piles, Bamboo Crappie Condos and other man-made structures. Surface temperature was 43 to 45-degrees. At noon the lake level was 549.31-feet above mean sea level and falling.
2/11/10 - Snow coming - no stringer picture. Caught Crappie and Bream on Rosy Red Minnows, Shiners and 1/16th-ounce chartreuse/silver/chartreuse hair jigs tipped with small minnows fished from 19 to 24-feet deep in 24 to 35-feet of water around brush piles, Bamboo Crappie Condos and other man-made structures. Surface temperature was 45-degrees and the lake level was 549.48-feet above mean sea level.
2/10/10 - Caught Crappie and Black Bass on Rosy Red Minnows, Shiners and 1/16th-ounce chartreuse/silver/chartreuse and orange/silver/chartreuse hair jigs tipped with small minnows fished from 21 to 26-feet deep in 28 to 36-feet of water around brush piles, Bamboo Crappie Condos and other man-made structures. Surface temperature was 46-degrees and the lake level was 549.36-feet above mean sea level and rising.
2/7/10 - Caught Crappie, Black Bass and Bream on Rosy Red Minnows, Shiners and 1/16th-ounce chartreuse/silver/chartreuse and orange/silver/chartreuse hair jigs tipped with small minnows fished from 15 to 26-feet deep in 19 to 40-feet of water around brush piles, Bamboo Crappie Condos and other man-made structures. Surface temperature was 46-degrees and the lake level was 549.35-feet above mean sea level and rising.
2/3/10 - Caught Crappie, Black Bass and Bream on Rosy Red Minnows, Shiners and 1/16th-ounce chartreuse/silver/chartreuse and orange/silver/chartreuse hair jigs tipped with small minnows fished from 14 to 30-feet deep in 28 to 45-feet of water around brush piles, Bamboo Crappie Condos and other man-made structures. Surface temperature was 46-degrees and the lake level was 544.89-feet above mean sea level.
2/2/10 - Caught Crappie up to 2-pounds, 3-ounces, a White Bass, Black Bass and Bream on Rosy Red Minnows, Shiners and 1/16th-ounce chartreuse/silver/chartreuse and orange/silver/chartreuse hair jigs tipped with small minnows fished from 19 to 26-feet deep in 24 to 45-feet of water around brush piles, Bamboo Crappie Condos and other man-made structures. Surface temperature was 47-degrees and the lake level was 545.04-feet above mean sea level.
2/1/10 - Caught Crappie on Rosy Red Minnows, Shiners and 1/16th-ounce chartreuse/silver/chartreuse and orange/silver/chartreuse hair jigs tipped with small minnows fished from 18 to 24-feet deep in 24 to 35-feet of water around brush piles and Bamboo Crappie Condos. Surface temperature was 47-degrees and the lake level was 545.17-feet above mean sea level.
1/31/10 - Caught Crappie, Black Bass and a Pickerel (released) on Rosy Red Minnows, Shiners and 1/16th-ounce chartreuse/silver/chartreuse and orange/silver/chartreuse hair jigs tipped with small minnows fished from 18 to 28-feet deep in 24 to 45-feet of water around brush piles, Bamboo Crappie Condos and other man-made structures. Surface temperature was 47-degrees and the lake level was 545.08-feet above mean sea level.
1/27/10 - Caught Crappie, Black Bass and a Pickerel on Rosy Red Minnows, Shiners and 1/16th-ounce chartreuse/silver/chartreuse and orange/silver/chartreuse hair jigs tipped with small minnows fished from 18 to 26-feet deep in 24 to 35-feet of water around brush piles, Bamboo Crappie Condos and other man-made structures. Surface temperature was 47 to 49-degrees and the lake level was 544.95-feet above mean sea level.
1/26/10 - Caught Crappie up to 16-inches/2-pounds, 7-ounces, Black Bass up to 4-pounds, 2-ounces (released) and Bream on Rosy Red Minnows, Shiners and 1/16th-ounce chartreuse/silver/chartreuse and orange/silver/chartreuse hair jigs tipped with small minnows fished from 18 to 28-feet deep in 24 to 45-feet of water around brush piles, Bamboo Crappie Condos and other man-made structures. Surface temperature was 47-degrees and the lake level was 545.07-feet above mean sea level.
1/24/10 - Caught Crappie up to 15.75-inches/2-pounds, 4-ounces, Black Bass and Bream on Rosy Red Minnows, Shiners and 1/16th-ounce chartreuse/silver/chartreuse hair jigs tipped with small minnows fished from 18 to 26-feet deep in 22 to 45-feet of water around brush piles, Bamboo Crappie Condos and other man-made structures. Surface temperature was 47-degrees and the lake level was 544.92-feet above mean sea level and rising.
1/22/10 - Caught Crappie, Black Bass and Bream on Rosy Red Minnows and Shiners fished from 18 to 25-feet deep in 24 to 34-feet of water around brush piles, Bamboo Crappie Condos and other man-made structures. Surface temperature was 48-degrees. At noon the lake level was 544.26-feet above mean sea level.
1/19/10 - Caught Crappie, Black Bass and Bream on Rosy Red Minnows, Shiners and 1/16th-ounce chartreuse/silver/chartreuse and orange/silver/chartreuse hair jigs tipped with small minnows fished from 18 to 28-feet deep in 24 to 45-feet of water around brush piles, Bamboo Crappie Condos and other man-made structures. Surface temperature was 47-degrees and the lake level was 544.02-feet above mean sea level.
1/18/10 - Caught Crappie up to 15.5-inches/2-pounds, 2-ounces, Black Bass and Bream on Rosy Red Minnows, Shiners and 1/16th-ounce chartreuse/silver/chartreuse and orange/silver/chartreuse hair jigs tipped with small minnows fished from 17 to 27-feet deep in 24 to 42-feet of water around brush piles, Bamboo Crappie Condos and other man-made structures. Surface temperature was 44 to 46-degrees and the lake level was 544.21-feet above mean sea level.
1/17/10 - Caught Crappie and Black Bass on Rosy Red Minnows, Shiners and 1/16th-ounce chartreuse/silver/chartreuse Hair Jigs tipped with small minnows fished from 18 to 28-feet deep in 24 to 42-feet of water around brush piles, Bamboo Crappie Condos and other man-made structures. Surface temperature was 45 to 47-degrees and the lake level was 544.15-feet above mean sea level.
1/16/10 - Caught Crappie up to 15.5-inches/2-pounds, 2-ounces and Black Bass on Rosy Red Minnows and Shiners fished from 20 to 24-feet deep in 25 to 35-feet of water around brush piles, Bamboo Crappie Condos and other man-made structures. Surface temperature was 45-degrees. The lake level was 544.11-feet above mean sea level.
1/15/10 - Caught Crappie up to 15.75-inches/2-pounds, 2-ounces and Black Bass up to 4-pounds, 1-ounce (released) and Bream on Rosy Red Minnows, Shiners and 1/16th-ounce chartreuse/silver/chartreuse and orange/silver/chartreuse hair jigs tipped with small minnows fished from 17 to 27-feet deep in 24 to 42-feet of water around brush piles, Bamboo Crappie Condos and other man-made structures. Surface temperature was 44 to 46-degrees. At 2:00pm the lake level was 544.26-feet above mean sea level.
1/14/10 - Caught Crappie, Black Bass and Bream on Rosy Red Minnows, Shiners and 1/16th-ounce chartreuse/silver/chartreuse and orange/silver/chartreuse hair jigs tipped with small minnows fished from 22 to 26-feet deep in 28 to 40-feet of water around brush piles, Bamboo Crappie Condos and other man-made structures. Surface temperature was 44 to 46-degrees. At 2:00pm the lake level was 544.56-feet above mean sea level and steady.
1/13/10 - Caught Crappie, Black Bass and Bream on Rosy Red Minnows, Shiners and 1/16th-ounce chartreuse/silver/chartreuse and orange/silver/chartreuse hair jigs tipped with small minnows fished from 21 to 26-feet deep in 25 to 40-feet of water around brush piles, Bamboo Crappie Condos and other man-made structures. Surface temperature was 43 to 45-degrees. At 2:00pm the lake level was 544.83-feet above mean sea level and falling.
1/12/10 - Caught Crappie, Black Bass and a White Bass on Rosy Red Minnows, Shiners and 1/16th-ounce chartreuse/silver/chartreuse and orange/silver/chartreuse hair jigs tipped with small minnows fished from 18 to 26-feet deep in 24 to 40-feet of water around brush piles, Bamboo Crappie Condos and other man-made structures. Surface temperature was 44 to 46-degrees. At 4:00pm the lake level was 545.12-feet above mean sea level and falling.
1/9 and 1/10/10 - Caught Crappie, Black Bass up to 3-pounds, 13-ounce (released) and an 8-pound Striper on Rosy Red Minnows, Shiners and 1/16th-ounce chartreuse/silver/chartreuse and orange/silver/chartreuse hair jigs tipped with small minnows fished from 18 to 28-feet deep in 24 to 40-feet of water around brush piles, Bamboo Crappie Condos and other man-made structures. Surface temperature was 44-degrees. The lake level was 545.51-feet above mean sea level and steady.
1/6/10 - Caught Crappie up to 15.5-inches/2-pounds, a Black Bass and a White Bass on Rosy Red Minnows, Shiners and 1/16th-ounce chartreuse/silver/chartreuse hair jigs tipped with small minnows fished from 21 to 27-feet deep in 26 to 38-feet of water around brush piles, Bamboo Crappie Condos and other man-made structures. Surface temperature was 46-degrees. The lake level was 545.98-feet above mean sea level and steady.
1/4/10 - Between two boats we caught Crappie up to 16-inches/2-pounds, 6-ounce, Black Bass and Bream (kept 58) on Rosy Red Minnows, Shiners and 1/16th-ounce chartreuse/silver/chartreuse hair jigs tipped with small minnows fished from 20 to 26-feet deep in 25 to 35-feet of water around brush piles, Bamboo Crappie Condos and other man-made structures. Surface temperature was 47-degrees. The lake level was 546.26-feet above mean sea level and steady.
1/3/10 - Between two boats we caught Crappie up to 15.5-inches/2-pounds, 1-ounce, (kept 54) a White Bass and a Striper on Rosy Red Minnows, Shiners and 1/16th-ounce chartreuse/silver/chartreuse hair jigs tipped with small minnows fished from 20 to 26-feet deep in 25 to 35-feet of water around brush piles, Bamboo Crappie Condos and other man-made structures. Surface temperature was 47-degrees. The lake level was 546.26-feet above mean sea level and steady.
1/2/10 - Caught Black Crappie up to 15.75-inches/2-pounds, 3-ounces, White Crappie up to 16.25-inches/2-pounds, 1-ounce and Black Bass on Rosy Red Minnows, Shiners and 1/16th-ounce chartreuse/silver/chartreuse hair jigs tipped with small minnows fished from 20 to 26-feet deep in 25 to 35-feet of water around brush piles, Bamboo Crappie Condos and other man-made structures. Surface temperature was 48-degrees. The lake level was 546.23-feet above mean sea level and steady.
1/1/10 - Caught Crappie up to 15.5-inches/2-pounds, Black Bass, White Bass and Bream on Rosy Red Minnows, Shiners and 1/16th-ounce chartreuse/silver/chartreuse hair jigs tipped with small minnows fished from 20 to 24-feet deep in 25 to 35-feet of water around brush piles, Bamboo Crappie Condos and other man-made structures. Surface temperature was 47 to 50-degrees. The lake level was 546.2-feet above mean sea level and steady.
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