The last time I made the 60 mile trip to Geist to fish with Jacob, we never caught a bass, and the crappie were hardly much better. That was a sunny, calm prespawn trip, and as I made that drive again this morning, I was beginning to see shades of last year all over again. The rain/cloud chances had already disappeared, the winds were light and variable, blue skies - I was really expecting the worst in the way of a bite. To my surprise, and the reason you just never know unless you go, the bite was pretty darn good. Some clouds eventually rolled in on and off through the afternoon, and the breeze picked up enough to keep a good ripple on the water later, also. We only fished for a bit over 4 hours, but in that time frame we caught about 150-175 crappie, 3 dozen bluegill, another couple dozen yellow bass, about 24 largemouth, and one big arse carp. I can't complain.
These made the trip home...
I got a black-nose crappie today, a black crappie variant...
How about this brute - 26 pounds...
These guys (or gals) are ready to pop - the spawn is coming soon.
I was at your home lake yesterday for a couple of hours and had a pretty good day also. Managed a 22" and a 19 1/2" plus 4 or 5 in the 1-2 lb class. Broke or lost all three of my shallow running crank baits so tried for crappies. Only managed 3 around 11". That was a heck of a carp.
Posted by: Bob Sturm | April 19, 2014 at 08:01 PM
Please advise where Geist is ?
Thanks
Posted by: Dave | July 05, 2014 at 12:25 PM
NE Corner of Marion County (Indianapolis) and into Hamilton County. About 1700+ acres.
Posted by: Big Indiana Bass | July 05, 2014 at 08:54 PM