After several days of mild weather the water has slowly started to cool and this brought the Crappie out of the deeper water in search of food just as it does every year before the colder weather sets in.  The deepest part of this lake is about 30' deep and is only about 150 yards from where I found the active fish today.  They followed the main creek channel that runs from the deepest water in the lake to where a smaller creek channel breaks off and heads into a small cove. The mouth of this cove where the picture above was taken, also where I enjoyed catching and releasing 30 or so Crappie ranging from 8" to 10" on a picture perfect afternoon with little wind and a comfortable 75 degrees! 

The area holding fish was 15 yards wide and 50 yards long.  They were scattered throughout the area, but they were all near a small stump or irregular bump on the bottom that was otherwise wide open.  Most of the fish were holding 2' off the bottom in 8' to 10' of water and within 20 yards either side of where the small creek channel made it's way into the mouth of the cove.  Today I caught most of the fish on yellow and white colored jigs.  Most of the fish were caught with a vertical jig presentation while I "S-L-O-W-L-Y" worked through the area with my trolling motor.   In the bottom picture, you will see my favorite 12' rods hanging over the side of the boat as I admire one of the Crappie I met on a nice Sunday afternoon!