Spend Saturday morning exploring Gene Coulon Park instead of taking the pontoon float out somewhere else. Found some slab Crappie up to 11” and many smaller ones too. Tried a different spot than normal and caught my first legitimate sized SMB at Coulon. Then another, then I lost one and then one more! 14”, 15” and a new personal best of 16”. 4 fish in in a 70 minute period. Are these fish still on their beds? All were caught with a Bobber Jig set up fishing at a depth of about 5’ and quickly released. Awesome fight from these fish with my UL St Croix Panfish 6’ rod with 2lb main to a 6lb leader.

I went back down after the bad weather and got one more that I swear was the same as the 16” as it measured the same and had the same red markings on it’s lips.

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