Anyone else notice the fish's stomach full of small shad this time of year? I have been fishing all summer long and not until lately have the fish been so aggressive. If I get in the right spot I find that I catch one fish after another. If I were using jigs I think I could catch a limit in just 30 minutes or so. I am fishing with big minnows now. Either Big Rosy Reds (Orange colored fathead minnow) or big 2" long shiners. So I have to bait the hook which slows me down a little bit.

All the crappie that I have caught in the last two weeks have had their stomachs full. In fact they are so distended that when I fillet them I can't help but to cut into the stomach. Yuck! I don't like getting the stomach contents all over the fish fillets, but it's nearly impossible this time of year to not cut into the stomach.

I guess when the stories say that fish are putting on the feed getting ready for winter they are not joking around.

This is a great time of the year to crappie fish.

Pretty soon the duck hunters are going to take over Bluegrass Fish and Wildlife area. I may have to start duck hunting again. Nope, I'd rather be fishing.


Regards,

Moose1am