Saturday, March 13

Up at 445am, got ready, met Nathan at his grandpa's, loaded up the boat and headed up to the lake. Got in line and got checked in. John got there and we loaded his gear. Launched by 630am and on the water. Windy. Headed up to a spot John recommended. Boats there, so went on up to some others. Caught three crappie between 700am and 730am. No more hits. Wind kicking up pretty badly, so decided to move. Pulled the basket up and both of the larger crappie were gone. Guess the water bounced the bottom open and they swam out. Put the little one in the live well in case we wanted to use it for catfish bait. Found a couple good spots out of the wind but no hits. Snagged up a few times so thought we were over brush, but no fish. Fought the wind all day and it wore us out. Released the dink we caught, loaded the boat and left. Talked to the tournament director and there were some good stringers turned in. One was 8lbs 7oz, so some good crappie taken. We think they were up in the river channel. Got back in time to watch Allyson run in a 5K run. She did well, but she felt she should have done better. Always cheer her on and think she does awesome. Took Allyson and Nathan to La Fiesta and then home to rest and to bed. Long day. Very tired.