I found some open water today to wet the boat in.Little slow on the start,but it picked up nicely on the crappies.Mostly smallish with 3 or 4 about 9 " and one nice one over 13". WT 39 deg,clear, falling tide. 

 

Lure was  a 1/32 oz Crappie Magnet  jig==wh/char Crappie Magnet plastic ,no float on 6 # line. I feel that those jig heads are significant insomuch  that they help the plastic remain horizontal.

 

I spotted 2 male cardinals  a few squirrels and more geese than I cared to count.

It was great to some fresh air and of course pullage too.

 

C22

_{Iv`e been to the river twice after this report. Once I forgot to load the crappie box ,so I made do with the split tail on a Zoom Fluke about  an inch long and a drop shot worm end on another rig and did OK.}

_{Next trip I tied two Crappie Mag jig heads with deer hair. One wh/char and another avacado/tiny bit of orange.}

_{They loved both of them.Some time color matters a lot with crappies.I beat the crap out of one hole with the wh/char and did well.It dried up on that combo,so I went  with the avacado/or and caught  4 for 5 casts in the same place.20+ today,all  c & r.}

_{I may have wasted money on the plastics because the deerhair jigs are working great.I`m not a crappie guru but getting out lately has been golden + its the only show in town now.}

Excellent! What state are you fishing in? Here in Mass, we're locked up solid with ice.

Excellent! What state are you fishing in? Here in Mass, we're locked up solid with ice.

Thanks,I`m right on the Md=De line. Most tidal rivers are still open, @ 39/40 deg,but it can

be brutal finding fish in winter.

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