up and down Crappies

[bunker dunker]

got out at 1pm friday so i headed to the cong.it was a one stop shop as i had a good mix of gills,shiner,perch and crappie.it was a real steady pick until i left 6:30.was back up the lake saturday morning at 6:30 to be greeted by 24 degree temps.i was like pulling teeth trying to catch a fish.ice in all the eyelets,skim ice
on some of the spots,not good.fished till 9am with 2 shiners and 2 crappie so i headed for a hot breakfast.went back up at 2:30 and fish started to chew.was
right back to the good steady catching.had a good limit plus by 6pm and headed home.headed back up sunday morning and it was game on from the first cast.played c&r till 9:30 and headed home to get ready for easter diner at my sons house.my daughter in-law knoted it out of the park with a nice ham and all the trimmings.so after a long sit and a few cups of coffee my son says"lets get some crappie".in the boat at 3pm and off we go.we hit a few spots and picked away but not what we wanted.tried a spot we don't normally fish till later on and bam,game on.it was good fishing with all good crappie.we kept out limits and went into release mood by 5:30.we fished til 7pm and called it a day.the real high light of the weekend was the 10 minute
fight with a muskrat saturday morning.i'm working a cast back when the bobber takes off like a shot.i set the hook and the drag is singing.i think here we go again with a big carp but all the sudden the scrat comes to the top all pissed off.he is running all over the place and i am like holy s&&t!!!for the first time in a long time i am glad the hook pulled.he was pissed but he was ok as he was back out doing his thing a little while later.i guess it true that those mini mite will catch anything.