Update: 4/15/15

Time 4:00pm till 8:00Pm
Water:Stained
Wind: Out of the south 5-15 MPH
Sunny
Location: 820 Bridge and 199 Bridge

First off let me start by saying, man I need a boat:)
When I first got there I talked with some boaters who were saying they were catching crappie in 2-15 feet of water. I spoke with several of them and all word of mouth was the same. One fella even showed me some of his fish, and a pretty decent catch he had. So I busted out my wading shoes and off I went.

The 820 bridge from the bank don't have a lot of options as to were to fish, so I beat the short bank line and floating dock the best I could. In the 2 hours I spent there I managed to drag in 4 crappie and one bass. All fish was caught off Black Chartreuse 1 1/2 inch Crappie Ringers suspended 1 foot under a bobber.

Moved to the 199 bridge area and after trashing around in the brush I found a few spots to cast around. Caught 3 more Crappie and a few perch using the same set-up. Called it quits at 8:00pm.

So In Total:
Crappie: 7 (2 Keepers)
Bass: 1 (Dink)
Perch: 1

Bait: Black Chartreuse 1 1/2 inch Crappie Ringers suspended 1 foot under a bobber.

***Notes***
From what I heard from our fellow fisherman the Crappie are finally starting to move shallow. You guys get ready should be getting hot.

Thanks
John Bowman

I haven't seen a gator out the yet, I've seen the sign for them. Do they stay up around the nature center? I haven't made it up that far yet, looks like a lot of stumps everywhere.

crappie are shallow and deep as much as 8ft. i fished under docks and caught some shallow and mainly deep. the rain has them scattered. Sunday i brought home 16 keepers. sat only 5.
best color i was using the white body and red or pink head. or chartreuse body. an most important of all crappie nibbles.