Strange day on lake of the pines

I have had a couple of pretty poor trips this week on brush piles. I decided to fish standing timber but after 2 hours I only had 3 fish .

I figured as hot as it was the fish should be deep so I started easing through the stumps headed across a big shallow flat to another creek bed.
Anyone who has been on LOP knows it is a dangerous place to run a boat so since I was just idling along I had my side scan running.
I came across a long rock pile in 6 foot of water. It came within 2 foot of the surface and would be a heck of a boat killer if you hit it.

I noticed it was covered up with fish on the down wind side. I figured it was catfish but decided to pitch a jig up on it anyway.

Pretty much every cast was either a catfish or slab crappie. For the next 2 hours I caught 20 crappie and threw back 30 catfish.

The wind was stacking the baby shad up against the pile and every time one washed over the top it got hammered.

I would have never thought to look for crappie in 2’ of water in the middle of summer

There are a few giant rock piles in the middle of the standing timber that I am aware of and I don't share those spots with anyone. Try running a crank bait over the rocks and watch what shows up.

One of those rock piles is in the middle of the boat lane that our goobermint made and marked.

Good stuff, Marty.

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Yep, LOP fishes weird sometimes. I caught them on a brush pile in 10’ for 3 days straight last week. The wind was blowing the bait in there just right and they would jerk the rod out of your hand almost.

A lot of times in the summer, the thermocline will force the fish shallow.

can you make a quick explanation please ?