It has been a pretty good two weeks here at the Creek! I haven't seen big numbers but have been catching some really good sized crappies. The fish are looking much healthier then they have in the past two years and, we have more bait than I've seen in a long time. The crappie population seems to be scattered a bit from the reports that I'm hearing. Personally this is my favorite time of year to get out and crappie fish. I have also been catching a lot of big bluegill mix

To say it has been a long summer is an understatement. and long year for fishing as a matter of fact. I have been excited to see some changes in the past two weeks. The crappie finally seem to be doing something similar to a normal fall pattern. We have caught some really nice healthy crappie out of deep brush piles vertical jigging. This is my personal favorite way to catch them. The bites have come very slow, and its critical to be there in the first two hours of the