I got there yesterday afternoon thinking it ought to be a good afternoon to crappie fish. I had rigged my UL up with some small braided line (8/1) and im telling you, that is a sweet casting rig now!! ...Thanks for the tip on that JigMan! Once again i fished for a few hours without a bite. I went up into a small slough after being on the main body of the lake fishing the shallow grassy areas and deeper edges (with wood), once i got half way back i had a bite on the Stinger jig that i was using on my UL rig. A small bass. Went in a little further and there was a small laydown at the mouth of a very small run-off ditch. Just off the laydown i got a bite and it was a 13" 'er bass, also on the Stinger(pulled my cord!). Fished until the sun was behind the mountain and started moving back out to the main body. Got hung up behind the boat immediatly so i turned around to get unhung. I decided then to pick up my buzzbait and toss it to the very back of the indention and caught one there that went right at 2lbs.(smacked it) The sun is hard to read behind the mountain like that so i made a dash for the ramp. They close the gate one hour after sundown there so it was getting a bit late i thought. Once i came out of the slough i fished again without any action headed for the ramp. Once i started loading up to leave(dark), i realized i never did use the Sila-flex rod that i borrowed from BaseBallFatty. I will have to make another trip, Kev! 

Looks like i'll be looking for another small lake to fish for crappie in. I dont understand how this year can be absolutely void of crappie when the last two years in a row have been at least "OK". ....scratching my head on this one.

Note: On arrival there were cars, people and dogs everywhere...but i was the only fisherman out there. After i put in another boat put in.  We were the only two out there. As many bass that are in this lake, albeit small ones. I have come to the conclusion that this small lake is being hit hard by the locals(it an out of the way lake) and for the most part i can only assume that most if not all fish that are caught are kept...from speaking with other anglers that fequent the place.

buzz

BB I feel your pain. I made a late night decision to take the boat out to Lake Nicol this morning. I only fished for about 3 or 4 hours and only caught one LM or as I called him "Larry". I had a few bump my swim jug but apparently I wasn't holding my mouth right or the cows were laying down this morning because they wouldn't take it. I switched trailers, colors, sizes and tried different reels with diffrent line on them but nothing. Oh well I guess it was better than watching it on TV.

Just thinking out loud, Kev ... they also like buzzbaits in both lakes, and small spinnerbaits. I fished a swimjig off and on on the way back to the ramp yesterday.... Never got a sniff!

We need to get together and go up there sometime kev!

i went to some private lakes in lowndes county this weekend and ended catching about 70 between 530 saturday till 10 that night and i fished from daylight till 3 today  biggest was around six and alot of 2 and 3 pound fish i murdered them on a buzzbait after dark saturday

Good stuff Buzz. Last year around mid-June, I got out of work early and went to a small back-up res about 3 miles from work to fish for a bit. I got about half way there only to notice that my little tackle box I keep in the truck for such occasions wasn't there. I had left it at home. I foraged thru my truck and found a Spit-N-Image. Who knows how long it's been there, so I decided to take the dog for a walk. I got to the first area and crappie were busting that bait like crazy. Let me tell you, catching those lil guys was so much fun, I went home and surfed the net on how to angle for them for about 3 hours...LOL...I got the itch to target them that day! 

I usually wack the crappies on a #2 panther martin inline spinner.It only weights like 1/8 oz. I'm into UL fishing this year as well. 

Yes i do and have been meaning to gve them a try on that lake, Pond. I got a pack of them for Christmas but i haven't opened them yet. Those are indeed one of the lures i was going to use there this year.

(1) 2" curltail grubs w/flk
(2) (JigMan's) Stingers
(3) Storm wild-eye shad

These three were the ones i was going to concentrate on using this year. The grubs have been a life long staple, while 2 & 3 are new adventures.