Fletch, glad to see you made it here. I tried the other site to see if I could find you there, but with no luck. Shake, I agree with your view of the so called 7 pounder my buddy caught. I would like to use his formula, whatever it may be, to guestimate fish I catch

Anyway, I fished out of Starpoint, in the far eastern part of the lake. We caught all of the crappie in one cove. Jolly Creek. It's southwest of starpoint, on up the Obey River. If you're in that part of the lake, Fletch, I can put you on the exact spot. It's about 2/3rds of the way back in Jolly Creek. Second little cove to the right you'll see a huge tree laying at about 45 degrees into the water right on the inside of the point where the cove starts. While we were there, the crappie were out on the end of that tree, about 25 to 40 yards off the bank anywhere from 7 to 15 feet deep, depending on the sun. When the sun was high and hot, we caught them deeper. Overcast, shallower, but not much closer to the bank. With the warmer weather since then, they may or may not be there now, but that cove goes back to another tree on the right that is a little shallower, and the back is full of shallower water with willow trees. If they are on the nest, they should be in there. The back of the creek is also full of willows. Water was 58 degrees when we were back there, so they weren't in tight yet. We did catch the three biggest crappie of the trip shallow though. Directly across the main cove from the big tree is a smaller tree laying in the water on the left. We caught them 4 to 6 feet deep in there, but you had to go in after them. It was windy and we couldn't stay close enough without spooking them or we may have caught more. 90 percent of the crappie came on minnows below a slip float, with a few on jigs, 2" smoke/chart. or white. I do have pics, if I can get this picture CD to work on my computer. Anybody have any experience with these stupid things. Kodak Picture CD. It won't let me see my pics on my computer. I knew I should've bought a digital camera.
