"Chuggin' down coffee when I shoulda been sleeping"

"Chuggin' down coffee when I shoulda been sleeping..." is a lyric from a Mark Chesnutt song called It Sure Is Monday.

Well, that was me yesterday before work. Right now they are biting hard before the sun comes up. It was a multi-species morning with bass and crappie being caught. 

I walked both ponds in the morning. I missed one really nice bass. It made it to the bank and then spit the lure. Damn! I will say since I changed out my wacky rig to using Gamakatsu Octopus circle hooks I have absolutely increased the number of fish I bring to the bank. For whatever reason, I did not get a good hookset.

Another thing to note was the Crappie hitting top water. I've never experienced that before! I noticed that fish were coming up and hitting something on the top of the water. So, I started to do a "Walk The Dog" retrieval with my Zoom Flukes, and Bam! The crappie were coming up and hitting the fluke. That was fun!  Stay Committed, Stay Driven!