[Alphahawk]

Had a great day at Center Hill today. My plan was to catch trophy smallies but the wind was too much for me to stay out where they were at. Browntrout has that new Slayer Propel and that is the way to go...if I get a next kayak it will be a pedal drive for sure. When I first arrived I head to a location known to hold shell crackers and Gills also. It did not disappoint. The Gills were running 8 inches and the shell cracker were running from 7 to 9 inches. Caught about a dozen gills and a dozen shell crackers. I got into some Smallies in the 13 inch range.....had 4 of those.....and a little over a dozen of 9-10 inch Smallies. I was there about two hours before browntrout arrived and I was out fighting the wind when he showed up. He asked me if I had seen those crappie on the way out and I told him no and he told me where they were at. It was protected from the wind so I went back and started looking for them and in about 6 feet of water there they were...dozens of big black nose crappie. You could see the black stripe running down their back. I also found another spot the same way about 100 feet away from the first spot. I pulled between 40-50 crappie from those two spots. All of them were 13-14 inches...most 14 inches. Center Hill is known for big black nose. Those fish had broad shoulders. I kept thinking maybe I would get a 16 or 17 inch one but did not. All my fish were caught on a Purple Redemption Trout Magnet using 2# test line. Meanwhile browntrout is texting me pics of his trophies....LOL. But I ain't going back out in that wind. Crappie...Gills...and shell crackers is good enough for me. I saw quite a few of big large mouth on bed but they wanted nothing to do with me. I had no cooler...stringer....nothing....so all of those fish were released to fight another day....and they pulled good too. Going to clean up kayak and vehicle and rest tomorrow and head to Nickajack Friday...life is good!





Regards