Pre blizzard jigging

I hit White Oaks again this morning for a few hours before the storm. Set out the usual 5 tip ups for pike but the real goal was to find some brush piles and jig some crappie. I mounted my 1197 to the sled and was able to power it off of my Ice 45 battery. It sure is nice having a GPS that is so accurate… I fished the closest pile to where I parked. It was a good sized brush pile tha measures roughly 10 x 7 and is close to 3 feet high in places. It was a slow pick there but I managed a few bass, perch and crappie.

The wind started picking up and the skies got dark, I figured I was running out of time before the storm hit so I picked up and moved to a pile in deeper water. I walked about 5 mintes straigt to a way point I had created in the boat over a brush pile. I stopped where the Humminbird said the pile would be and drilled a hole. to check. Ther it was, in 20 feet of water. One hole and I was right on top of it and was marking fish. As soon as I dropped down, I was on fish. I stayed there for the better part of an hour and had close to 2 dozen crappie. None were more than 11″ though. I’m not sure where all the big ones went that we caught on November, I suspect they are spread out and suspended over the deeper water. No pike on the tip ups but the jigging made for a great morning… If I can get out of my driveway in the morning, I’ll be looking again tomorrow… Here is a quick video I took from the hot hole today: