Rock Lake, Battery Bag Almost Lost

3:00-6:00 PM Rock Lake 17', same area as yesterday in my area.

20-29℉, Cloudy, some snow, 5-10mph NW

The tailgate didn't lock, and I did not notice it until I was at the lake. The Ion Bag with the auger battery and Aqua-Vu fell out the back into the road when I pulled out of the driveway. Thankfully, it was still there about 15 minutes later. So I was discombobulated to start. I got back out to Rock. I was the only one there. I set up just a little NW of the permanent. A little farther to the North and West of where I was last night. I was marking sunfish right away. I had a pike come in and look at the Chicken Nugget. It spooked when I put down a Rippin Rap. I caught my first crappie. The pike came back when I was jigging the Switch and hung around for maybe 5 minutes. Crappies moved in when I lost visibility on the camera, and they were bigger than average for the most part; they were going for minnows, so that is what I fished primarily. I did have a few bites on the Switch that didn't hook up. Propane went out. It was windy and cold. I used the car for a wind break and put on my sweatshirt around 4:30 pm. The bite died at 5:30 pm. Bite was definitely better than yesterday, and I was way more efficient landing bites today. It was snowing when I packed up, and there was a car to the South of the Access just sitting there with lights on, not sure when they drove out.

20 Crips