40 smallmouth < 1 crappie

Waded a little creek this evening and caught one smallmouth after another. There was just one problem, out of at least forty fish not one topped the 15 inch mark and most were about ten.  That is until I caught the crappie! Considering he came out of a little creek and not a lake I gotta think it's one of the best fish I've caught all year. There was a deep run about shoulder deep and when I walked up there were little minnows skittering on top like something was after them. I threw in a clear with silver curly shad and caught two ten inch smallies and the crappie out of the same three foot section of the run where it swept against a big rock.