THe old saying when life hands you lemons make lemonade really was the rule for this day.
I started out looking for a crappie bite in an area I had not fished this year yet. After punching some holes from the deeper water into the shallows I started out fishing a big mic because of the heavy wind. First trip down as soon as my jig reached the bottom I saw the spring bobber bob and fight on. After a major tussle up he came…about a 17 inch greeen carp. 
Next hole same thing, as soon as I reached bottom I locked into another of those green monsters. I continued to fish toward the shallower holes and did manage to catch two nice crappies a little higher up in the water column. But the crappie bite was real tough this morning.
Thoughts of moving on to a different backwater looking for crappies crossed my mind but I thought I’ve got a hot bite, just wrong species. Went back to fishing the big mic in the deeper water and caught big bass all morning long. I kept two that were a little over 14 inches but released many more that were significantly bigger. My biggest was just under 19 inches. I was using a long pole with no drag except for my left arm so each fish was an adventure.
What could of been a dissapointing day because of the tough crappie bite turned out to be one of the best mornings I had ever expieienced just by taking what ole man river had to offer.
