I’m glad that you had a nice vacation and glad that you found some of those crappies. I was actually on 9 mile beach this past Saturday for a couple hours. I’m not much of a beach bum but I had my 14 year-old and a couple of her girlfreinds with me. It was hot and the water felt really nice.
I often fish a closing dam on the Iowa side right at the 9 mile beach. It runs from just out from the upper point of the island into the Iowa shore. It is one of those dams that does not show up well even with a south wind but it is one of those dams that holds quite a few walleye. Great place to cast shad raps.
Eyehunter