I have always told my kids and grandkids that the only accepted reason for missing a day of school is that they went fishing. 
With that in mind one of my grandsons and I spent that day on Lake Zumbro. We checked out the normal spots where we had caught fish the time before and they were not there. That told me that fall fishing and fish locations have completely kicked in. We found the fish over deep water that has some structure in that area.
We were vertical jigging, with very little movement of the jig, with a waxie on a Mini-Mite jig. We had a small splitshot about a foot above the jig. This would allow the jig to get down in the water quicker, yet be up on the line above the jig far enough to allow the light weight jig to easily move around some which helps to attract fish. The waxie provided the needed scent and taste to hook the fish. We were doing what I call straight line jigging with the splitshot above the jig. We were catching both crappie and bluegills. The crappie were a mixture of real nice ones and smaller ones. Most of the bluegills were large which sure felt good on light and ultra light rods.
The fishing should continue to get beter and better as we move more into fall. The water has cleared up better now with alot of the logs and sticks being washed down river. Please remember to only keep what you will eat and let the big ones go so they can keep produciung more big fish.
Thanks, Bill
