Saturday, May 8th, was a great day for a few fisherman from around Michigan. Several members from Crappie.com were getting together for an outing on Wixom Lake in Gladwin county. The wind howled up to 40 mph. The temperature hovered around the 40 degree mark and a cold, misty rain came down most of the weekend, but our spirits were not dampened.
Yankeedoodler (Don) and his wife arrived at the campground Friday evening giving us some time to chit chat and share some good old conversation. Surprisingly, not all the conversation was about fishing. The wind continued to gust and t a hard mist fell through the night. What would Saturday have in store for us as far as the weather was concerned? Well, we were really not concerned.
Saturday morning I returned to the campground and met Ready2fish (Jim) and Skillett007 (Kevin) where they had set up camp next to Don and his wife Carol. A few hours of swapping tales and fishing info helped pass the time, while Don moved his trailer (a whole new story in itself) and I prepared the loin for lunch. Man did we eat good. Everyone had some wonderful food to share and I do believe no one went hungry. That little slice of chocolate heaven was amazing, thanks Carol.
As the winds swayed the tall hardwoods, the slight drizzle that had been coming down a good part of the morning eased up just as we were preparing to hit the water for some fishing. Don, Jim, and Kevin each motored their boats down river toward the first bay that might hold some crappies as I drove to the public access and put my kayak in for a 1/2 mile paddle up the lake to meet the others. Paddling into a 25 - 40 mph head wind is not the easiest chore, but our timing was perfect, for as I approached the bay from the South, yankeedoodler, skillett007, and ready2fish were coming in from the North.
Ready2fish landed a couple little crappies fairly quickly. Skillett007 was not having much luck and yankeedoodler was not doing much better. I managed to catch 17 small crappies off one submerged tree and another dozen or so in a canal, but for the most part fishing was slow for everyone. After about 4 hours of fishing we all met back at the camp. It turned out that everyone did catch at least one crappie. I kept a couple for fish sandwiches and the rest were released by everyone.
The evening brought on several more hours of pleasant conversation, a few refreshments and more great food. It all seemed to end to soon and a great time was had by everyone. The weather could not have been worse in the eyes of many people, but to us it was just another great reason why we live in Michigan.
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