I fished Shabbona today from 9 am 5:30 and just could not find crappies that would bite anywhere. I started the day in the deep trees. Fished roughly 8 spots from the edge of the deeper water, to right in between the emergent trees to the section closer to shore and managed a measly 2 fish between 9 am and 2 pm. Plenty of fish actually, just could not get them to commit. Tried jigging, deadsticking, spikes, waxies, minnows jigged, minnows under a slib bobber etc. I then moved over to the campground parking lot and went out and hit two of the campground cribs but no luck there either. Very few fish there on the vex or the aquaview. I finally just wanted to catch something so I moved out to the brige on the roadbed and caught some pretty nice gills. I usually leave the camera at home, but take it to Shab to help find structure. I was surprised at how many walleye were moving over the roadbed and bridge area, but again, no takers. When I stopped into the bait store I saw a pic of a 10 fish limit of crappies from yesterday I believe that was 9.something pounds, or almost a 1 pound average. I'd of been happy with a single one pounder today.
