ridiculous wind a couple hours south of you too, N8ly. Started my day at Balwin lake, a power plant lake in southern illinois...got nothin.
Went to wife's dad's farm afterwards, 3ac recreational pond, also serves as an overflow for the commercial ponds nearby when they get too high....man...what an awesome day. right before a big rain came in, i couldn't keep the bass & crappie off my lures. Here are a few pics...There (of course) is one that got away. Huge catfish, i landed his head, and when i bent down to lip him, he tossed his head back n forth, snapped my crappie rod clean in half and broke the line, i'd put it at over 10lbs...but i'd rather be conservative so i'm not just bragging. SOrry, no pic...he got away with a new mini jointed crankbait as a lipring.
I have a few more pics, but pretty much you see how it went...couple of average bass, a few lunkers.
It was a good thing. now, just need to invest in a new crappie rod...but it was worth it.
sorry about the pic quality, cell phones.....meh.
