Doug Wynn

Hello from the Excel Bay Pro 230 Elite. Falling water has things looking up for fish and fishermen.

The spawn is just beginning so hopefully stable water levels will make for good spawning conditions. The worst case scenario would have been for the spawn to have started in earnest during the peak water levels. From my observations, that didn't happen.

Fishing has been great the last several days with most of our crappie holding in 8-12 feet of water. Some fish have been suspended 3-4 feet down while most have been within a couple of feet of the bottom. We've been pulling FinSpin bladed jigs with Crappie Magnet plastics. Others have been catching their fish even shallower along shoreline structures. 

While we've caught several fish that would weigh between 1-5-2.0 pounds, the bulk of our catch has been eating sized crappie 11-13 inches long.  Add in multiple catches of 5-9 inch crappie, and the future still looks bright. 

The crankbaits will be on the menu starting as soon as I finish my obligations at Cornfield Fishing Gear Demo Days Friday and Saturday at Moor's Marina. My Excel as well as a couple dozen more guide and Tournament Pro Crappie, Bass and Catfish boats will be in the water so you can see how we utilize our Cornfield Fishing Gear equipment on our boats. All of the Cornfield Pro Staff  folks will be glad to answer questions, give autographs, and/or have photos made with them. John Godwin of Duck Commander will be there as well as several National Champions. Andrew Nordby from Guntersville, Al., who won the MLF Ky Lake tourney last spring, will be there. Andrew does a wonderful job on his YouTube Channel as does Crappie Kirby of Fish-Eat-Live TV. 

Saturday there will be a Cornfield Crappie Gear tourney for those who don't fish national tournaments but use Cornfield accessories on their boats. Details are on the Cornfield web site. Winner is guaranteed $1500 first place prize.

There will be several national companies like Crappie Magnet, K9 Line, B&M poles, Church Tackle, as well as HiTech Outdoors and Ky Lake Outdoors and others at booths there so you can see and purchase their great products. Of course Cornfield will have their products for sale also.

The show will be at Moor's Marina Friday and Saturday. We are so lucky to have Mark and Paula Ridl of Cornfield and their awesome company as neighbors in Marshall County.

If you haven't yet sampled the awesome fishing here this spring, you are missing numbers and quality that reminds many of the Good Ol' Days. All the resorts like Lynnhurst Family Resort have all their features back up and ready for your visit after high water levels.

Be careful out there! There are still lots of Gremlins floating around from the high water. Welcome to our slice of Heaven!