Dennis and I got to the lake at 5:30 in the morning to get shad because the lousy bum has been slaying the<BR> bass and crappie lately and I was dying to get in on the action. We picked away at the scattered schools of<BR> shad in the marina getting about 100. We started in Jackass canyon and saw fish boiling mid-water but didn't<BR> hook up throwing hopkins spoons. Switching to the shad Dennis did some damage getting a nice crappie, a<BR> catfish, a green ear sunfish, and 8 to 10 bass mostly 2-3 pounders. I got two or three bass and almost got a<BR> trout, but the damm thing ate my split shot instead of the shad. If I had caught the trout we would have<BR> caught almost every species in the lake! After a while we went to Salsipuedes bay and fished some trees.<BR> Right away it was a crappie bonanza. We wound up pulling 20 or so really nice crappie averaging about a<BR> pound and a half, all off one tree. That was fun. Working down the bank, Dennis worked his magic on the<BR> bass nailing a 4-0 and a 4-7 bass along with some 2-3 pounders. By then we had used up most of the shad so<BR> we headed in.<BR> Round 2: Seth Larsen and I came back to the lake around 6:30 (Dennis' truck was STILL in the lot) to get in<BR> on some topwater. We fished Murphy's bay and I got 3 on a spook and 2 on the AC minnow. Seth got one<BR> on the popper. Not bad for an hour on the water. Big fish was on the minnow at around 3lb.