I missed a chance

I haven't fished much - barely wet a hook each day because the AGFC keeps taking out water for the duck hunters.

Well during night we had a heavy thunder storm but I saw that the AGFC opened the gates at the spillway (they do this on Friday to give water to the duck hunters - in Grassy lake below the spillway

So all day I figured water was dropping - then between 3:30 and 4PM I noticed water looked higher - so I went fishing - and guess what I only had about an hour before it got dark - and the crappie and bream were biting (probably been biting all day but I had assumed water was dropping - but the rain upstream was raising the level even with a couple gates open at spillway

I blew it - should have been fishing all day- but all I got was slightly over an hour - and 6 crappie and one BIG bream - but I lost about half dozen more crappie cause they were biting 'lite'

BTW: Only one of the crappie was a keeper - but just think - if I had fished early I probably would have ended up with a few more big ones - and had a crappie supper (4-5 slabs is plenty for me.

But I had made the dumb assumption that water was dropping - misjudged the amount of rain upstream and this is first time in a month the water was coming up

Of course - the water level is now starting to turn and it will drop tonight - which always shuts down the fishing - dang duck hunters - I hope they have a hole in their boots and get cold feet when the cold front moves in tomorrow