rainy mixed bag at cranberry lake

[icebadger]

i went to cranberry lake today to test run my new penn 714 ultra sport reel i bought at the pequest open house on sat. it was only light rain when i got there so off i went. i started by the mussel beds with a cotton cordell rattlin shad in black and chrome and a augertail grub. the sunnies and crappies were smashing the hell out of that little crankbait. then i threw the augertail grub and the perch joined the party most fish were in 4 to 5 ft of water today, when i tried deeper water all i caught was two slime darts one was not bad at 15". the crappies were not that big and were schooled up on the outside weed lines in 5 fow they ranged in size from 5" to 9". the rain picked up a bit more around 2:30ish so i called it the day at 4:00. the new reel worked great. i put it on a 5' 9" ugly stick lite pro rod, i like the set up. all in all a great day.