Somebody tell me

Well, like I said I was going to do, I went to a new area yesterday. It looked fantastic. I fished shallow flats and bars, creek channel breaks, the middle of channels, creek mouths, heavy cover, lay downs, weeds, rocks, and even under a bridge. For over seven hours. I caught ZERO crappie. Not one little one. Not one that got off at the boat. Just zero.

But, I caught a bunch of other stuff - yellow bass, largemouth, spotted bass, yellow perch, channel cat, drum, bluegill, green sunfish, etc. It was a nice day to be out, despite the lack of crappie.

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Originally Posted by eminart

Well, like I said I was going to do, I went to a new area yesterday. It looked fantastic. I fished shallow flats and bars, creek channel breaks, the middle of channels, creek mouths, heavy cover, lay downs, weeds, rocks, and even under a bridge. For over seven hours. I caught ZERO crappie. Not one little one. Not one that got off at the boat. Just zero.

But, I caught a bunch of other stuff - yellow bass, largemouth, spotted bass, yellow perch, channel cat, drum, bluegill, green sunfish, etc. It was a nice day to be out, despite the lack of crappie.

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Same here. I caught 8 channel cat,a couple small bass and a bunch of small gills. I caught one tiny crappie. I just can’t find them. But I was surprised at what a nice day it turned out to be.


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I had the same experience, so I started fishing for the gills, LOL!

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Originally Posted by catchNgrease

In my opinion they are everywhere. From not spawning yet and headed in to spawned completely and headed out. One at the time till you find the special spot then it's game on. So move fast and fish slow

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I agree. We found most of our fish this weekend over channel ledges and points. Water temp was 68. Most the females were spawned out


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Originally Posted by Ditch Basser

I had the same experience, so I started fishing for the gills, LOL!

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I caught several nice gills on crappie sliders last weekend. Missed a bunch. Figured I’d get me some worms and smaller hook and tear them up. Caught probably 30-40 only very few were any size at all. And couldn’t keep the catfish away from them. I was proud of myself though,actually got a7 pound channel in the kayak on 4pd line. Lol. He drug me around for a few minutes but I finally wore him down. Lot of fun but not what I wanted. Lol


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One problem is this weather, last two weeks we have had one front after the other. About the time fish get back to bitting we get a storm

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Originally Posted by catchNgrease

It's a good possibility you are now a lifer rather than a seasoner. Welcome to the sport and I'm sorry at the time...bahaha

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Yeah I think he's got the addiction lol,I know I do

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Full blown addict. Lol


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not sure there ,but here around 8 to 10 fow seems best
most of the big fish are about done here
the smalls reign the bank now if there are any in the area
post spawn can be very productive slow rolling a bait near the spawning beds
back off from where they spawn into deep water and cast towards the bank and bump it back to ya real slowly

ducks,docks,docks.


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