Thread: Are They Spawning Where You Are?

All the crappie I'm catching in my nets are about to bust. Bunched all up, at least 50-60 big ole slabs per net. Had 1 net Sunday that we stopped counting at 125. All the eggs are bright orange and blood veins are thick and very red.

Arkansas river. Little Rock pool. 4-6 feet of water behind rock jetties.

Hey LA,

Was there any size to those crappie you caught in your nets? I'm guessing it was various sizes, but any big ol slabs?

At Merrisach Lake they were spewing eggs when you grabbed 'em about 10 days ago. Heard a report from Horseshoe yesterday that they are doing that there now.

Got the boat out of the shop yesterday and hope to check the status somewhere in central AR this weekend.

Originally Posted by ski trip

Hey LA,

Was there any size to those crappie you caught in your nets? I'm guessing it was various sizes, but any big ol slabs?

The throat on my nets are around 4 inches x 4 inches, so anything under around 10 inches long or so will pretty much swim back out. You'd be suprised how many 3-3 1/2 pounders are swimming around in the river. Not uncommon this time of year to get in a big run of them that are all over 2lbs. I mean 25 or 30 of them that size all in 1 net!! I know I was shocked the first time I pulled up a net up and all them silver suckers were in there. It was night and I thought they were a bunch of drum at first, then 'bout fell out of the boat when I realized what they actually were.

Originally Posted by LA yard dog

The throat on my nets are around 4 inches x 4 inches, so anything under around 10 inches long or so will pretty much swim back out. You'd be suprised how many 3-3 1/2 pounders are swimming around in the river. Not uncommon this time of year to get in a big run of them that are all over 2lbs. I mean 25 or 30 of them that size all in 1 net!! I know I was shocked the first time I pulled up a net up and all them silver suckers were in there. It was night and I thought they were a bunch of drum at first, then 'bout fell out of the boat when I realized what they actually were.

and then u throw them all back in......right?? lol

Originally Posted by MGDUCK

and then u throw them all back in......right?? lol

MG,

Aw man, it's illegal to keep crappie. $100 per fish is what I've been told.

Originally Posted by LA yard dog

The throat on my nets are around 4 inches x 4 inches, so anything under around 10 inches long or so will pretty much swim back out. You'd be suprised how many 3-3 1/2 pounders are swimming around in the river. Not uncommon this time of year to get in a big run of them that are all over 2lbs. I mean 25 or 30 of them that size all in 1 net!! I know I was shocked the first time I pulled up a net up and all them silver suckers were in there. It was night and I thought they were a bunch of drum at first, then 'bout fell out of the boat when I realized what they actually were.

I would like to go fish around your nets, where did you say they were again???

Those fish are like that behind most of the jetties and pilings where there's current. We've had them like that in 4 feet of water this time of year all the way up to 30 feet in the hot summer or dead cold winter. As long as there is current in the main river, they're always moving. We'll get into them like that up Maumelle Creek this time of year to when there's some current. No current right now to keep the nets straight so we don't have any nets in there, but I figure the fish are still there.