Greers Ferry

[potterspoint434]

I guess I`m new at this crappie fishing. I went with Jerry Baker and was hooked. I put some condos out on Greers but so far I haven`t caught a fish. I guess I`m wondering what I`m doing wrong or what bait is good at Greers.

[bigfish1]

The crappie at Greers right now all still extremely deep, 40-50ft of water. The bite seems to be slow. Not sure how deep your tops are but they should begin moving up the creeks in the next few weeks.

[slabsntaters]

From what I seen this past weekend they must be moving up there now, you could not have gotten another crappie boat up in middle fork.

[NIMROD]

From what I seen this past weekend they must be moving up there now, you could not have gotten another crappie boat up in middle fork.

Don't think they were fishing for Marble Eyes (Walleye) do ya?

[wish4fish]

Yes they are deep. My dad has been fishing up there some and he use to fish a lot 20 yrs ago but just started back last yr. This time last yr he didn't have a boat. We have been slow at work and he has been fishing. A few weeks ago I went up there and fished with him. He showed me what he was useing and told me he was dropping the jig to the bottom and then slowly reeling up. Nothing to it I thought. We fished that afternoon and didn't do any good. The next morning I beat him to his spot and he pulled up on top of me, which I expected. I hadn't put a fish in the boat and he pulled 3 crappie out of the water in a row right in front of me, laughing the whole time. He kept telling me that he didn't feel the fish. I have a little more expensive rod and was using braid and I thought I should be able to feel the fish better than him. He was complaining about getting hung up a lot and I told him that I could feel the brush and when my lure stopped I would let it have some slack and then ease it back up, kinda swimming or moving the lure through the brush without getting hung. He told me that wasnt brush that was fish!!! lol He told me that you keep reeling and when your jig stops just keep reeling, it will either start to pull and you set the hook or you will be hung up. I have not got to go again but I am anxious to get out there.

Some guys have givin him some jigs up there and helped him and if they are members here I sure do appreciate it. He has needed something to do this winter with the weather being so bad that we haven't been working much. He hasn't put much of a dent in the crappie population, they have to be at least 10 inches or bigger for him to clean and he has to have at least 4 of them or they all go back in the water. And he was one of the guys up middle fork saturday. lol he caught one crappie, one bass, and one bream and fished for over 6 hours.

[DRPEPPER]

I wanted to fish Greer's this weekend. But, we have a family get together on Degray in March. So, I thought I had better do some scouting. That lake needs about 10 feet of water to make all of my spots produce this Spring.
DP

[NIMROD]

He kept telling me that he didn't feel the fish. I have a little more expensive rod and was using braid and I thought I should be able to feel the fish better than him. He was complaining about getting hung up a lot and I told him that I could feel the brush and when my lure stopped I would let it have some slack and then ease it back up, kinda swimming or moving the lure through the brush without getting hung. He told me that wasnt brush that was fish!!! lol He told me that you keep reeling and when your jig stops just keep reeling, it will either start to pull and you set the hook or you will be hung up. I have not got to go again but I am anxious to get out there.

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Sometimes in cold water the fish picking a jig up on the fall will not strike just line gets heavy. The fish were hitting up here that way yesterday.