Thread: 52 ft Crappie ! ! ! ! !

Thats one heck of a fish even long armin it

nice fish steve !!! the florida bass has taken care of the crappie !!!!!

Nice fish!!!


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My guess is the FL bass ate them too. Now where did you find that deep of water in Monticello?? Last time my and a friend was down there bassin in the Spring the deepest water I thought we'd found was on the old fence line, standing tree top timber that goes in a straight line across the lake and seems like that was only around 30ish?? We found our bass that day in somebody's front yard, literally! If you know the lake you'll know where I'm talking about, their well house was a fish magnet also, or what looked to be the well house.
As for fish numbers I also didn't remember seeing any crappie stocked in Monticello off the stocking reports I got the other day. From what everyone said that lake has some Hugh bass in it though and I'd say that's where the crappie went. We had a few 3-4LB fish that day but it was post spawn already

I've caught them as deep as 45 FOW in Ouachita. When those water temps get real cold they for sure will go deep. I love catching them deep like that vertical jigging, and when it's good it can be awesome fishing. Nice photo.

I used to fish lake Monticello back when I lived in fountain hill. I think if you put in at hunger run boat ramp the deep water is just south of the ramp. I remember it being 60 fow right there off the West Bank about 150 yards or so from ramp. In January I kid you not there would be 50-60 boats stacked in there me included. This was 8 years ago last time I fished it.

I tried that area you are talking about just out from the ramp but never saw a fish. Caught these about halfway to the spillway pipe and about 250 yds off the West bank on the flats. The Crappie were real scattered and couldn't find more than 3-4 together at one time on the Humminbird. 3-4 years ago they would be stacked up and the fish alarm would go so crazy I would have to turn it off. I'm hoping as the water gets colder they will congregate better so we can start getting decent limits. From what I have been told, Lake Monticello is not the Bass lake it once was either! I also noticed that LM was not included in the stocking reports the other day.

Originally Posted by Catahoula06

I used to fish lake Monticello back when I lived in fountain hill. I think if you put in at hunger run boat ramp the deep water is just south of the ramp. I remember it being 60 fow right there off the West Bank about 150 yards or so from ramp. In January I kid you not there would be 50-60 boats stacked in there me included. This was 8 years ago last time I fished it.

Sounds like its been fished out. Might need to give it a break for awhile unless you just gotta be the guy that catches the last one there. ;-)

Go eagle hunting instead.

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