Thread: Lake Greeson Crappie

Nice fish. You guys save some for CC! :D

Went fishing this after noon and got 20 more crappie i sure hope thay are turned on like this at CC camp. Would have gotten a pic to show you guys but it was after dark when i got home. I hope to meet some of you guys at CC camp i have lived on lake greeson for 30 years hope i can help some of you find fish when yall come for camp.

Man the fishing is hard right now went out to day only got 10 crappie hope you guys coming down for cc have fun but i think the spawn is over.Thay have moved back out to deeper water not in the buck brush like a cople weeks ago thay were all around the banks.

Originally Posted by THENOVA70SS

Man the fishing is hard right now went out to day only got 10 crappie hope you guys coming down for cc have fun but i think the spawn is over.Thay have moved back out to deeper water not in the buck brush like a cople weeks ago thay were all around the banks.

I think the water just got a bit too warm and that pushed them back off the banks. The coolest surface temperature I found yesterday was 69 degrees and that's too warm for them to spawn. This cool-down we're getting though will get them going in the shallows again.

None of the females we caught yesterday were any where near laid out so there is plenty of spawning yet to be done as long as the weather cooperates, which it looks like it is going to. Most of the fish we caught yesterday were 6 to 10-feet deep on staging beds close to spawning areas:

Jerry.
How did you manage to catch so many? The Lake had white caps and the wind was blowig at 40mph. WE caught 5 but had to fight to catch them. Do you give lessons?

Originally Posted by Charlie K.

Jerry.
How did you manage to catch so many? The Lake had white caps and the wind was blowig at 40mph. WE caught 5 but had to fight to catch them. Do you give lessons?

Hey Charlie:

We did fight the wind early but we have condos placed in protected areas for any wind direction. The last bunch we put in (22 bucket/bamboo condos) were placed specifically for winds from the west, southwest and south and we fished those after the wind got up.

Had a pretty stiff northeast wind today so we had to fish some other areas to get a break from it.

I give lessons every day!!

Originally Posted by Jerry Blake

I think the water just got a bit too warm and that pushed them back off the banks. The coolest surface temperature I found yesterday was 69 degrees and that's too warm for them to spawn. This cool-down we're getting though will get them going in the shallows again.

None of the females we caught yesterday were any where near laid out so there is plenty of spawning yet to be done as long as the weather cooperates, which it looks like it is going to. Most of the fish we caught yesterday were 6 to 10-feet deep on staging beds close to spawning areas:

Hey jerry what happend to the 2 spawn the fishing has got super hard down on greeson i have been out a cople of time in the past week and could only get a few keepers. I looked at your web page to day and it looks like you had a hard day only 11 keepers was that an all day trip or just the after noon. I read a thing on the net that said if fish missed a spawn thay would set and take in there eggs and not bite for weeks is that what is happen.

Originally Posted by THENOVA70SS

Hey jerry what happend to the 2 spawn the fishing has got super hard down on greeson i have been out a cople of time in the past week and could only get a few keepers. I looked at your web page to day and it looks like you had a hard day only 11 keepers was that an all day trip or just the after noon. I read a thing on the net that said if fish missed a spawn thay would set and take in there eggs and not bite for weeks is that what is happen.

Hey Chris:

The fishing has been tough on Greeson since it came up 3-feet. I think the crappie are still spawning but since the water temperature is getting into the upper end of the range they can spawn I think they are spawning deep - like around 8 to 10-feet. We're still seeing quite a few ripe, runny eggs in most of the females. It's been a tough spawn for them but I think they've had opportunity to get several batches of eggs off. We've had fairly stable water level for several good periods so that's been a big help to them. With the lake up to full pool now the fry have plenty of cover and forage so that's in their (our) favor.

If the water temps continue to rise the spawn will be over pretty soon and the bite will improve considerably when they settle into a post spawn pattern. They've lost a lot of weight through the spawn this year and will be trying to fatten back up.