Thread: Lake Greeson Crappie

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?

Jerry,

I would like to know if this haul is from a 1/2 day trip or a full day. My complement on the hawgs.

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 randybenham

Jerry,

I would like to know if this haul is from a 1/2 day trip or a full day. My complement on the hawgs.

Hey Randy:

That was a full-day trip - about 7:00am to 3:30pm. My clients caught all of the fish too. I usually catch a few but didn't get a bite on a jig early so I put it up.

Dang guys, Greeson looks vey healthy! What are you puttin in the water to make them bloat up like that? Our weather turned very cold and has knoked the surface temps back into the 50's... ouch. But like you said Jerry there is a lot more spawn ahead!

:D Hopefully they will be biting on the 13th...Here fishy,fishy...

Look forward to fishing with you Jerry!

Hey Jerry, It's pretty neat that I noticed that your fishing on Greeson is so close to what we're doing here on Nimrod. Surface temp on main lake 69 degrees or a little higher. Water warmed to quickly to catch many in the shallows. Bank waders are very disappointed. I waded a couple times and only caught some nice males wading out towards the open water and then casting cork and jig out even further.
I disagree with a lot of fishermen here that the crappie have already spawned out. All the females that I am catching on the creek and river channel edges are bulging with eggs. The eggs are still a dark yellow to a light orange color and still pretty clumped together.
The last few days that I fished the fish had seemed to migrate closer to the spawning areas and left my shallow 10 foot beds. Maybe this cold weather will give me another crack at those big females.
I have definately got to work on getting some structure in for windy days also.

good looking mess you had there nova. I cant wait to come down for CC. the fishing will be great but the meeting the people and eating will be the best part.