Old River yesterday

[LMBarnett]

Went to Old River yesterday with the wife. We caught 6 total fish, 5 were crappie between 9.5 and 11 inches, and 1 unknown sunfish. We missed probably 8-10 more bites. All caught on minnows set at 18" deep in 3-6 fow. All fish were empty, no eggs or milt. Going back tomorrow for some more action. Sorry no pics, not an impressive enough catch for that.

[ceb]

Thanks for the report. Hope y'all do even better tomorrow...And, don't forget to give the deep water a try. If the majority are finished spawning, the big females will load up deep in the channel and gorge on shad to recoupe energy stores.

[LMBarnett]

I have got to remmeber that, i usually get frustrated and forget to try deeper. But the channel runs about 8-10 feet deep, not too far from where we caught those yesterday.

[LMBarnett]

Went back to Old River on Friday around 11:00am. The wind was awful, was thinking I wasn't going to be able to hold the boat still, but managed somehow. We fished for 4 1/2 hours and had 7 keeps and 3 dinks. That is much better than the others who were there at daylight had done in the same amount of time.

I had commented that the fish were empty, but I had a few of the females still had immature eggs in them, so maybe I've still got time for them in the brush

[crappie12]

Nice report.

[501mooney87]

Anyone Fished old river lately??? I have not been down there in several weeks??

[LMBarnett]

Anyone Fished old river lately??? I have not been down there in several weeks??

My budy's ramp is actually his back yard, and it is VERY muddy right now, so i do not even ask when the rain won't stop falling, but am itching to get back out there soon.

[CrappiePro]

Nice report LM Barnett, thanks for the report. CP

[shocker037]

well the river on this end is huge but the only thing good about it is that my buddys are going out in his flooded bean/corn feilds and catching a lot of catfish

[501mooney87]

LOL!!! That is crazy!! Thanks for the report!!!