Toledo Bend Tips

[Smallaxe Allen]

Gents,

I'm dying to learn TB since it's only a short drive away and it's legendary. I've searched for tips and tricks for wintertime crappie down there all over the forum and haven't found much recently. I'm thinking of hitting the coop or the main river channel drops in 30 FOW or more with shiners on a drop shot. I would like to learn how to use the jigs and what works best there, so if you have any suggestions let me know. I'm thinking with jigs, 1/16th because of depth? Gotta get some pre fishing in before the gathering, If it works out well I'll go both days next weekend, if it doesn't I'll hit Cypress after church on Sunday.

Thanks,

Ryan

[bobgill]

Caught a good mess of crappie in Bayou Seippe last week. Shiner and jigs 14 ft deep in 16 ft of water. Haven't been on the river in a while.

[cyberwolf]

I was told the coop was not a good spot till the water temp. is 50 degrees or below

[fishervet]

just let us all know exactly what your doing if you catch......if not catching, fix it then let us know.....jk. we have proved as a group that these fish can be hard to catch when it is cold.

[shadow]

When the coop is right you can get on the bank edge early in the morning and then as the day moves on fish the "other" edge (lake side) fishing with shiners 1 or 2 cranks off the bottom and as soon as you feel the "slight" hit, REEL them up! I had a buddy that kept waiting for them to take off with the bait and me and his son were tearing them up while he wasn't catching. It is hard to feel a good thump that deep in the water. I caught some on jigs fishing the same way too. I fish either 1/6 or 1/8 oz jigs and catch on both. Hope this helps some.

[Smallaxe Allen]

Thanks for all the advice. it sounds like the water temp is good. The problem right now is the high dirty water the coop has been slow. I may give it a try this weekend on Sunday afternoon.

[Dapet]

I actually just came back yesterday form Toledo. We were supposed to fish it yesterday morning. We had the trip planned for 4 weeks earlier to fish on that day. Naturally the weather did not cooperate. I understand they we did not get much rain in South La., but over there, we had some really bad cells come thru yesterday morning and ,unfortunately, had to cancel the trip and come back. We ended up fishing in Ville Platte at Millers Lake, which is not a good lake to fish in 15-20 mph winds. We fished for 3 hours without a bite. Not good.

[fishervet]

I actually just came back yesterday form Toledo. We were supposed to fish it yesterday morning. We had the trip planned for 4 weeks earlier to fish on that day. Naturally the weather did not cooperate. I understand they we did not get much rain in South La., but over there, we had some really bad cells come thru yesterday morning and ,unfortunately, had to cancel the trip and come back. We ended up fishing in Ville Platte at Millers Lake, which is not a good lake to fish in 15-20 mph winds. We fished for 3 hours without a bite. Not good.

sorry to hear that...sounds like chicot....3 hrs and not a bite...but thats every time I go......