Thread: Anyone doing any good?

Looks like Twenty did. But ya gotta have camo and special jigs.

Originally Posted by jig rig

Looks like Twenty did. But ya gotta have camo and special jigs.

There is still alot of fish in that pre-spawn stage, sitting out in the mid-level depths. I caught all.of my fish working 12-17 fow, primarily fishing anywhere from 9ft to 11ft deep, and my go to baits for all of the trip was Mr. Crappie Bluegrass, Glimmer, and Monkey Shine. Fished single jig rigs, tipped with either minnows or crappie nibbles, hot pink or chartreuse jig heads.
The biggest thing I saw the local boats doing that were not catching fish was that they were going too slow. Several of us have found there some years of fishing experience that when that water is warming to increase your speed. My speeds ranged from 0.5-0.7 all week. Also look for these fish to be staging near stump flats that relate to the creek channels, boat lanes and any old creeks or ditches that go to more shallow and conducive spawning habitat and water depth.
Hope that helps you put a few slabs in the boat!!

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Originally Posted by bandchaser

There is still alot of fish in that pre-spawn stage, sitting out in the mid-level depths. I caught all.of my fish working 12-17 fow, primarily fishing anywhere from 9ft to 11ft deep, and my go to baits for all of the trip was Mr. Crappie Bluegrass, Glimmer, and Monkey Shine. Fished single jig rigs, tipped with either minnows or crappie nibbles, hot pink or chartreuse jig heads.
The biggest thing I saw the local boats doing that were not catching fish was that they were going too slow. Several of us have found there some years of fishing experience that when that water is warming to increase your speed. My speeds ranged from 0.5-0.7 all week. Also look for these fish to be staging near stump flats that relate to the creek channels, boat lanes and any old creeks or ditches that go to more shallow and conducive spawning habitat and water depth.
Hope that helps you put a few slabs in the boat!!

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Its a shame that i grew up on lake d'arbonne and someone from out of state can come whoop up on some fish. LOL that being said I'm pretty new to crappie fishing. Thanks for the advice sir.

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fished Cypress in Benton Saturday. Caught 5, two bass, and a kittycat.
Water high. I run the boat aground all day.

I brought home 25 good ones from Cypress Sat before last. I went out there this past Saturday too. Lake has dropped a bit, but still pretty stained. Caught some deep on cranks, caught some shallow on jigs. Caught three nice channel cats on a crankbait. Sunday, I hung one crappie that popped my line at the boat. That was it.

Originally Posted by Brad982

Its a shame that i grew up on lake d'arbonne and someone from out of state can come whoop up on some fish. LOL that being said I'm pretty new to crappie fishing. Thanks for the advice sir.

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The fish should be spawning at the base of the trees on every lake in N La now. The problem is they are scattered with all the recent rain.
You have to quite literally bump them with the jig sometimes. They don't always want to get far from the nest.
I always find fish on the cypress with limbs that come low to the water in 1-4 feet of water. Let your jig down within 2-3 inches the trunk and try to go to bottom.
They usually smack it on the way down.