Thread: Okatibbee Report 8-24

Good Job Scott. You may need a bigger ironing board!:D

Scott, me and you got to get better on that counter, what did we have 27? Really had no hot color today. Push a few of Sat's HH jigs and caught fish but they seem to run smaller than the CB's. Still need a way to figure out how much line to put out on the push poles. Scott's buddy Claude was out pulling by his self using his gas motor and 4 poles and I believe he said he had 29. We were mainly running the same route but he was going somewhat faster than us, seemed like he was thru with our little over a mile run when we were about 3/4 thru. Don't know what size he was keeping. Nice temps and breeze this morning.

Originally Posted by SteveJ

Scott, me and you got to get better on that counter, what did we have 27? Really had no hot color today. Push a few of Sat's HH jigs and caught fish but they seem to run smaller than the CB's. Still need a way to figure out how much line to put out on the push poles. Scott's buddy Claude was out pulling by his self using his gas motor and 4 poles and I believe he said he had 29. We were mainly running the same route but he was going somewhat faster than us, seemed like he was thru with our little over a mile run when we were about 3/4 thru. Don't know what size he was keeping. Nice temps and breeze this morning.

congrats guys on the nice catch. steve me and my buddy found out that the fish do run bigger on cranks at okatibbee jigs work good but the fish run smaller with jigs but you will catch a load of smaller crappies with a big crappie now and then scottv jigs are the best i have ever used at okatibbee we had a dink day with a few keepers on the cranks and the larger jigs my camera is sick so know pics this time but maybe next time.

Great catch.....you guys are cleaning that lake out.

Originally Posted by G3 Fisherman

Great catch.....you guys are cleaning that lake out.

The biologists say that Okatibbee is overpopulated with crappie and that's why they took the size limit off. They say that a 10 in fish from Okatibbee is 2 yrs old where a 1 yr old fish should be that long. We're doing all we can to remedy the situation. LOL

Originally Posted by ScottV

The biologists say that Okatibbee is overpopulated with crappie and that's why they took the size limit off. They say that a 10 in fish from Okatibbee is 2 yrs old where a 1 yr old fish should be that long. We're doing all we can to remedy the situation. LOL

I think your darned sure doing a good job at it.

It looks like the size of the fish have increased since the last time I fished over there. I'm looking forward to coming back over there!

Congrats! Wish they would work out a deal between MS & GA DNR to transplant some of those here since its over populated!?! Just saying!