Why?

Global Warming !:biggrin

Yep that's it . The water has never gotten hot enough to push them into the deep water . Glbal warming yep

Fished with a guy today that was talking bout this. His suggestion or theory was that maybe a lot of the crappie were deeper than what the cranks will run. Sounds like a good theory. I don't know. I just keep going and enjoy every minute I get to be out there.

I fish sardis every week. Numbers are down for sure from previous years I have a good catch rate because I fish it every week for last 13 years or so. I have hot spots and techniques I use to catch them. If you can locate and stay on top of the majority of fish your chances are better. 20 mile long lake makes it hard to locate. Numbers are low for sure but you got to grind and find and catch. Trolling is lazy most people tie on there cranks and never change out colors. Run the same length and water depth all day also. You have to constantly adapt presentations all day unless you get lucky with the initial setup. That's fishing.

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Originally Posted by stormcloud

Got a friend that fishes it 3 or 4 times a week. He's been catching 7 to 17 a day. Starting at daybreak and fishing until 1 or 2. The game and fish told us it was coming. Next year won't be much better, if as good, according to them. Enid is in the same boat.

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What does your friend do with up to 60 crappie every week? The new-found technology that allows a lot of folks to do that is the problem game and fish is concerned about. No lake can stand that kind of pressure year round.

It's Speck's fault.

We're running out of 13 1/2" fish. Two years of bad hatches and low water. Year after next it will be own again.

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What does your friend do with up to 60 crappie every week? The new-found technology that allows a lot of folks to do that is the problem game and fish is concerned about. No lake can stand that kind of pressure year round.

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He, his kids, grown grand kids, and his neighbors eat them.

Got 22 yesterday. Worked at em from 11-5. 150' back, and no rhyme or reason to color or location. We did catch better fish deep tho.

I blame the 11" thing for the relatively low numbers this summer. Needs to be moved back to over 12". JMO

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What does your friend do with up to 60 crappie every week? The new-found technology that allows a lot of folks to do that is the problem game and fish is concerned about. No lake can stand that kind of pressure year round.

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Pops I understand where you are coming from but I don't spend much (if any) worrying about what someone else is doing with fish they catch legally, not my business. To each their own.
I have seen the possum patrol more this year in any year I can remember, that's a good thing and always glad to visit with them.