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I fished Norman Friday night, Saturday afternoon, and Saturday night. I caught 0 crappie in shallow water. Every crappie I caught was 14' or deeper. Biggest was 15" Saturday afternoon on a minnow 14' deep in 18 fow. Then Saturday night, I caught about a dozen with half of them 11-14.5". Basically those at night were on the bottom in 18 fow and on a chartreuse jig.
Sunday was a madhouse at Norman. Unfortunately, there was a drowning - one boat driver, three guys on a tube - one or maybe all 3 of the tubers fall off and one 41 yr old never resurfaces. No pfd on the guy that drowned. I thought you were required to have at least 2 people in the boat, one to drive and one to spot, if pulling someone behind the boat. Is that still the case?
TW
TW
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Yes the rule is 3 to ski. That is a guideline I believe not the law, could be wrong. I went Monday night caught 5 long lining in MC. The jetski's and wakeboard boats in full force. Might have to switch to night fishing!
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^ Unless you have a mirror.
The spawn here on Badin has been very odd this year. With the cold fronts and rain, just as soon as you think they are going to make a push, they fall back in deeper water. We've caught some very good ones deep throughout March and the first half of April, but I have yet to find them shallow. And I know which docks they prefer. I know there have been a couple of days when they could be found shallow based on reports from others, but we have yet to hit it on one of those days.
I usually catch the majority of my crappie on docks last week of March or April. I have caught 3 (!?) total crappie on docks at Badin this year. Caught more on HR. Most fish have been 15-30' deep.
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I'm glad to see other people are struggling and it's not just me. The temps for the next 7 days are below normal so that won't help much. The deep crappie I have seen are very skittish. If you park a boat over them they are gone immediately. I'll be glad when the weather calms done and the crappie will allow you to catch them literally right under the boat.
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READY TO GO FISHING!!
Greetings Crappie Hunters!!
So glad to finally see some of the parks are opening and the lakes so I can get out on the water!! Just need to be on piers now or on a boat. Need to get me one of them, even if its a small one. I need to get out on the water and catch some fish!! This crap virus has had quite a few peeps ready to go out on a building with a sniper rifle if we don't open our states up!! I'm ready to camp out all week on the water!!:pray
