Thread: Quick Report

102409
"Raleigh Area Lake"
2:30 pm
6:00 pm
Water Temp: 67.5F
25 crappie
released

10.25-15.50" (15.50" = 2 lbs 1 oz)
1-7' down in 6-10'
#6 Vanish Transition
*1/16 oz short shank gold/chart tube
#4 split shot/minnow


It was all about flipping a jig today. The crappie hit it on the fall back to the boat...and man did they hit it hard! I was using a short shank 1/16 oz jig with the usual gold/chart tube. Most of the fish were 3-5' down, but a couple hit it at the surface on the first casts to some laydowns.

Last year's report copied below
2008 10/25:

Originally Posted by crataegus

Saturday on a "Raleigh Parks" lake:

9:30am-4:00pm
7 crappie 12" to 14" (14"=1 lb 10.5 oz)
***Homemade minnow rig


#6 Vanish Transition Line
8'-10' in 8'-10'
Water Temp: 64F

***big fish of the day caught on this bait

It was a bit windy today, but the biggest problem was the lack of bites. They were not that hungry today. I caught a total of 10 fish today--3 were 6" and the other 7 averaged 12.5." Only one on the hump today (1 lb 7 oz) and one on the PVC. Like last week, the Crappie scoffed at the idea of ingesting a tube.
I tried a new version of the homemade rig today. I used one uncut piece of #50 line to make an entire rig, tying a loop at either end and two 3" dropshot loops in the middle. A snell was tied into each dropshot loop "arm." It seems like it should've worked, and it didn't tangle very much, but the bites favored my original product. I will try it again on a more positively quantitative day before I make a qualitative decision.

good job Crat...another two pounder...excellent

Jeremy, You are a fishin machine. No fish on the HUMPS?

Chief,

The fish still echoed over the hump and PVC, but would not bite for me--perhaps I should have tried ajigging spoon? I looked back at last year's reports and found the same to be true by this time. Once I get my 18hp 4-stroke Nissan tuned up, it will be time for Jordan Lake!

102909
Jordan Lake
7:45 am
12:30 pm
Water Temp: 62F
21 crappie
now Chief's dinner -1 released

10.25-14"
12-18' down in 12-20'
#6 Vanish Transition + Chief's 20# cable
*1/16 oz short shank gold/chart tube w/1/2oz weight


I finally had the opportunity to fish will Bill. He knows how to fish! We fished Farrington mainly, but added two more a couple miles south. Chief outfished me about 4-1 and with fewer poles. I think use a bullet weight rather than a bottom weight...or maybe Chief just holds the pole right. It was good fishing! The best part was that when I got back to work, the day seemed half as long! As soon as The Raleigh Lake shuts off, I'm ready for Jordan Lake!

It was nice to say hi to PopPop and SeaSons--glad to hear you all hauled them in to!






Last year's report same as previous report (2008 10/25)

103109
"Raleigh City Lake"
10:45 am
3:45 pm
Water Temp: 64.5F
19 crappie
relesed -2 given away

10.25-13.5" (13.5"=1 lb 11 oz)
6-9' in 8-10'
#6 Vanish Transition
1/16 oz short shank gold/chart tube
#2 aberdeen/minnow under #5 split shot


It was a fairly productive day overall. Nothing huge, but plenty of pulls. Although it wasn't my best spot today, I was most satisfied fishing over my PVC. I ended up taking 5 11.5-13" fish off it and missed 4 more (and some of those felt really big). But it was my favorite spot today because it was in the teeth of the wind and if I could tight-line a jig in it, I would feel a crack eventually. Basically, if I could control the boat, I was rewarded with a fish. The hump also paid off with three fat fish. Several other spots yielded fish as well. They had definitely moved closer to the bottom, which limited the number of strikes on a flipped jig. The fish are getting fat! Even though today was still good in numbers and size, I sense the end of the good fishing is near (unless I can figure out that lake in the winter!)






Last year's report same as previous report (2008 11/02)

Originally Posted by crataegus

Double report

Saturday on a "Raleigh Parks" lake:

10:00am-4:00pm
8 crappie 10.5" to 13"
Homemade minnow rig
***1/16oz Chart tubejig w/o minnow


#6 Vanish Transition Line
8'-10' in 8'-10'
Water Temp: 58F

***big fish of the day caught on this bait

Sunday on a "Raleigh Parks" lake:

7:15am-12:45pm
4 crappie 12" to 13.75"
***1/16oz Chart tubejig w/o minnow

#6 Vanish Transition Line
8'-10' in 8'-10'
Water Temp: 58F

***big fish of the day caught on this bait

I'm hearing all these great reports from Jordan; but they've all but shut off on my home lake. Saturday, they prefered a moving jig. Sunday, I only caught White Crappies. I really don't have a guess as to why the fish have slowed down so much on the lake, why they have lost interest in minnows, and why the Black Crappie bite stopped totally. Next week I think I'll try Jordan

good job Crat.....you will be back in the 2 lb club next trip...

110709
Jordan Lake
8:15 am
3:45 pm
Water Temp: 61.5F
37 crappie
released

10-13.25"
16-20' in 18-24'
#6 Vanish Transition
***5/16 oz weight above 1/16 oz short shank hook; tri-color tube: black tip/slvr sprkle mid/ chart tail
#2 Aberdeen/minnow under 2-#4 split shot

I caught most of my fish just north of the 64 bridge--in fact, I'm pretty sure I was near where "I mac" caught his yesterday. I caught about 30 keepers on brush piles today--and about 20 of those came off of one in particular. I think the color made a huge difference today, plus being able to watch my jig on the depth finder. I would literally hold the jig inches above the brush pile--any deeper and I would be retying (and I did many times). I watched several fish come up and hit my jig. Minnows would catch fish too, but jigs were the most effective crappie hoist today. I hope this pattern holds for my parents visit late this coming week! Farrrington was loaded with some kind of non-biting fish---didn't get a bite up there and didn't see anyone else pull one in. I stayed on the brush using a marker buoy thrown upwind from the spot. The wind was moderate and steady, and my trolling motor was very tired by the end of the day. If I go again tomorrow, I will be without my best color...I left them all in the brush piles! Thank you all for the Jordan reports; you helped put me on fish today.





Last year's report (2008 11/10)

Originally Posted by crataegus

Double report

Saturday on Jordan Lake:

12:00am-2:30pm
Skunked!!!

Saturday on a "Raleigh Parks" lake:

3:30pm-5:00pm
1 crappie 12.5"
***1/16oz Chart tubejig w/o minnow

#6 Vanish Transition Line
8' in 10'
Water Temp: 58F

***big fish of the day caught on this bait

Well, I fished Farrington and haven't figured out the technique yet. I'm sure I would have caught a few but the wind won. Me and PG24 decided to head to the Raleigh Parks Lake--still no Black Crappie. One White. Where did they go on that lake!?

Frustrating Saturday...but a productive Sunday in the garden