Thread: tenkiller archives

Nice report Ranger! Good to hear the fishing is picking up somewhere.

Thanks Craig, I was talked into going East instead of South by the reasoning that the rain coming will probably change a few things at Eufaula for the tourney and we would have to prefish there after the rain. Which made alil sense to me and am I glad I went East. That my FRIEND was a day like years past on TENKILLER still vivid in my memeory. We caught crappie of all sizes from 2" to 17 1/2" so maybe just maybe the 15 total and 10" limit is working as it was meant to work. I just wish we as fisherman and stewards of our land and waters would all abide by the laws and limits that have been set for us by the Governing bodys. Like the conversation I had lastnight with a feller when he commented on our day on the water when he said YOU JUST KEPT 30!!!!! (are you insane was the quote and I would of kept em all) and knowing this feller as I do he most certainly would of and he isn't alone out there. So I say to him and all, we live in a Democratic Society with laws that we all must abide with even if we don't like them and we all have a voice to be heard to make changes in those laws. I myself want what we enjoy today to be enjoyed for my Kids, Gr'kids, and their Kids....ok enough rambling......Ranger

Amen Ranger! What's kills me is the people that keep everything no matter what size it is then they wonder why we can't catch any big fish!

Way to go Ranger, and Amen on leaving it that way for our kids and Grandkids! Heck I even have GGkids.

Redge you was on tenkiller yesterday..what time did you leave and what type boat was you in I might have seen you or atleast passed you..But I will not again if I can find you......Ranger

Yep we probably did pass each other. Red skeeter w Yamaha 150

Didn't make it above the bridge until around 2 or so and didn't stay long we left around 4..most of our fishing was below Cherokee to Sizemore

We left about 7 stayed above 82 til then

Nice fish Ranger, bet you had a blast.

All I can say is I am glad I am not fishing a tournament on Tenkiller this Saturday against Ranger09. We went down yesterday on the spur of the moment hoping to catch just a couple of those 2 pounders. I had to fish with a bass rod and only my bass fishing buddies limited crappie tackle. I learned on my first bite that you can't set the hook with a medium action bass rod and 4 lb test mono like you do with 20 pound braid and an ultra light rod. It snaps quickly, probably would have been a great photo op of the expression on my face. Ranger graciously had given us some places to check, the wind was howling and it was very hard to hold on most of them. We missed several bites that I attribute to slack in line and moving around to much due to the wind. We were never able to find a place out of the wind, only places with less wind. We searched around in 10-16 fow and found a few brush piles that we could fish. We would catch 2-4 fish off about every pile immediately then it would be over. We ended the day with 14 keepers, the biggest was probalby 1 1/4 pounds. We probably caught that many throwbacks. The fish were about half black and half white crappie. I sure like to catch those Tenkiller black crappie. The best color was bright pink head with electric chicken body and chartruese head with blk/char body. I hope to go with Ranger sometime and let him show me how to catch them on Tenkiller. I will also have come crappie tackle with me next time. LOL!!!!

Odie