Fished a bit yesterday by myself. Got on the water about 2:00 left about 4:00 Brought home 8 pretty nice fish. The wind was terrible.
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Fished a bit yesterday by myself. Got on the water about 2:00 left about 4:00 Brought home 8 pretty nice fish. The wind was terrible.
Talked to a buddy of mine that caught 14 nice crappie last Tuesday and even caught some up in the river which had been awfully dead this fall so far so things are looking to pick up alil on Tenkiller right now. He did say the water temp was in the low 70's when he put in and the fish caught were in spawning depths and close to wood. He also said he caught alot of 9 1/2 and 9 3/4 length fish.
Yea I caught a bunch of those 9 15/16 inch fish also. That's a good sign.
WINDY. I caught enough to fire up the knife, but i didnt slay em. Caught some nice blacks.
what part of the lake you fishin slab
I'm off this next week for a combo of deer hunting and fishing! Any update Slabs Inc? Depth, structure...
I've been up the lake, the fish seen to be shallow 6-8. It's been really windy the last two times I have been there so I can't say how the deep bite is. Im almost a Cookson and below kind of guy but time and being by my self I just been putting in at Elk Creek. I'm sure there are some log jams up the river after this last springs floods that would be heaven, but I haven't found any yet. A friend has been catching some super big slabs pulling cranks down the lake but the fish are far and very few between.
Thanks for the update Slabs, we have been tearing the catfish up for the last month or so. We usually fish the upper part of the lake. We put in at Elk Creek also. Hopefully this next week I can get on some crappie!
Good luck.
Hadnt fished any this past few weeks taking my Gr'Daughter and then my Dad hunting but here is the latest from my pard. He went last Tuesday and caught 18 keepers- keeping only his limit- and was off the water by 2:30pm. Went Wednesday and had 19 keepers with some really nice fish-keeping only a limit of 15-. Went back on Thursday the morning of the freeze and the water temps had dropped 7 degrees to 62 and the bite was off alot. Fished most of the day with only 7 keepers caught.. He concentrated on waters from Sizemore to Elk Creek and said the blk/pink Bobby Garland was the ticket all 3 days.....Ranger
That's some good fishing. I get on the lake about 2:00 and fish till about 4:00. I have been wanting to go to Gibson in case I get a partner lined up, but I doubt I do, everyone has deer on the brain.
Thanks for the update Ranger! hopefully I will get to go try them this week.
What a beautiful day and a pleasant surprise. Caught my first fish in the fog over the lake at 7:18am and our 30th at 2:10pm. Had 11 throwbacks to small to count and 8 keepers thrown back after catching our limit and closing the LW lid. Started off fishing in down coveralls this morning with the steam coming off the lake freezing to the boat and finished with shorts and T shirt and flip flops..quite a change on the day. Crappie caught from Petit Bay to Carters Landing in woodpiles from 6' to 15' DOW and black/pink Bobby Garlands being the bait of choice
Hey Ranger "thanks" I worked a set of yearlings this am, steam rising off there backs, then I drilled some wheat, then I played parts chaser, then I had to go to the bank, then I picked up feed, then I feed, then I fixed myself a sandwich, then it was dark lol glad you caught them. I'm really wanting to go tomorrow but.... Wed is looking better for me.
Way to go Ranger! Had a death in the family so my plans didn't quite work out last week for fishing part of the week. Slabs your day sounds more like mine. Split and stacked 15 ricks of firewood.
To be HONEST here I think I would rather be fishing....RANGER
Will be getting the boat wet tomorrow. The lake has came up over 2 ft and is still rising so I am sure its going to be new water I will be fishing since the upper end will be rolling and dirty. Let you know how it goes tomorrow evening.
Let us know Ranger, we are going to go bait up tomorrow night for some catfish with the rise on and all. Hopefully get after the crappie on Saturday!
I know this is off the topic of crappie, but have any of you Tenkiller fishermen been down to the Lower Illinois lately? Is it as bad as they say it is?
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I know it's like shooting fish in a barrel, but I've enjoyed harvesting many a trout from that river. I hate to hear that it could be a thing of the past. :(
I haven't been down there, so can't provide any info on that. I'll check into it with my neighbors down there and see what they say.
Hadn't been down there either but hear as you have its bad.
Now about a better subject..CRAPPIE FISHIN..Upper end above Battleship is so muddy you can walk across it. Caught several crappie starting around goat island, then around the use to be sunken island south of goat island, down to Sizemore. Had 14 total keeper crappie today and was shy of my limit but that was my fault. Had 4 come off lifting them into the boat. The bite was very lite and when I say that you had better have some kind of high vis line on cause all you would see would be a flick of the line or feel like you had contacted a leaf floating in the water. The mud line is slowly making it down the lake and when I left it was even with Goat Island and headed south. Baits of choice today was the blk/chart super tube and the black/pink bobby garland. Most crappie were caught vertical jigging in the thickest part of the woodpile and right on the bottom. Had 8 throwbacks also. Early in the morning and in the fog caught fish as shallow as 12' but as the day went along they moved out into 18' to 25' brush. WT was 60.7 when I started in the clear water and got up to 62.1 before leaving. The new water is in the high 50's and got colder the further I went up the lake....Ranger
Thanks for the information!!! What line do you prefer to use on Tenkiller?
Right now Redge I am using vicious line in hi vis yellow..4lb..using a high strength line on tenkiller and getting hung up in the woodpiles causes you to disturb the pile and spooking fish. Have tested this several times and thats the way I see it. Was told about Vicious Line and have just started tring it and found its very low on memory, has a high tensil strength, and casts are long. I'm sure you ask others and they all have a line of choice....I tried Izonline and researched it online and found it to be a high thought of line. My thoughts on it was its very slick and casts line a bullet, has low memory, but as soon as it get a fray on it from the brush its breaks very easily. So if you are not going to fish any type of structure it works well......Ranger
Thanks for the input. I have always preferred the 4# line but always seem to have trouble with memory on it. I agree about disturbing the brush. I always fish structure so I think I will try some of the Vicious line.
I'm getting ready to try the Vicious Pan Fish line also. I know Cabelas has it, I wonder if BPS has it? I'm a die hard Trilene guy but they don't have a 4# hi Vis line that I know of??? Hey Ranger are you using a leader? Tenkiller gets pretty clear down lake sometimes??? I know others that use Mr. Crappie hi vis without a leader and seem to do well.
Nope no leader. Mr Crappie I used for several years but was never happy with it do to memory. After it was on the spool for a few days had to drag it behind the boat for about a 1/2 mile to get the kinks out of it. But I couldn't find another Hi Vis I liked until now..I am sold after using it yesterday and I also tried the 6lb too..works gr8 in the trees. I ordered mine from the Vicious website for $9.99 a 1/2lb spool which was 2960yds for the 4lb and donr get me lyin about the 6lb....Ranger
Many miles the Ole Champ has idled around, spinning rod hanging off the side dragging line. Thanks
Unloaded at Petit Bay this morning at 8:40am and caught my first 4 crappie before hitting the mouth. Fished up the lake from there all the way above Dry Creek. Fish caught were in 18' to 25' woodpiles some from the tops and some right off the bottom, there really wasn't a true pattern. It seemed like they spooked out of the tops and went deep into the wood. Finished up with 14 really good fish not having to measure a single fish. Had 9 throwbacks aslo. Bait of choice today seemed to be red/chart and blk/chart super tubes. Tried most of the baits in the box and those 2 produced the best. Water temps were in Petit 47.6 degrees and in the main lake channel it was 49.2 degrees. Up in the river it got up to 49.9 degrees. The river clarity was really clear and off colored the further down the lake toward Petit as you fished....Ranger
Unloaded at Petit again this morning only catching 1 keeper in the bay area and a few dinks. Fished trees in the mouth and down towards Carlisle Cove area only catching a keeper here and one there. Headed up the lake around 11 and finished up with 14 keepers. Had alot of dinks today which I didnt have the last time I was on the lake. There was one plus though, built a woodpile that needed sweeting for sometime now. Never caught a crappie past the point at Cherokee Landing and I am going to say its due to the off colored water. Water temps were in the low 50's at Petit and got down to 48 degrees up at Cherokee Landing area.....Ranger
im ready to start hitting tenkiller again. we sure need to fix some of the piles we lost back in the spring floods. mark holler sometime and ill be glade to go help you with some of them.
Another windy and cool day on Tenkiller..put in at Petit Bay and again caught 1 keeper inside the bay area with alot of small fish. Water temp at 7:15am was 46.1 degrees and water was clear. After leaving Petit area with 4 keepers in LW headed up the lake towards Wildcat. The water got dingy for Tenkiller standards. Caught several dinks and 3 more keepers around Standing Rock. Never caught a fish above 82 bridge and the water on the other side of the bridge is awesome and very clear with temps running 47.8 degrees. Ended up with 14 keeper crappie and left at 3pm..well got blew off the lake. With a NW wind at 15 to 20 mph its hard to fish my stuff and was gettin cramps from standing on the trolling motor. Baits of choice was blk/chart..red/chart super tubes and cajun cricket bobby garland baby shad...Ranger
What a beautiful day on Tenkiller or any lake today as far as that goes. Unloaded at Petit Bay north ramp and started catching crappie from the 1st pile I fished along with 5 Spotted Bass also. Even caught a few crappie from the trees today. We ended up with 28 keepers today and many more dinks along with 13 bass caught and the biggest spotted bass tipping the scales a 2.06 lbs..we threw them trash fish up on the bank..lol..Ok now lets get serious..had 1 over 15",7 over 14" and 3 over 13". Water temps didn't change much today with it being 47.4 at unloading and got up to 47.8 late in the afternoon. Caught fish from Carlisle Cove to the Island above 82 bridge.Caught crappie today from deep trees in 65' of water but fish being in the 18' to 20' depth to as shallow as 12' up in the river. Baits of choice today was Bobby Garlands cajun chicken baby shad and red/chart super tubes. My buddy caught a few on bobbys blue thunder color baby shad and blk/chart super tubes as well. Heres a pic. of the 15" crappie if I did this right...Ranger
It's about to start!!! Thanks for the update.
Way to go Ranger!
Unloaded at pettit at 7:20 am. Caught the first fish by 8 . Very slow morning didnt catch another till 930. We fished from carlise to elk creek. We finally had 4 keepers when we got to cherokee. Pulled 9 keepers out of one brush pile in about 15 minutes. We finished fishing at 3 pm and had 13 keepes the. Biggest being about 14 1/2 inches long. We did catch alot of throw backs. Fish started biting after it clouded up. As soon as the sun came back out it was like flip g a light switch off till it clouded back up. Blue thunder boby garlands baby shad was all they wanted. Mostly around 18 to 24 feet.
On the water about 10:00 off the water about 4:00 Wasted a bunch of time on standing timber then we found the drum under shad by battle ship point. Lol Slow crappie day but did end up with enough for a mess. Baby shads in Opening Night.
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nice bunch of Blacks glad you got into em alil..its only gonna get better on Broken Bow..lol....Ranger
here is some pics of the fish we caught saturday. my buddie is holding some of them. ranger you might reconize him. i'm trying to talk him into fishing some of the tournaments with me. i need all the help i can get. hehe
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Hi Steve...lol...no dont know him....Wife left for her Alaskan trip today so I will be heading to the lake Friday let you know how it is...Ranger
Need all the good reports we can get