That's weird about the crappie Ackerman1 were they dead?
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That's weird about the crappie Ackerman1 were they dead?
must of skeered em to death, knowing I am retiring and they is in trouble soon.....lol....Ranger
Mark I think I did mention your name while on the water, that explains it!
you still fishin your stuff on the north end Kirk....glad to see someone is still able to fish some..been pretty busy trying to get things in order before the 1st of July
Worked from Cookson north and it was good to me, was really lucky I even got on the water, but we got our hay up without any trouble and I had an evening and a morning to fish! As soon as you get retired we need to hit tenkiller for a morning.
Yes, they were dead...if not they would of been dead when they hit the fillet knife!!
Spawn stress. I think. I have seen it many times.Quote:
Originally Posted by akerman1
Spawn stress. I think. I've seen The same thing in years past.
Hey look, a double post. Gotta love iPhones.
Isn't that a triple post?!
Well we unloaded at Elk Creek ramp yesterday morning at 6am since my client had to leave the water early for a previous engagement and fished a few piles towards the 82 hwy bridge and didn't get a strike. We fished our way down the lake to Snake Creek and the then across the lake as well. We had some really nice crappie and a smally about 2 1/2 to 3lbs as well for a highlight of the day. All the fish I cleaned that were white species crappie still had eggs and 2 of them were spewing eggs too. All the black species crappie were spawned out and were gourging themselves with 3" shad. Baits of choice today were the red/chart super tube and Bobby Garlands in blue thunder and silver metal flake worked as well. Method of fishing today were cast and drag wood and finessing the wood as well. I had forgot why I stop fishing Tenkiller during the summer months until we were hit by those big ole waves from the huge boats. I will only guide Tenkiller seasonally due to this fact. Since Tenkiller is really a narrow lake and with all the weekend traffic plus the campers and all enjoying the water sports not to mention the waverunners its hard to fish anything out on the lake where the fish are. But what a beautiful day to be on the water.
Glad to hear you had a good time Ranger. Wait til it gets hot and them boats won't be as much of a problem!!
Thats a pretty pic. Slabs.....Ranger
Thanks.
I'm pretty sure those are keepers!
yulp.........looks like Heath has got a fishin partner for sure........hope thats deos't cause problems when she out fishes him....lol....Ranger
It happened lol
Well now we know how easy you are..lol..but blond hair and big eyes could make alil difference...Ranger
Went out yesterday evening caught some nice crappie. Tried the long line trolling EB was talking about on the eufaula post, it was working but pulled a lot of Dinks with that method, but it was working! We fished 4-12' mostly.
Went downlake from 82 bridge tons of sandbass and green backed carp, did a lot of exploring but not much catching of crappie. Still had a good time!
Went Thursday, had 4 12"-14" fish off my first spot then my boat went south on me AGAIN. Limped it back to the trailer and went home. Fish were 8'-12' deep, on wood.
Fished today after the rain let up and a cool morning a beautiful day with lite winds as it was. Had EB in the boat with me today and my best piles up the lake had Sandbass on them schooling when we pulled up and when we left, we just couldn't get out baits under them. So down the lake we come...Had 14 nice crappie today and the DOW was between 14' to 20' seemed to be what they prefered. All wood and alil finess fishing the piles as well. Baits today were Bobby Garland in blue thunder and silver metal flake along with red and black/chart tubes. We had 2 smallies and 1 black bass and a gasper goo....Had a great time with EB and showing him my lake. We also had several pull off before we could get them in the boat.......Ranger
To bad those sandies arent as good to eat as those crappie! It seems like it is a bumper year for sandbass.
Report from my fishin buddy that he was able to fish those piles today on the upper end of the lake that were covered with Sandies yesterday, and took 26 big crappie from them. He had a mixed bag of blacks and whites and some really big ones as well. The sad thing was he never caught a single sandy nor did he even see any surfacing action. He had his limit in 2 1/2hrs of fishing and closed the LW lid and fished for fun. Dang Ole Sandy's.....lol.......Ranger
Went out last night and early this morning, lots of fish but weren't eager to bite. Going down lake tommorrow!
I was out Wednesday and Thursday night to give small mouth fishing a try. Always heard the lake was good at night. Thursday night I thought my arm was going to fall off. I caught so many small mouth. Largest one was 3lbs on the digital scales. I found a bank, probably moved 50 yards up and down it just over and over, they never seemed to quit. I don't know if I just lucked into them as there were so many baitfish under my boat that everyone was there or if it is a good bank and always holds fish like that. I tried Saturday morning but didn't catch a single one. Caught a few black bass and of course drum. Didn't give crappie a try. Found a couple more brush piles. It was just so windy Saturday morning. Definately going back again Sunday night to try the small mouth fishing again. That was fun.
I hear the white bass are starting to school now. I would like to take my little girl out for them in the next couple weeks. Probably mid July. Anyone think they could describe locations where people go to catch them breaking? I know of one spot from Ranger09. I saw a couple boats here and there, didn't look like anything was happening so I'm not really sure that is what they were fishing for. I didn't want to roll up on them and ask.
Oh, sending my boat in next week to get it re-carpeted and the seats re-appolstered. Um....I need a fishing buddy for the next couple weeks. I won't make it the 3 or 4 weeks that my boat is going to be in the shop getting all pretty. Gotta be one of you out there that fishes all by themself like I do and could help a fellow angler out for a few weeks! I'll be going through withdrawls!
Brian
Brian,
The Sandies were breaking the water on the flat in front of Standing Rock Thursday and were on top fo the water for a very long time. But then again had a freind fishing the very same spot Friday and didn't see any nor di he catch any. If I was you I would head that way early in the morning and try it from say 7 to 10am. Then on the flat infront of Cookson campground between Cookson and Six Shooter is another good place to find some schooling sandies. Glad you got into the Smallies they are a blast to catch and fight like no other fish. Was it a bank that I showed you or was it a bank you just found. If I get a chance to get back on the lake I will give you a shout and maybe we can hook back up again..Mark
West of Goat Island, is a sand bass hit spot also.
This morning about 730 the sandies schooled for a long time, north and west of battleship point, also in sizemore were up schooling on top of the water!
Slabs which island is goat island?
Note, there was a really nice boat completely out of the water just north of Carlisle cove on that little island!! I bet that hurt, I would guess they had to be doing 30 or more to get it that far up on dry land.
http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL147.../403169884.jpg
This is "Goat Island."
I've watched boats hit the one your talking about. Some people just need to stay indoors. Lol
Yep your right about the staying indoors part! Thanks for the island info slabs.
Went out last night. Nothing major for whites over by six shooter. Just singles. Went up the lake, past the cove for barnacle Bills, around the point and saw 4 boats sitting. I don't know the name of this place. Within 30 minutes the first school came up. These are big schools, must be 100 fish, but they are all small dinks. They probably stayed up for 20 minutes at least. Went down and then back up again maybe 50 yards away. Again surfaced for at least 20 minutes. Must have been 12 boats circled around them. My little girl comes back home in 2 weeks and boat should be back in 3. She is going to love that.
I know where battleship Rick is at. Goat island too. I did not go to battleship island. I can see goat island from where we all were sitting. But again, it is all dink fish.
Next year ought to be some good sandies, there are a ton of those little 8-9" fish right now. But heck the kids don't care, my gkids even have a blast catching drum!
Those fish out in front of Standing Rock Point were just right for eating if your into eatin a Sandie...The bigger they get the stronger they get...Back in the day when I was catching and cleaning 200 aday I would cull the bigger ones and clean the 3/4 to 1lb fish since they weren't as stong tasting and alot easier to clean.....Ranger
No desire to clean white bass. I just fish for them for the fun. Why are they all so little? Was there a big die off or is that a fish people in Oklahoma just love so they keep everything they catch?
I don't care for the sandbass eating wise, but I really like to catch any fish! Just a guess, but I just thought they had a really good spawn a couple years ago.