Thread: Lake Eufaula archives

Took my 79 yr old dad this morning for his brithday present (birthday was yeasterday 9-11). We fishing from 830 to 1130 and ended up with 20 keepers 10-12" long caught that many little ones. Couldn't stay out much longer than that for dad has a hard staying up right now days. God bless him for his fishing days are getting closer to the end. This is what he wanted for a present so I made sure he got it. We hit the standing timber using beaver tails. The bite was very strong when we first got there then by around 930 it had slowed way down. Fished anywhere from 10-22 FOW about 10' deep. Sorry no pictures dad was in a hurry to get back their motor home to rest. So I did a quick clean up for him and sent him on his way. All though I know he won't see this post, but I love you dad and happy fishing. :-)

Crappie-Jiggin, I was fishing this morning and got to thinking of my Dad and longed for him to be with me one more time so he could get in some fishing, he loved to fish. Odd that you would make this post on the same day I was thinking of my father, nice post.

Note: Caught around 30, but only 5 keepers..........but had a blast with all the action of the smaller ones. One right after another for two hours.

I was able to get out witha friend of mine and fish a couple of hours Saturday evening. We had 15 keepers on rip rap in 6-10 fow with pumpkin/chart beaver tails! Had some good fish! It is always nice for the guide to be put on fish! I was suppose to guide Sunday but I wasn't feeling to well, for you that know me I had to feeling pretty bad not to go fishing! EB

I can relate my dad was the best, I sure do miss him! He taught me how to hunt and fish, but most impotantly how to live right! I would give anything to spemd another day on the water with him! EB

A friend and I ran out for a couple of hours yesterday afternoon. Caught about 15 or so good keepers on the rip rap, 4-7 fow on Beavertails and Crappie Pro solid body jigs. A bit breezy, but had an enjoyable time. Thanks, EB ;-)

I see a lot of references to fishing riprap, and I see boats on it all the time. Being new to the lake and area, I was just wondering the techniques used to fish it. Do you anchor and fish a particular depth, or do you slowly troll along the riprap?

Also, when jigging along the riprap, do you cast toward the bank and reel it in, or do you vertical jig down in the rocks. I've read back through this thread quite a few times and have picked up some great tips, but really didn't see specifics on how to fish the riprap.

By the way, I fish the south end of the lake, usually around the Crowder area.

-Scott

Scott, to answer your question, yes to everything. If you will go out and watch the folks fishing the rocks you will see that different people fish all the tactics you described. Some guys anchor, others troll. Some guys cast to the banks and reel it in, some guys fish straight down. Some guys use minnows, others use jigs. There is no right or wrong way. When the fish are there it seems everyone is catching their share no matter the technique. I personally prefer to slowly troll jigs in a specific depth along the rocks. I try different depths until I start catching them but 8 to 10 feet is a very good bet for a starting point. If you want some first hand knowledge, book a guide trip with Eufaula Boy or Barry Morrow. They will show you how to catch fish on the rocks for sure.

Good luck, Robert

Thank you for the good reference meatdragger. What we look for when fishing rip-rap is clusters of bigger chunk rock. Most of the time the bigger rocks hold more fish because the fish can get in and around them, the smaller rocks hold fish to, but not as well as the bigger stuff. We fish rap on Eufuala because we have miles of it to fish in all depth ranges.

I was able to take Larry Russell from CrappiePro fishing yesterday evening, I think we kept 12 nice fish before the lightning run us off the water. We were fishing rip-rap. Brown and orange was the hot color! We had a couple of 1.5lb fish. EB

I'm still hearing that the fish are biting really good since it has cooled off! EB

Was able to get out for a couple of hours Monday evening! We were fishing rip-rap in 6-10 fow we caught some good fish! The numbers are not high but the size is really been good! I fished rip-rap on the north end and south end and the fish patterned pretty much the same! EB