Nice fish JD! We didnt fair very well on Oologah today. Glad to see u got them up north.
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Nice fish JD! We didnt fair very well on Oologah today. Glad to see u got them up north.
Was able to get out again this afternoon on the north end. Spider rigged minnows on brush in 10 to 13 fow. Could only fish a couple of piles, due to the wind. Ended up with 9 keepers. All were nice fish with 2 over 14". Also caught several dinks today.
Fished today and had 18 keepers. The biggest was 2.2lbs We were spider rigging minnows over brush today in 10-15 fow. They were right on the break line of the channel. EB
They're sure not biting for me around docks or the bank. Fished for 2 hours yesterday morning and had only one hit, fish on, never got it to the surface, guess I didn't set the hook well or it didn't take it in the first place. I need to drag the old boat out and start fishing the brush piles I guess, it appears that is the best place right now. Thanks for the report Brian.
Stink, I was spidder-rigging minnows over log jams and stump rows! In fact one of the 1.50lb fish I caught got my bait unhung for me. That how tight they were to the wood. The key is to fish the top of the brush, stump, log, laydown etc. We caught some on jigs as well. In the last week I have fish have been caught on brush on the north end and the south end. In depths 12-16ft. Right on top of the brush! I know your a bank fisherman and I know you know how to slip cork. Fish 10-12ft with those minnow rigs and cork and jig one in your hand while your watching your minnows! I know there some fish to be caught around Crowder. But I think those pile have to be in at least 12fow and deeper. Unless your in a shallow creek! ;) EB
Thanks for the advice Brian, appreciate it and will certainly try some of that if I get all froggy and decide to launch the boat. I've been restricting myself to fishing off my friend's dock here, or going to the culvert at Crowder or off the bank close to Blocker bridge. Usually at the dock here in Arrowhead Estates simply because it's so convenient and user friendly. I finally caught a few this evening right before dark, not much, one small crappie, one small perch, and to top it off, one small bass, all in a matter of 20-30 minutes. Not much, but here lately I've been fishing 2 hours at a time without a bite, so this is a much improved change. Using minnows this evening and will try again in the morning at daybreak.
Thanks again for the advice and fishing tips, if you're down this way, hollar at me and I'll buy you a cup.
Didn't get a single bite this morning and I didn't stay the usual two hours, I left after only one hour, came home, made some breakfast, and warmed up........it was fairly chilly with the rain coming down and a brisk wind coming out of the north. Had one fish push my cork around a little bit thinking he could convince me to stay a bit longer. Heck, that was better than nothing. Nice thing about my buddy's dock, it's covered and has a wall on the north and west sides to keep the wind off.
We fished off dock and cleaned 100 on Tuesday. The largest was 1.6 lbs. It was really cold toward the late afternoon. Wind was bad! There was 4 of us fishing from 7:30 till 2pm. Happy fishing!
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We are in the Porum area. We use super lite rigs and crappie magnets (dark dark purple). We use Crappie nibbles too.
We are getting them about 20 ft down but about half the time the fish bite on the way down.
My hubby and I are taking a break for a week or so. We was hitting the dock 2 days a week for s few months and I need to recover. It is (was) really cold and when we go we stay out all day. I am going to leave the fishing to my Daddy for a bit then hit it again around the end of the month. I was sad that none of the catfish were even nibbling the last 2 trips : (
Fished Saturday and Sunday off my dock in the north end. Started Saturday fishing with minnows about 12-15' deep. After two hours without a bite, I thought it was cute that my 4 year old put her Disney Princess fishing pole in about 4' deep. She caught a 10" crappie in about 14 seconds. I immediately raised all my lines to 4-6' deep and started pulling out fish. Between yesterday and today I caught about 25 crappie all about 3-6' deep off my dock which is in 18 FOW. Cleaned 16 tonight with the biggest at 1.2 lbs. Caught the second largest 2' deep! What gives? Guess I got schooled by my pre-k daughter...
Noticed several fishermen on either side of the culvert at Crowder along highway 69 yesterday. I often stop and walk down and visit with the fishermen, but didn't really have time when I drove by. Usually it's a pretty good indicator that the crappie are biting, especially when I come back by a couple of hours later and the same vehicles are still there. Not sure about yesterday though, it might have simply been due to a holiday and people were taking advantage of being off on Monday.
I fished the Crowder area and had 8 all day Saturday. We were fishing brush in 12-16ft. There were some people out fishing and I didn't see alot of catching! But the lake was on a little rise from the rain last week. I know that the creeks were muddy which makes it tough fishing! EB
Fished Saturday from about noon until 5:00pm caught 12 keepers. Most were caught fishing in 10-12 feet water at about 6-7 feet depth. People around me were having a tough time as well. As EB said the water clarity is real muddy. Went Sunday tried to fight the wind, found loads of shad with fish stacked all through them but couldn't manage a bite. Finally I got tired of being wind whipped and found a arm of the creek with less wind. Caught only 2 before having to head out. I caught them when I could sit still for a good moment. Had to enjoy being out in that kind of weather for January though, wind was a tough factor.
Going this weekend! Hopefully I will have a good report! EB
Was able to get out on a beautiful day today. Started out cool with a light south wind. Then sun came out and it got hot! Only had on warm clothes, ended up fishing like "Bubba", with my GoreTex fishing bibs and no shirt. Fished north end, brush in 11-15 fow. Cleaned 21, with most of them really good fish.
Fished Saturday on the north end of the lake, and had 28 keepers. We were spide rigging minnows in 16-20 fow fishing 10 ft deep. I fish were scattered all day. One here and one there, we saw two more boats out fishing they had had around 15-20 as well. Fish starting to bite a little on the north end just hope the water stays good. Its muddy right now but with some clarity to it, about 5 inch vis. EB
EB if that was you in that white boat slow trolling...that was me in the camouflage boat. We ended up with 14 nice fish, and lost 4-5 keepers.
Guru,
It was ;-)
Fished the south end today starting in the Crowder area and then south. Crappie started off on fire in 10' to 12' and on any wood you could find. Cloudy overcast early with NW breezes. Water temp was 48.7 and the water was alil stained but got cleared towards open water. Ended up with 21 very nice crappie with the biggest at 14 1/4" and all well over 10". Had a few that would of measured 10" if I had wanted to get my board out but it was about looking today. Was very surprised to find the fish on shallow wood. As soon as the wind turned out of the south and the sun came out it was over. Caught only 2 keeper crappie after 11:30am but several dinks. Caught most crappie today on 2 baits, 2" YUM Beavertails and Bobby Garlands in the Cajun Cricket color seemed to be the ticket today. Fished several different colors but those were by far the best.
Tomorrow its Tenkiller wit strong SE winds predicted...Ranger
whooped up on em today at the Molly Brown... hitting BG's (blue/pearl, purple mist, blue Thunder) and minners... They were all full of eggs... come on spring!
It's picking up around my place too...... getting excited that the spring pattern is just around the corner.
Kept 29 yesterday, north end. Water was about 46º F. Spider rigged minnows, mostly on brush around 13-15 fow, fish 10-11' deep. Fished from around 1100 to 1430. Fish bit really good early, then slowed down to a steady one here, one there. Caught quite a few dinks as well, but most of the keepers were pretty nice fish.
Two of the larger ones.
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Those are some beautiful fish there Winger!
Nice slabs Winger, they sure look like their bellies were full. Sounds like the bite is getting better on the big E. My dad brought home 27 on Friday too. He said he had some big ones.
The bite wasn't as good as yesterday at Ye'Ol Molly Brown today... still though we came home a few.Attachment 79978
The fish are biting really good! I had my limit from 12:30-5:00 yesterday. The key on the lake right now is finding some good water color. If you have 4-6 inch vis it should be good. Anything muddier is tougher! Had 20 keepers today the wind made it tough on us! EB
Well went to Eufaula yesterday from 11:30 to 4:00 and had 59 keepers.
There was 3 of us probably caught wellover a 100.
Purple mist,Blue ice and black and chartreuse.(Bobby Garlands)
Fishing boat houses in 20' plus of water on brush.
Montana Crappie fly fisherman is back....Haven't fished yet. Taking water temps south of Bug Tussle and reading low 50's. Should make the bite good. Dirty water will warm up faster than clear. Only going to fly fish days that aren't windy. Have a new weed less fly now. Problem - job scheduled for 1st of March.
Gentlemen, I have had a fifth-wheel at the north end for a little over a year. I just can't seem to catch any crappie on that end. Could someone please help me a little? It looks like there is fish bite on the north end right now. Are you fishing closer to Gentry area or I-40, at least that would give me somewhere to start. I plan to come down the end of this week and check on the fifth-wheel and would like to fish a day or two. Any help would be appreciated.
Hello rd, The good bite is between I-40 and 150 bridges. The water color is a little bit cleaner than up around Gentry. Get in 12-16ft and fish 10-12ft with minnows or jigs. You can slow troll with or anchor up on brush if you like. Good colors for the northend are black/pink and brown/orange. Good luck! EB
Thanks EB,
That really help with a good starting point. I really appreciate it as I'm very new to the lake. Big E is right, lots of water to check out.
We fished (only 1 of us fished) Monday and caught 32 big ones (right at a pound to pound and half) to clean and lots of little fellas to toss back. A lady caght a 1.9 today right by us too. Today my Dad is down there and the fishing is slow and for him to say that it is slow.
Started at Onapa this morning and fished several brushpiles in 12' to 16' dow with only 1 dink inside the cove. Ran the banks North and found lots of piles and fished all. Fish were not biting early. Again only catching a few dinks. Loaded up at 9:30 and headed South. Unloaded at Crowder and headed up Rock Creek and the water got very muddy along the rip rap before going undr the bridge and again the fish had the lock jaw and no shad flipping or gulls working. Different than last week for sure. Ended up fishing at the mouth of Rock Creek and then north towards Crowder and caught em pretty good in the cleared water. Had to deal with strong south winds with a passing thunderstorm, then strong west winds with a passing thunderstorm, and then strong north winds with another storm. Had to even get in the truck for a few minutes til the lighting stopped. Then after all that the sun came out and it got right. Fish were hungrey. Water temp was 50.3 degrees when I left and had 23 very nice crappie..bait of choice today was blk/pink slab bandit and 1/16oz jig.....Ranger
well ranger, i cant say that onapa got any better as the day went. i fished there from about noon till 3:30 and never caught a fish? i hit several brush piles around the cove and then just went looking around for new areas to fish. found a few spots that look promising. guess i should have headed further south myself, but onapa is half the distance as crowder for me. i do enjoy fishing crowder area and i also venture to gains creek every once and a while as well..
good luck and happy fishing to you all...............
Glad to know I made the right decision bowman...as you its about 1/2 the distance.....it will only be gettin better as the days get longer...Ranger
I fished (3) different areas yesterday morning; Elm Point, Gaines Creek, and at the boat ramp in Bud's Point without any success. Kept thinking they would start biting as the storm approaced, but the lightning forced me to give up and go home. I keep my poncho handy in case of rain, but not much you can do to prevent being fried by a lightning bolt.