Saturday was Motorcycle Ridin day.Quote:
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Saturday was Motorcycle Ridin day.Quote:
Originally Posted by flipnjigz
Fished Long Town Creek and a number of other god looking banks with buck brush and structure... caught bass, bluegill and catfish AND 4 SMALL crappie.
Fished deeper around 6' - 10' in 18 fow and caught a couple more dinks, as well as a couple of nice sandbass, catfish and drum.
No spawn yet from what I've been able to find, or I missed it again this year :-)
Fished Gentry last weekend and nobody I talked to was finding fish, only 1 or 2 after talking to a number of folks.
Including myself ! Fish I saw caught were in 8 fow, about 5 ft deep on minnows.
This has been a tough year for some of us, but we will keep on trying and will eventually find some type of concentration of fish.
Keeping the failth!
Fished Blocker bridge rip rap early Sunday morning and didnt get a bite so tried up around Arrowhead with no luck.
Went back to Rock creek and trolled in 5fow bouncing a jig off the bottem and ended up with 14 nice keepers and
threw back several smaller fish. The wind was pretty bad but it did help keep cool. Keep posting reports to keep us informed.
Good to see a report Beater. I been stressin about these fish for the last 3 weeks. Can't find em. Been from Porum to Bug Tussle and couldn't find the spawn so far this year either. With the fluctuation in water we have had the only consistency I've had or heard of is none. Unless during the water fluctuation they pulled out on the original lake level and spawned(which can happen) we should have a flood of fish to the bank soon with the lake starting to stabilize. I'm gonna keep my head up and hope for the best.
Remember guys if the fish feel them pulling water they will not come to the bank, they will stay out were it is safe. I also believe that crappie will spawn out in the middle on wood and never come to the "Bank". Im fishing some ways now that I would have never thought to catch them this time of year. Need to go a little more before I can prove my thoeries are true. EB
I'm with EB on this. Not all fish go to the bank to spawn period. Although Tenkiller is not Eufaula but I ahve seen crappie eggs spawned out on tree limbs about 5-6' deep with the tree sitting in 40-50 FOW. All they need is the right water conditions and a place to lay their eggs and they will be in business. A falling lake will slow down the spawn and they will make a run once it stabilizes. The key is with water temps right it may be one of those quick runs, but it will happen.
Fished off the bank around the boat ramp at onapa mid day thursday and friday morning. Had decent luck catching fish around brush on minnows about 4-5ft below a cork. Caught one fish on a jig in about a foot of water thursday and never found anymore on the bank. Smal sandies and spotted bass were in thick, dont know how many of those I caught. All the females i cleaned still had eggs.. I talked to a guy saturday evening at the ramp that had several in the live well, said he caught them anywhere from 1'-18' deep. He said the fish he had looked like they had already spawned.
I fished at our dock for awhile on Saturday with no luck except for a nice cat. I'm hoping these water levels will stabilize and we'll see the spawn happen. Very few have been caught by the docks this year when normally this time of year they are slaying them.
Everything is a little bit later this year for some reason, lots of contributing factors to consider. We are constantly on the phone talking about fish habits. They humble me on a daily basis. EB
I haven't been out much this past week thanks to work, weather, and my neighbor murdering 2 of my dogs, but things off Mill Creek banks haven't been any better.