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We have to remember that there is a full monn this week and the fish with any warm trend at all will go to the shallows. I know of two people catching good fish in shallow water, less than 4 foot. The females will only be on the nest for a short time, the rest of the time they are in open water within a foot deep of where the nest is set. We also have to remember that all the fish do not do the same thing at the same time, they come in waves. I just hope to be fishing when that school of a million decides to do there thing. LOL Good fishing EB

Hello everyone. I am new to the area and looking for some spring crappie fishing. A friend suggested Eufaula and after doing some internet research this seems to be one of the top lakes in the state.

I would like to do some fishing using a float tube but I am not sure which area to target or where to park. I do not have a boat. I would prefer the northern part of the lake near I-40.

It looks like there is public access parking in the Eufaula WMA areas in the Deep Fork and N. Canadian arms. Are these decent spots to walk in and find some fish?

Going out from Crowder boat ramp is there a safe way over the old railroad raised rightaway bed?

Went Thru Yesterday In My 520 Ranger Just Kinda Hugged The Markers With The Motor Up Just In Case Made It Ok

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Originally Posted by RoKnRuiN

Hello everyone. I am new to the area and looking for some spring crappie fishing. A friend suggested Eufaula and after doing some internet research this seems to be one of the top lakes in the state.

I would like to do some fishing using a float tube but I am not sure which area to target or where to park. I do not have a boat. I would prefer the northern part of the lake near I-40.

It looks like there is public access parking in the Eufaula WMA areas in the Deep Fork and N. Canadian arms. Are these decent spots to walk in and find some fish?

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Hi and welcome to the board. We're always glad to see another crappie fisherman. I'll try to respond to some of your questions.

First of all, I would not attempt to use a float tube in Lake Eufaula. Just too risky and if you do, stay very close to the banks at all times. Lake can go from calm waters to white caps within a matter of minutes.

There are lotsa fish caught along I-40 and you should focus your efforts around bridges and culberts. Look for large "rip-rap" because as we learned yesterday from Eufaula Boy, when you see large rocks above the water, there are large rocks beneath and they seem to make better areas for the crappie to have a place to duck into.

I do not fish in the northern part of the lake so I cannot give any advice about Deep Fork and N. Canadian areas.

Good luck to you.:)

well its been a while since ive posted anything but its good to be back chasin those slabs went out for the first time this year last fri kind of a rough start for me mostly drove around tryin to find some fish, ran my rig pretty much all day from bout 1:00 to bout 6:00 couldnt find any fish in less than 10 fow we caught em all in 10 to 14 ft bout 6 to 10 ft deep we only ended up with bout 30 keepers quit a few smaller fish we threw back. most every one we caught was on white and chrt 3" beavertails "water is very very dirty"
HEY EB SEND ME A MESSAGE NEED TO KNOW IF YOU EVER PULL CRANKBAITS ID LIKE TO LEARN HOW TO DO THAT. "THANX WILDMAN "

wHAT IS IT YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT PULLIN CRANKS I have done it several times buy lots of bandit 200 and 300s if you want to learn that is what most use

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Originally Posted by RoKnRuiN

Hello everyone. I am new to the area and looking for some spring crappie fishing. A friend suggested Eufaula and after doing some internet research this seems to be one of the top lakes in the state.

I would like to do some fishing using a float tube but I am not sure which area to target or where to park. I do not have a boat. I would prefer the northern part of the lake near I-40.

It looks like there is public access parking in the Eufaula WMA areas in the Deep Fork and N. Canadian arms. Are these decent spots to walk in and find some fish?

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You would be better off fishing from the bank, the lake is murky at best in some places and more like chocolate milk in alot of others. You won't be able to see anything below the water.

This time of year you would be better off going back into one of the creeks such as Gaines, or Gentry and walking the bank looking for gravel areas and dipping jigs in and around any brush you may find.

Maybe Lip Rippers will be along soon, he is well versed in this technique and may be able to assist further. Good luck!

Welcome to the board RKR, For sure Gentry Creek has lots of good shoreline access for dipping and wading, also Emerald Bay, and Elm Creek too. We cast cork/jig with a 7' rod to locate them and then break out the 9-6' rods and get in close...use 1/8-1/4oz. jigheads with 2" dark colored Beavertails in that muddy water and keep that jig SWIMMIN never stop it for very long. Remember your trying to provoke a reaction bite from the bedding males not in full spawn mode, not a bad idea to go with a RR head for added flash, if there's no fish in a 50yd. stretch of good lookin cover keep moving because the crappie are checking areas to bed early and wont hang around long unless their in FEED mode, concentrate on the 3pm. till dark as the peak time.

We fished yesterday from 10-5 and had 40 keepers. The fish seemed to be spread out all over the place, we would catch 2 or 3 here or there. We spider-rigged minnows in 10-20 of water fishing 8-10 feet deep. The water color was a little on the muddy side, and the temps were 51-53 degrees around Rock creek. The bigest fish we caught were susspended in 20 ft of water. The north wind really limited us to where we could fish. But the good news is that is a full moon and with some 80 degree temps coming so get ready for the first wave of spawning fish. I fished will ole "Slabman" Mike Reynolds for years and he use to say "when we start seeing those 50 degree nights the fish will really go to bank". Good fishing EB