Thanks ranger! That's what I like bout you guys on here, always giving your honest opinion on questions asked. Much appreciated. I can't wait to get back on the water, but I'll probably do more searching than catching with this cold rain falling.
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Thanks ranger! That's what I like bout you guys on here, always giving your honest opinion on questions asked. Much appreciated. I can't wait to get back on the water, but I'll probably do more searching than catching with this cold rain falling.
Attachment 121042 Well it was fun while it lasted. Fished the south end Sunday and Monday noon -dark caught about 80 most shallow on minnows tried all sorts of jigs and it had to have a minnow. A BIG one or two on corks set 7-9 foot. 15.75 " 2.1 lbs. h20 temp made it to 59.8 was the higest we saw. Wind rain and cold tuesday decided we had enough. Skillet time.
Lake level is coming up fast. Eufaula Lake
So how does everyone think this will affect the spawn. what is the best way to fish after a big rain like we are getting. thnks for your input!Quote:
Originally Posted by Fishers
longan rising water is normally good for the spawn but especially for the hatch servival. Lots more places for a nest. As for fishing the high water lots of different structure will hold fish because there is alot more in the water. Good Luck! EB
Kinda what i was thinking. i have seen a lot of structure that is usually in the water out due to the drought. maybe the rain will allow me to go back to a few honeyholes.... maybe!
The creeks will be rising and get the fish running up them! I've got to be in wetumka next weekend for some family stuff. Guess I need to head over to the lake. Is the marina at fountainhead still a good place to catch some? Feel free to message me if you have a decent place for me and the kiddos to catch a few fish.
Hey everyone I've never posted before but read everyday on what's going on, water levels, temps and the depths and trying to learn off of what's being said but it doesn't seem to be helping me any when I go to catch them cause I don't catch them . Lol
I try to find them on the depth finder on Down Imaging. Does anyone have any images on their depth find they can share of what Crappie look like on there? From hat I've read they its a tall narrow image.
Welcome lovnfshn....this is a great place to learn....wish I could help with images but I have none....it comes from years of fishing and knowing where the fish should be at certain times of year and seeing fish on the structure scan in that area. You really don't know until you catch one then your hunch was correct. The locators shows you fish but not what they are. That again comes from years of fishing and knowing the fish you fish for and their habits so to speak.....Ranger
Welcome lovnfishn. This is just my 2 cents on the matter. I recently bought a lowrance hds 8 with structurescan and I'm loving it. With that said, don't get to wrapped up in the electronics that you don't just stop and fish an area. I have found fish with the sidescan and went to them only to find out they were CRAPPIE!!! But I've also had lots of days I can't find a fish on it but will stop and fish an area I think they should be and catch a few. From what I'm learning, they don't always show up on a graph, a lot of this seems to be depth related in my opinion. Good luck and may you have full live wells soon!!!
You would greatly benefit from hiring a guide for at least one day. I used EB a while back and it really helped, it was the best money I have spent on crappie fishing. More than anything else you will get confidence in techniques that are currently not producing for you but should be. When you fish with someone who is very experienced you get the nuances that you just dont pick up when you read about a technique. From my experience with EB and what I have heard about Mark they are both very good teachers and understand some clients want to learn from them not just catch fish and they do a good job teaching them. In my case with EB he set his boat up to spider rig and took a couple of hours away from the most productive way to catch fish at that time of the year to teach me. He also showed me how to catch fish in the rip rap, and what type of shoreline the crappie like at that time of year. He burned some gas on me, let me tell you lol.Quote:
Originally Posted by lovnfshn
Your to "KIND" Fishers..Thank You....Ranger
Thank you for the Kind words Fishers. EB
Welcome lovnfshn, as guides and fisherman we are learning everyday, Ranger and I talk everyday about crappie fishing. We have learned from each other along with several of our other crappie fishing buddies. We live by 2 rules mostly.
1. You never have to beg crappie to bite!
2. Never leave when your catching fish to find fish!
There are few more rules that we will share with you later. This site is awesome with some great guys on it! EB
"AMEN" on Never leave when your catching fish to find fish!!!! Lesson hard learned by $$$$...lol....Ranger
We needed 9.56 and had 9.34 for 2500$ damn it! EB
LMBO!!!! lesson learned
Thanks for your input i appreciate it. I usually look a little bit on the fish finder cause im still learning to use it well at least the down imaging but, i usually end up trying different places and just dont do much good but, a bad day fishing is better than sitting at home or working. I currently fish out of a pontoon boat and getting ready to get a boat mainly geared for fishing. The pontoon is hard keep still sometimes.
I have thought about getting a guide and i know i would learn from them and catch a fish for once in my life. lol
And again thanks for everyones advice.
Im new here as well. Im thankful of the tips u guys pass on. My question is i have just got back into crappie fishing after 3 yrs and i was wondering if i have missed the pre spawn at blocker and I40?
Welcome Champion94...I would say no but with each day the spawn is gettin closer. You will find spawning crappie all the way into mid to late May. With all the cold fronts coming in each week its hard to get that perfect water temp. You will find crappie trying to move up in Wt's as low as 55 degrees but the perfect temp is in the 60's for fast action on the banks. Good Luck and post your success...Ranger
I will for sure. I just bought a bass boat so me and the wife are going tomorrow good luck to everyone.
Hello! I've been following this website for about a year and decided to join! Wanted to report I caught a lot of fish over the weekend on the bank on the north end of the lake (before it started raining Tuesday). Average size was 12" and almost all males. Fish were in one to three feet of water. I thought the spawn had already begun.
Welcome Crappie Assassin.....Ranger
In some places I am sure that they are thinking about it. But as a whole it hasn't started yet. Still catching fish on the break lines early and they are moving up later in the day after the sun warms the water. The shallower the water such as it is on the North and South ends and up the creeks it warms faster than open water so with that said I am sure they are thinking about it in those type of places...Good Luck and welcome again.....Ranger
Its awful quiet on here today must be alota prefishn goin on!
Hi everyone, another newbie here. Been fishing on lake Eufaula all of my life. My dad and I kept 31 today. The average size of the fish that we caught today was off a little bit from what it had been but we still managed to catch some nice ones. We spent half the day looking for fish and caught 25 of the 31 in the last 2 hrs. We started around 8 and quit at 2:30. Fished minnows 3-7 ft in 8-10 FOW. Hope everyone has fun at the tourney tomorrow. I'm not gonna make it this time.
Headed down to Crowder area yesterday for a day of bank fishing. Long story short, fished around the Cemetery for a few hours, then hit the little cove to the SE of the Rock Creek bridge and then back to the neck leading to Crowder lake. It was in that neck that I caught a little 10" male and hooked into something pretty big. Probably a drum or big bass. It wrapped me up and broke off. Got there at about 10:30 and left a lil after 3 and that was all I caught. Used minnows and fished 6" to 6' deep and just couldn't find them.
Stopped by Gentry Creek on the way home and within 45 minutes had 3 12"+ Crappie. Decided to stay a while and the last hour before dark the Crappie Gods flipped the switch and they came alive! Ended the afternoon with 16 crappie. The odd thing was, is that nearly half were Black species and all of these except 1 were males. This includes several that were in the 12 to 13.5" range.
Met another Gentleman who was wading and he had about a dozen keepers. Most fish were caught in less than 3' of water fishing about a foot down.
They should be absolutely on fire today!
Anybody fish much in longtown creek? They seem to have my number there...
My wife and I fished Crowder area and we kept 37,we stayed out of the wind.hopefully tomorrow will be better!
Right now take your pick on which direction to head. Have heard reports of crappie being caught in great numbers on all areas of the lake...North,West,East, and South....Good Luck and post your results....Ranger
I was able to get out yesterday evening with Winger. We fished from I-40 to west of Gentry creek. Saw several people catching from the bank but not any great numbers. The water temps were from 56-58 degrees. We caught 7! EB
Friday : we fished crowder to blocker keeping 28 with a ton of dinks at blocker. Saturday: fished gentry area and kept 7 which 5 were black crappie all where shallow with a cork and jig. Sunday: we went to rock creek keeping 2 nice crappie of the shallow and then back to crowder where we finished with 23.
Went yesterday evening around 4:00 fished till 8:30! We kept 40 with a jig and cork 2 ft deep on the north end. Saw several people walking the banks catching good fish everywhere. It seems that the bank has to have some depth to it though. We looked at some other parts of the lake up there and the water is just way clearer that it should be, we didnt do very good maybe that has something to do with it, the clearer water anyway. But we found more stained water and there they were. But now this cold front will hold them up a little and theyll be back doing there thing agin by the weekend. EB
Went Yday eve from 6:00 to 7:30. Not a bite....water way to clear on east side WT. 54 to 58
Wife & I went to Rock Creek yesterday. Where are the fish it? It was like the creek had been over fished. About 25 boat trailers at Crowder & Rock Creek. Saw only 2 small fish one from deep water & one by man fishing from bank. Talked to two other boaters, was poor fishing for them also. Stopped at bait shop near Gentry Creek for minnows he said fish were betting there, But didn't know where to get out of wind and I'm too old to get in boat from bank so went on south (mistake). Dogwoods are in bloom on bank east of bridge and water temp was 60 degrees when left. We used roadrunners, jigs & jigs tipped with minnows & minnows only. Marked fish in 10-20' of water but would not bite. All boats were always on the move.
What is happening on the Big E???? Weather is warming and gonna try to get on the water Sunday.....wondering if anybody was finding any fish
Caught 47 yesterday evening from 4:00-8:00 on the north end. Water temp 62 fish were shallow. EB
Thanks EB. I bet it's fixin to explode
EB, have you been to Graves Crk yet this year???
No I don't fish Graves creek. I went this evening and only had 4! 3 rd day after a cold front sometimes gives them lockjaw. I should've got out in 10-14 ft and caught some of those late blooming staging fish. EB
Bad day with lock jaw crappie. Started on the north end for 3 hrs fishing several spots only boating 3 fish. Left and headed south. Again didnt find and real aggressive fish shallow and didnt see anywhere one catch more than 2 crappie. Wasn't even a fishermen on either of the 2 culverts I saw today. With alot of miles and water on the Ranger today was able to keep 31 yesterday and all were caught in 12 to 14' DOW. Saw lots of fish suspended but they just wouldn't bite...Method was double dippin jigs with clients...toughest day on the water this spring for sure.......Ranger
So it wasn't just me then LOL! I'll put my report on the Kaw thread.