Great reports EB, Ranger. I am glad Eufaula isn't shot because of the higher water. What is the visibility where you are at?
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Great reports EB, Ranger. I am glad Eufaula isn't shot because of the higher water. What is the visibility where you are at?
Fishers the visibility is somewhere around 4" to 6". It's really good for all the rain we have had I would say. Visibilty on the North end is like a big dirty 0" though. Not so sure about the East side but am sure it's much better along with Longtown. Been hearing reports coming from both those areas and fish being caught. Hope this helps...Ranger
Thats not bad, Tthanks Ranger.
Ranger can you expound on pulling jigs?
It's running the banks at a certain depth and speed. Using 1 or 2 jigs(we are using 2) and letting out enough line to bounce the bottom occasionally. Yesterday I was setting my speed per GPS from .90 to 1.40 MPH. Depending on depth, speed, and weight of jigs determines the length of line pulled to make contact with the bottom. Hope this helps Redge.....Ranger
That helps, however why pulling instead of double dippin?
I will jump in on this one Redge. It is kind of born out of neccesity. We can't catch them right now double dippin or hardly any other way. We have a theory that pulling in this high stained water is creating a reaction type bite, hence the moving at 1-1.25 mph. The wind is the biggest factor in my opinion, it is positioning the bait fish, which in turn positions the crappie. Friday we had 32 keepers with a 10-15 mph NW wind and the banks that had fish were limited. Yesterday the wind was out of the south at 10-15 and there were a lot more banks holding fish, 91 keepers between Brian and Mark. I just talked to Brain and he is struggling today on the same places as yesterday due to the wind being back out of the NW. Brian and I did this same technique last year on Eufaula and Ft. Gibson, only difference was we had to be in 10-12 Fow on Ft. Gibson instead of the 6-8 we are catching them on Eufaula.
Odie
About 3 weeks ago I was over on Longtown Creek and couldn't buy a bite dippin or casting. I could see the fish out over the creek channel at about 10'. After getting bored, I finally began pulling single jigs through the tree tops along the creek channel and picked up several larger Crappie on reaction bites. I was pulling single 1/16oz jigs at about .7 mph. Got hung a couple of times but still picked up some decent fish. I've had that technique work well on rip-rap this time of the year.
Kirk this is a post spawn pattern we use to find active fish. This time of year they are so scattered if you was to double dip the banks on Eufaula you might not catch but 1 or 2 fish in adays time. Doing this you can cover alot of water in a short period of time. Like Odie stated it creats a reaction strike and in low vis water conditions you miss some fish cause of the swiping of the bait. But one thing is for sure they hit it hard and aggressive.
I can say that yesterday it was the points that I worked aggressivly cause of the shad balls. I would tell my wife get ready your gonna get hammered and we both would when I saw those balls of shad on the locator. I worked one one point and picked up 8 nice keeper fish then the shad poofed and we didn't catch another fish on it. Moved to the next point and worked em over for over an hour. There were all sizes on that point catching some that were as short as 4" to 1.60lb. We would let the wind blow us down that point for 50yds and fire up the big motor and do it again. One time I turned the nose into the wind and cranked up the trolling motor and made a pass into the wind and never got banged..scratched my head and said out loud they have moved. Turned around and with the wind in my back and the trolling motor cranked back down not causing so much commotion bang!BANG!bang!BANG!...thats the only thing different was the direction. Its just another technique to fish that works and my wife loves it cause she can sit there with her feet up and get hammered. TROLLING FOR CRAPPIE..same as using crankbaits or very close. Thats why we use it..to find active fish and cover lots of water...Ranger
Thanks to all that chimed in!!! Didn't mean to hijack, but thought we might learn something new! Which I did.
Very well put Ranger and Odie. We only kept 14 today. Maybe the lack of wind Idk! We are learning more and more about this technique each day! Stay tuned for more theories ;) lol EB
Hey Mark what size of jigs were you trolling with.
Using the Yum 2" Beavers which are longer than 2" esp. with a 1/4 or 3/16 jig attached..and the 2 1/2" Garland Slab Doc'r..not trolling it's pulling jigs...lol...joking...Ranger
Is this the same thing they call longlining? Or are you just drifting and allowing the jigs to bounce along?Quote:
Originally Posted by Ranger09
Don we are pulling at a speed of 1.10 to 1.50 MPH with enough line let out to bounce the bottom some of the time. We call it pulling cause that's exactly what you are doing..... Ranger
Fished today with 2 very good friends, Doug and Brian. With 3 very knowledgeable crappie fishermen, today was fishing at best. We tried to put a pattern together all day and it wasn't happening. We caught 19 good fish with several shorts mixed in. We tried pulling on several banks but they weren't having any of that today. The only pattern we could get bit on was dipping buck bushes in 4' to 6' DOW. Isolated bushes were the best producer today. WT was 81 degrees today. We put in a lot of miles today and left scratching our heads with touch of a headache trying to figure out the world of crappie fishing. Wish I had a better report but some days are like that. At least I shared it with good friends...... Ranger
Ok guys here it is again......them crappie are gonna do what they want, when they want, and how they want.......just to make us crazy....lol......it's a conspiracy among all the fish
Andy
Was able to fish yesterday and today! Two different days as far as weather goes. Yesterday we gas 35 mpg wind gust today barely a ripple. Post spawn patterns going into a summer pattern over night! We caught 41 yesterday and 25 today. Water temps ranged from 77-90 degrees! We caught them using multiple techniques double dippin rip rap around bridges, pulling jigs down natural bank, and dippin bushes and standing timber! Fishe were in 6-12 ft fishing 4-6 ft deep. Blk and pink was really good in the murkier water where pump chart took the cake in clearer water. So now after today I'm burnt up! It was smoking hot out there with no wind ;) EB
Fished with EB yesterday and as he said Hot. Hot, Hot, very tuff day with no wind. EB got so hot trying to learn and old dog new tricks he finally had to jump in the lake to cool off. Had a good time and learned some new ways of doing things and a lot of good tips on how to catch fish on Eufaula.
Thanks again EB.
I was able to take Gaston Hall today (CrappieWhiperer's Dad) today. We had 52 from 9:00-3:00 fishing standing timber! The fish seem to be moving to the wood for the summer! Water temp was 85-88 degrees. Most of them are suspended shallow over deeper water. This time of year if the wood is in the right depth your going to get bit! EB
Good to hear - my favorite way! I'm planning on heading down there in about a week for 3-4 days.
no need for a boat! made a trip to the dam this weekend and crappie were being pulled in by good numbers. fishing small spinner beetle spin or something similar casting along the cement wall.
Which side?Quote:
Originally Posted by lazylakedog
Fished around the Crowder area yesterday evening with my 7 year old. On the water for about 2.5 hours and caught 3 keepers. Pulling jigs in 5 to 8 fow. Caught about 10 that weren't much bigger than the
jig! Black and pink was the color. I was using a BG minnow minder as I was out of beaver tails. Could of been the reason for the dinks.
Might have caught more but its more about him having a good time out there than catching fish!
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Fished yesterday with my bud Brian. It was really windy with gusts above 30mph and hard to fish anything. The technique fished was dipping single jig around stumps and standing trees. We ended up with 24 keepers and had about that many short fish as well. We fished from around 8:30 til 1:30 or 2 then proceded to build brush piles from another days fishing and guiding. I had a blast even in the high winds cause it had been 2 weeks since I had been on the water after vacation out West with my Wife....Ranger
and windy too. I was out Tuesday and Wednesday and it really wasn't much fun. Yesterday I decided to go south to get out of the wind. Got there about 4pm and fished till 7. The thump was on! Single jigs dippin the summer pattern. They liked blue BG minnows the best but the big ones simply slammed Larrys black/pink Wasshoppah Slab Bug. One little 4" liked it too. It's now a favorite. Oddly enough, they wouldn't even look at Slab Bandits in several colors. Made the trip worth while. Brought home 20 from 11-15.5" - about the same number of throwbacks.
Is the Longtown area any good- looking to go there tomorrow...
Had 36 today, 30 1/2 day on Wednesday dippin standing timber! The fish are still shallow 3-5 ft deep. EB
Had 32 today from 8 til 2 dipping timber. WT was 88 fishing shallow early moving deeper later....Ranger
Hey ranger if you don't mind me asking where were you fishing?Quote:
Originally Posted by Ranger09
South End..far South End...Ranger
Mark..my wife said keep practicing and pre fishing. She is ready to take your money on the gaines creek challenge. We will be there the 12 to pre fish and stay in mcalister. Be ready for a fiesty female the morning of the 13th!!!
Sweet I Like Fiesty Women..SO WHEN IS SHE GONNA TAKE THAT GUIDED CRAPPIE TRIP SHE WON......Just sayin it's time
Fished with Brian today guiding a group of 4. Steve and his sons and their best bud. We dipped trees, stumps, lay downs, and log jams. We ended the day with just over 80 crappie and 1 bass that no way was it going back. I had a blast teaching the youngens techniques and watching them grow right before your eyes by getting their jigs unhung, jerking, and landing fish. I got hit more than once with flying fish today and it was a blast....Ranger
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Fished Eufaula yesterday. Caught 28, a couple were around a pound, most 10 -12"s. Fished cover 3 to 8 feet deep. Anything with chartreuse seemed to be the ticket. Saw Ranger and EB, didnt recognize EB when he went by but I did Ranger. It was nice to meet you Ranger.
Pleasure was all mine Chris. Have been reading your posts and glad to put a boat and face with it now. It was a beautiful day to fish glad you caught them as well........ Ranger
Fished yesterday with my 86 year old Dad and his buddy and was able to catch 37 crappie. It was so funny watching them trying to master the 10' rod I laughed so hard my sides hurt today. Yes I know it was mean I should of used shorter rods for them. Not only does my sides hurt from laughing so does my pocketbook from resupplying jigs and plastics. Fished all day with two 11 yr olds and their dad and never lost a jig or bait. It was a blast fishing with 2 GRUMPY OLD MEN.....Ranger
Hey NOW!!! I resemble that remark.
Mark, you'll get there sooner than you want!
That's great to see young'uns having fun with their dad and friends looks like a feel good day all around !