Talked to a friend of mine this morning he caught 18 early on the bank with jigs crowder area rain didn't bother them to much
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Talked to a friend of mine this morning he caught 18 early on the bank with jigs crowder area rain didn't bother them to much
"Yea, too quiet........" (then the swoosh of an arrow is heard and the soldier next to you gets it in the chest, then all hell breaks loose with Indians charging and whooping their war cry)Quote:
Originally Posted by longan086
Mine started at about age 30. And I battled it for years, still do , but not as bad as they once were.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bigskyfisherman
At one time I would get a bad headache the day after I went fishing. I guess my sinuses would swell, IDK why. But about 10 years ago I qualifed for a BFL regional tournament as a co-angler, and I got invited by a boater to travel with him and practice. We left on Sunday, early , and fished that day. Right on schedule I got my headache on Monday. I thought, ohhh nooo, this is gonna be a long week, I'm gonna be in pain the whole time. Not fun.
And it stayed with me until Tuesday evening, and then just went away. And I've not gotten a day after headache since. If it would not cost me, I'd like to ask a doctor what happened and if this is common, but I never have. My theory is my body built up immunity. That was the first time I'd been outdoors three days in a row, cause usually I felt too bad on the second day.
I still battle the runny nose, etc , though. But no more headaches.
Fished this PM nothing in the brush pile shallow. Got a thermometer reading of 64˚ F about 6 inches under the surface. Should be happening
Finally got back on the water again today. Fished with my dad and had a great time doing it, doesn't happen often enough😢
We didn't have any real giants today, but we did manage to get 30 keepers in the boat. Double dipping jigs in 10-15 fow.
Slow today, only caught one on a jig. Wouldn't touch minnows. Water temp has dropped to 56 and cleared up quite a bit.
Bowman what was the water temp? Good job on the fish
Redge, the temp where we caught fish was 62-65
Fished crowder this morning from the bank with my father in law. Caught 9 between 7:00 and 7:30 on minnows and black/pink slab slayers about 3 feet deep, 5 foot from the bank. After 7:30 nothing.
Fished Belle Starr dock today from 7am til 4:30pm. Only managed 9 keepers and about 20 throwbacks. The "run", if you want to call it that, only lasted about 45 minutes, about 7 to 7:45am. For some reason I couldn't buy one at that time. All mine came on small feather jigs 12' to 15'. Pink/white/white, pink/chart, red/gray/chart.
Fished Eufaula for the first time in several years. The wife and I fished Juniper Point yesterday from about 9:00 to 7:30. Got about 35 bites, but put 14 in the basket. The big one (1.8) was by my wife as usual. A brown/orange hair jig worked best, along with a strange combo of blue/yellow. Dark blue/light blue/white also worked. Black/pink, black/chartreuse, and other combos including either chartreuse or pink did not work. We got hit from the first cast (small bobber w/ 3.5 ft. setting) until 7:00. Most of the time we would only get one or two bites, then wait fifteen-twenty minutes. Minnow fishermen were doing about the same. Slept in the van, and hoped to get some (fish that is) this morning, but it was colder and we didn't get a bump. Still nice to get out and enjoy the deer and other animals and have hot dogs and s'mores.
Fished at our dock on Saturday evening from 5:30 - 7:30. Water temp was 60. Fishing with minnows about 8' in 20 fow. Only threw back 1 and cleaned 28 nice ones. Twice I caught 2 at a time -- that's always a lot of fun. Some people were fishing from the bank and never got a bite -- very frustrating for them.
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Nice to put your handle together with a face, Toon. In case you felt sorry for the poor bank fishermen, you could always invite one of them to fish with you on your dock (particularly if I happen to be standing there with a sad look on my face).:biggrin
Ahhh! They'll be on the bank very soon, and we'll all be getting the big'uns. Keep posting.
It was nice to meet you Toon, I'm sorry I didn't have time to come over and visit for a little while. Maybe next time, good luck.
Jim, it was nice to meet you as well. We are down just about every weekend so stop on by for a visit. As soon as I get this winter's project done at the trailer, I'll be spending more time down at the dock - replacing the walkway again.
Toon, you might start thinking about renaming that "winter project" the 2014 summer project if you don't have it wrapped up by now! and maybe just sliding the scale down to 2014 walkway winter project. I mean the fishing is getting hot, and you will be even pinched more on time! haha
There will be NO SUMMER PROJECTS -- that's when the Admiral and I spend our time on booze cruises on the pontoon boat. I only have a couple of weekends left on my current project and if I can sneak down in the evening for a couple of hours and catch the same as I did this past Saturday, the freezer will be filled up again soon. Since it's just the 2 of us, I don't put a lot of filets in each ziplock before putting them in the freezer. I'm still using the same minnows that I bought at the beginning of December. I bought a pound from the little store in Crowder and I have a box that my dad built many years ago that we tie off to a post in the dock. I need to add a weight to it soon to get it to sink lower to cooler waters though. But it's worked great so far over the winter.
But the walkway project will have to be done soon. We put down some cheap plywood last year that we knew wouldn't last. I was hoping it would last a little longer than it has, but it is all peeling layer by layer. My neighbor has some sections from a bowling alley that he remodeled several years ago that we are going to use as the walkway -- they are already cut to 3' wide by 12' long sections. He's got them at his shop where he's sanding the top layer to rough it up a bit and then applying a surface to make them not slippery. He's had these sections laying out by his shop for 4 years and no warping or rotting so we think they'll work perfect for the walkway.
'Will work for fishin spot' is what my sign says! LOL
Fished today with clients on the South End keeping 28 quality crappie and 2 sandbass..yes I said sandbass..Clients are never wrong and they said put them bad boys right here in the LW..lol..Technique was double jig rigs vertical working the breaklines in 8' t0 12' Dow and any wood was a bonus bite......Ranger
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Good report Mark, thanks for the fishing info.
I was able to take my ole crappie fishing teacher Mike "Slabman" Reynolds. We fished the Crowder area double dippin beaver tails and slab slayers in 5 ft of water. We kept 18 in 3 hours biggest was 1.71! We had a blast fishing together like always slab makes me laugh. EB
Fished Crowder Wednesday...caught 10 crappie spider rigging kept 6. Caught 3 lb Carp and 2lb Sand Bass on 14' Ozark rod. Left them in the lake for Woodworker42 to catch at the Spring Crappie Camp (he said he eats Carp! Slab...Can you be in Crappie.com and eat Carp?). Windy in afternoon ..Will try to fight the wind again this morning.....dave
Good luck today Dave!! How many can you keep on Eufala? Im seeing differing results when i google it? Thanks gents and im enjoying you guys reports and funny comments to eachother. Lol
I'll be happy to share my carp recipe with all who come to camp! Be There!!
Bitman, I don't believe Eufaula has a size requirement or a number limit. Some lakes like Tenkiller do -- that's why I don't fish there.
No size limit, qty limit is 37 each.
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Originally Posted by OK Toon
I wish I could get close to that number of fish!Quote:
Originally Posted by A_LOTA_NOTA
Any idea how long this qty limit has existed? I've never heard of limit on Eufaula. But thanks for the info -- I'd hate to get caught by the game warden.Quote:
Originally Posted by A_LOTA_NOTA
The limit has always been 37 at the big e
State limit unless specified!!!!!!!!!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by notime
What about 10 killer? Is the count shorter than the state regs?
Xkiller is 10" minimum, 15 fish
Thanks Redge I didn't know.
Fished South End of Eufaula today with some really GREAT MEN..Neil Molina, Jarod, and Jose..We were vertical most of the day with 2 jigs over wood and along the channel breaks..We ended up with 34 nice crappie on a tough 30+mph windy day.......RangerAttachment 158193
Thx all for the limit info. Nice slabs folks!!
WTG Ranger, you sounded like a whipped puppy tonight when we talked. Today was a tough one with that wind
Oklahoma STATE regulations fall into only two categories, either a 37 fish limit with no size restrictions or a 15 fish limit with a ten inch minimum size. There are some city managed lakes with different restrictions and limits not covered in the state regulations (such as lake Bixhoma). Eufaula is a 37 fish limit lake , no size restriction. Tenkiller is a ten inch minimum, 15 fish limit lake.
Fished yesterday. We were in an area with 6 bank fisherman/ladies. No one was catching hardly any. Bankers were using minnows. AN OCCASIONAL ONE WAS CAUGHT. I caught one on slip bobber in 1.5 ft of water while Buck caught two. My sensitivity to motion toolkit's toll even with Dramamine. So we headed in after 4 hours. Muddy WT 56 - 60 degrees depending on where we were. The wind was killer however it was no match for my 101 lb thrust Fortex. Now in open water my Z9 managed with 4 - 5 ft swells. The HDS 9 was awesome. Tomorrow we take on creeks on FT. Gibson.
Fished today with my buddy Josh. Fished from daylight till about 12:30. Ended up with 47 keepers. Water temp was in the 62 to 64 degree range while we were there. Single pole and single jig. 3" slab slayers got it done. Several color combos worked, but all had chartreuse tails. All fish caught on/in the brush. Lots of folks out fishing today!
Anyone else hit the banks of Eufala today? If so update us please. I was wanting to take my sons out tomorrow if yall think its worth it. Thx