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How long is it going to take this time for them to return to the bank after this front moves out ,,or do you think they will just give up ,Because everytime they pull up a cold front comes through and pushes em back out,,,pretty tired of this weather pattern ,,i guess its going to go straight into 100 degree days
We'll just have to wait and see, anything else is simply a guess or speculation. My "guess" is they will come back in due to the amount of eggs I am still seeing in the females. But after a certain point, if the females don't have the opportunity to lay their eggs, they will reabsorb them due to nature. Eggs are high in protein and protein is too valuable of a commodity for the crappie to lose. Hopefully by this next weekend with the temps rebounding, they will move back in. We can keep our fingers crossed............sigh
I figure thru the end of May of course I could be figuring wrong. If not just have to chase them into deeper water around cover. I love dipping trees and brush for crappie.
I have no problem chasin em in deeper water ,i just love the cork & jig bite ""its my favorite way to catch em""
i hope your right stink !!!
Stink the next few days will be the last phase of the spawners. Full Moon is Wed and Thursday, of course we will catch males on the beds for a while. Usaully when your catching lots of those little black males its the end of the spawn. EB
bryan, does that mean my hope of being able to catch crappie this year from the bank is basically almost over??? :( at least I still have my memories of you two taken me out last year and sending me home with a lot of crappie meat :) I am forever grateful for that time with you guys on the water
Rivieboat...lake carl blackwell has been real good from the bank. anywhere there is rocks there have been crappie. the size of fish in blackwell are not like the fish in eufaula, but there are some decent fish. Almost all the females i cleaned this weekend were still full of eggs. may be worth a drive for you
Yeah I was going to suggest Carl Blackwell too. The dock seems to be on fire year round.
Josh told me about 10 minutes ago that he knocked em out this weekend on the rocks. May have to head there Sunday my own self
Haven't been reporting much on here of late, but we have been limiting out every time out. The windier the day the better the bite. 40mph wind is tough but able to put em in the boat. Seemed to be off the bank a bit in the Longtown area. Caught most in 6-8 FOW just off bottom. Pumpkin/Chartruese wasshopper. Mixed bag of males and females.
Just drove over the lake a minute ago and killed me I couldn't stop and fish.
Patience my friend, you will get your chance at crappie camp. You must have had a long day driving! Glad you got your motor.Quote:
Originally Posted by DrNip
Fished mid lake area today from about 3 to 6:30, ended up keeping 12 caught several dinks. We was dipping around wood from about 2 fow out to 10 fow. Some females still had eggs, color didn't matter today as long as it had something bright.
Fished way down South today with father n law & son. Cleaned 11 Biggest was 1.75. All had eggs. About 3ft deep
Pulled jigs on the rap. Kept 21 good ones, lots of bigger fish. Three best were from 1.5 to 1.6 Lbs. I used tandem black/pink and black/Chart Yum wooly bees with 1/4 ounce heads. I found two distinct patterns, one group of fish at 10 feet deep in 12 feet of water on breaks. The other, scattered fish 4-5 foot deep in 4 to 15 feet of water. The bigger fish mostly came from 10 feet deep. First time I have doubled-up 1/4 ounce heads with the Meatdraggas, I have to say I was well pleased. My older rods turned into floppy McNoodles pulling that much weight. Attachment 162535Attachment 162536Attachment 162537
Fishers- That's a good day of catching! Way to go!
Fishers- here in my isolation you have become one of my favorite c.c posters ( is that a word?) thank you for your efforts and I want to wish you much success in your new employment as a hand model. (-;
Fishers you are the man! Seems like every lake you go to you get them dialed in, quick!! CCiller you brighten my day, about Fishers new job!!
Humor is good, cc. Almost as good as seeing your own hand in a picture like Fishers'.
No- not anyway near that good! I just contribute my 1 cent worth as a wannabe lurker 17,000 kilometers away (approximately). (-;
Cleaned 20 from our dock in Longtown area. Couple of DARK males, rest were female, still had eggs. I was surprised they didn't finish spawning last week during full moon.
Watched several people on the bank next to our dock pulling in some nice slabs on Saturday (while I worked replacing the wood on the walkway for our dock). So Sunday I decided it was my turn to get in on someof that action. But unfortunately, the fish decided they needed to rest onSunday -- I only caught 1 dink. A neighbor on his dock had an interesting day Saturday fishing for crappie with minnows -- he caught 1 crappie, 1 bass, 1catfish and 1 perch.
Well, he covered it all didn't he!
Would that qualify as a grand slam?
Spawn can't b completely over. There's got a few straglers still out there. Game ranger said yesterday they were still at about 6" right around city of Eufaula. Any, any, anyone still catching? Bank fishing jigs and minnows w 3 senior citizens. Are they still biting at oak ridge (9a)?
Fished today from 10 till 2 in the Arrowhead Area catching over 50 but keeping around 30. Great time with my YOUNGER BROTHER-N-LAW Ricky Sneed and his 2 sons Bobby and Cliff from the Little America area. We had a blast and certainly was a lot of laughs. Highlight was catching a 15 lb Flathead on a 11' Huckabee Pulling Rod. Took awhile but we got it done. Fish we located were in the 7' to 12' DOW and caught on 3" baits in Blk/Pink and Pumpkin/Chart.
WE caught about 30 on friday ,kept about 20 .most were in about 5 to 8 fow. i had better luck with last years color of blk&chart. the blk&chart this year did not roll a fish.I dont like this years color ai just bought 4 packs.VH
Interesting; I wonder what made the difference? Got any idea?
You said color but not the plastic brand. Just wondering which one it is....Ranger
I'm guessing the yum brands new colors , they discontinued one of my favorite colors in the process. Booooo
Yes I don't like their new June Bug Color.
Ranger it was yum beavertails,the flo green is a solid color instead of transparent silver flake.I got them from crappie Pro last week!They just don't crank my handle,I gor some blue &flogreen and they worked great.VH
Fished yesterday in the rain and after the rain. From 1 to 8. Caught 23 keepers fishing rap from 8 to 12 feet deep. Big visible jigs worked good. Ran into EB and fished with him for a bit. We had some nice ones mixed in with the 10-12 inchers. EB's biggest was 1.63, mine was 1.52. Big thanks to EB for showing me some spots, and the was-hoppers, my biggest came off a spot he showed me.
Ain't no big deal fishing in the rain, huh? :cheers2 Glad you got into some bigger fish! And that EB feller is all right too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fishers
Doesn't rain underwater! And the boat got washed 2 days in a row.
Caught 20 off the hwy 69 riprap bridge, people under the bridge fishing catching them all around 6 ft deep in 12 - 15 ft water.Quote:
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Took cpd21 with me yesterday and we had 47 in 3 hrs. Fished big CrappiePro wasshoppas 3ft deep in 3-5 fow. Probably caught 70 total. It's really good right now in the Big E. EB
Anyone spider rigging around the rip rap right now? Thinking about heading that way Thursday afternoon.
Had the chance to take Mike "Slabman" Reynolds and Gaston "Big Crappie" Hall. We had 42, 31 on the wood and 11 pulling jigs. Had a blast taking these to fishing. The hot bait was orange/chart slab slayers on 1/8 orange CrappiePro heads. The fish were 3-5 ft deep. EB
Haven't been rigging...we've been double dipping because the fish seem to be right in the rocks and at a very specific depth...other day while with EB it seemed when you would feel a rock then you would get bit...and you have to find the depth they are in and fish that...good luck and let us know