Good luck froggie and be sure to take a long rope just in case........lol.
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Good luck froggie and be sure to take a long rope just in case........lol.
I used to fish only the north end years ago and did well, however the south end just kicks better numbers and good average sized crappie with plenty of brush and structure.
North end with this low water level would be re-patterning the fish and spending 3 solid days getting them pinned down. But with that said it does have some giant crappie early {primarily big males shallow} We used to use a 7'-6" Bass flippin stick, 20lb. line and a 3/16oz. flippin jig with a blk./orange #11 pork frog and flip it right into the middle of BIG button willows....no way your going to poke a jig rod back in there and get those fish out. I tell this story and people look at me like I'm on crack,...but oh-well they are missing out on some of the biggest male crappie in their life!!! Sorry for the long winded post. My son and I are shooting some doodlesocking vids this year and loading them on You-Tube, it's going to be fun!Thumbs UpHands ClappingWe get this lake on a slow rise this year and it's going to be unbelievable shallow fishing this spring.:eek:
This is a million dollar question with me, because I live in Checotah! I have never guided the north end of the lake. I fish it alot though because it is close. My opinion is "Feast or famine". You either go out and Kill them or you catch very little. Some years are fantastic others not so good. I say this because I am big on lake level conditions (Stability high or low) and water color. I hate to water that has less than 3-4 inches visibility! I beilieve that the crappie on the north end or namadic, meaning they move everyday more than normal. Now I am speaking of the area from 150 to Gentry creek, I haven't fished much west of Gentry through the 6 miles of stump fields! Now I believe that there are just as big a fish up here like any place on the lake! But I have been humbled many times up here! As for the south end it is a much bigger area with creeks that you can get in with some depth in every direction! I abundance of shad is mind boggling! Plus you have just about evry structure that you want to fish. Not to mention the water color varies from muddy- 1ft visiblity and clearer depending on the time of year! I have been guiding south of Arrowhead for the last 8 years and have places where I can go get good consistant numbers on a daily basis depending on the weather! To me there is no comparing the two the south end is more consistant! Just my two cents! EB
I grew up fishing the North end of the lake exclusively. I had never fished South of Eufaula Cove Marina until 4-5 years ago. I will have to echo both Leland and Brian's opinions. I have caught a ton of crappie on the North End but it can be on one day and off the next. Take last year, we cleaned over 50 big crappie one day up North and the next day, fishing the exact same areas, caught less than 10. The year the water was 5 feet low we killed them and the next 2 years we had mediocre to poor years.
The South end usually is very consistent. In 4 years I don't remember it ever being a drastic change from day to day. We may catch 70 or so one day and 40 the next but never 70 one day then 10 the next. Eufaula is such a big lake, it fishes like 4-5 lakes. The water temps, water color and depths all vary from one part to the next. The South end warms up faster and has more creeks to get out of the wind. The east side is clearer,deeper, and warms slower. North end is muddy and fairly shallow, and can be warm early.
I live on Oologah lake and enjoy fishing there. But I always have to go back to my old HOME lake, sometimes 15-20 times a year. Just writing about it has me itching to get down there now.
Odie
Yep, weekend before last dad and I were trying to jug line fish and using the boat I keep in a slip a Jason's. I was banging off of rocks or stirring up mud all weekend. Was actually glad to get done and put the boat away. Then while we were doing a little crappie fishing on Sunday that otter or whatever it is that lives around there took nearly all of our catfish out of the basket. Dang it!Quote:
Originally Posted by Stinkfinger
Scott, could have been a racoon, but maybe it was an otter, never know unless you see it in action.
Thanks Leland, Odie, and Brian for sharing your observations regarding both north and south ends of the lake. We all learn from you old hands and your past experiences on Lake Eufaula.Thumbs Up
:eek:Agreed. Randy that works and fishes around there plus one of the other slip customers mentioned an otter but I have not seen it. One night last summer as Debra and I were walking from the boat toward the gas dock a racoon came running toward us, that walkway seemed a little narrow at that moment.:eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by Stinkfinger
Hey all,
Fished Belle Starr dock this AM with my son. We got in there about 7:30 (they opened late!) and caught fish steady until about 10:30, then they pretty much quit. Ended up cleaning 31 and threw several dinks back. Not giants, mostly 10" to 11"s, had 3 or 4 that would have been about 13". Decent mess of fish and didn't have to fight the wind outside! Guess I'll get up and try again Sunday. Fish were about 8ft and I think they would have bit about any jig you put in front of them.
Belle Starr is a good fishing dock, That would make you go back for sure! You guy's spanked us but good.
Fished on Friday and today..... Fished were tight to the bottom and you had to keep moving to get bit.... Fished breaklines in the 9' - 10' range and ended up cleaning 54 on Friday and 58 today.... Today we caught probably 35-40 short fish that were tossed back. It was a good weekend.... All were caught on jigs ..