Thread: Lake Eufaula archives

good fish!

Outstanding!!

sorry I need to change the date on the camera.was weekend.yes it was tuff.I did not measure or weigh any.as I usually dont.and yes they were all caught in the current.no secret.just luck.most caught in 10 fow.I kept trying to figure out why they were where they where . .one spot was a break line ajacent to a flat. on top of the break.near brush and stumps. the current hits all this and slows down.but but yet close enough that they can nab shad cruising by.so there are places were there appears to be current on top.but greatly reduced under water.without getting out of the chanel.eb Im still curious about your theory.

Nice catch, Thanks for posting the picture!!

LOL This is my theory, I had asked Huckabee if he could catch them in the creek with currrent and he said not very many. Out in the lake you could be catching crappie on structure one after another everyday then one day you drop down and catch a blue cat and then another. So I think to some degree that the blues run the crappie to different places, because the ones who have catfished any at all running water is fantastic when catfishing. Also the inability sometimes to fish places like they need to be fished, lets say that these crappie will go to every place to get out of the current, slack water, behind stumps ledges and so on keeping your boat there and bait down can be a task especially when you can't see the structure. Plus rising water makes them spread out. So you will catch one here and one there, many fisherman I know cover area when the fish are on a tough bite. Just a couple of theories,nothing proven yet. EB

Just returned from the Crowder/Rock Creek area.

I took in all the advice on the "Spring Spawn and Water Temps" thread as well as rereading SD West's and Thumpers report and devised a game plan for today (thanks everyone).

Instead of hitting water less than 10', I hit the channel drops out in front of the ramp at Crowder and up into Rock Creek past the bridge. We worked water that was 12 to 20 feet of water. We caught out fish in 10 to 15 feet of water.

We kept 21 today and probably threw back half that. We would have had more, but the wind bashed us and my trolling motor battery finally gave up around 2. We anchored up in several spots including the cove just before you get to the Hwy 69 bridge at Rock Creek. Water temp went from 53 to 57 in the two hours were were anchored around the rocks there. I actually saw small shad flipping around.

We spider rigged jigs and minnows. The best color was a Lime green head with a black and pink Yum Beavertails. We caught 90% of the fish on this combination. Other combination's didn't work as well, neither did minnows.

Another thing I tried is using 1/4 oz jig heads instead of 1/8th oz or even 1/16th. I also changed the line on a few reels from 10lb to 8lb. The reason is because I saw the side pulling episode on Midwest Crappie and Roger Gant said this is the combination he used because it got his bait down into the strike zone quicker and stayed there.

I reasoned that if the wind was blowing hard that the boat would be moving fast. Normally I have a hard time keeping my jigs down where I want them when the wind blows hard. However today, having two 1/4 oz jigs on 8lb test made it much, much easier and the results were some nice Crappie!

Don

I might also ad that I saw some people around the Crowder park catching Crappie from bank, especially around the brush markers.

Hope to get out one more time before that cooler weather gets here!

Thanks for all the good reports!

Guys it looks like a warm month so far down there. Question for you guys, will the spawn be early? With some of the water temps you guys are reporting looks as if you are one week away if you get warm weather.