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**Ranger09** · 04-23-2014, 06:47 PM

Fished with clients Ben and his dad James Sharp from Kansas City today mid lake..we had an awesome day and was on fish from the get go...we caught well over 50 first double dipping early with the WT at 64 degrees and the females were in 4' to 6' DOW..as the water warmed to 65.5 they moved right up on the bank in 6" to 1' of water using Single Jig and Rod..when the wind got to strong to fish the open points and wood we moved to a sheltered bank and caught them with cork-n-jig.....was a beautiful day....blk/pink 3" Slab Slayers were the bait they wanted today..out fished pumpkin/chart, blk/chart, lime/chart 7 to 1.......Ranger
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**crappiepappa** · 04-23-2014, 06:51 PM

Great report and good news Ranger. Next week they'll be at my doorstep! Thank you sir!!

**Eufaula boy** · 04-23-2014, 08:37 PM

CrappieCrazy I haven't found them on the north end on the bank like I did down south. Now I wasn't way south when I caught those fish and they weren't just everywhere you had to pay close attention to what banks they liked, fished several great looking coves that didn't produce fish. Not sure if it was the wind blowing in them because them seem to like the protected banks. EB

**Stinkfinger** · 04-23-2014, 08:53 PM

Brian, I've fished several areas from 9A all the way south and it's been spotty at best. A place producing fish one day will be dead the next and vice-versa. Nothing I have found is really consistent and I know the spawn is on and going strong, but finding a good spot has been difficult. Some of the places I have always caught crappie this time of the year are low producing or not producing. But when you find them stacked up, you catch a nice mess. Water temp was 69 here at the dock today, not sure what it was on down south. I fished 5 locations and came up empty handed today.

**lazylakedog** · 04-23-2014, 09:13 PM

Originally Posted by Stinkfinger

Brian, I've fished several areas from 9A all the way south and it's been spotty at best. A place producing fish one day will be dead the next and vice-versa. Nothing I have found is really consistent and I know the spawn is on and going strong, but finding a good spot has been difficult. Some of the places I have always caught crappie this time of the year are low producing or not producing. But when you find them stacked up, you catch a nice mess. Water temp was 69 here at the dock today, not sure what it was on down south. I fished 5 locations and came up empty handed today.

Had some boat issues today but fished around 9a yesterday and nothing. Did catch a few around crowder but looked like an ou game with the crowd down there. What kind of boat do you fish from stink?

**crappie crazy** · 04-23-2014, 10:09 PM

Originally Posted by Eufaula boy

CrappieCrazy I haven't found them on the north end on the bank like I did down south. Now I wasn't way south when I caught those fish and they weren't just everywhere you had to pay close attention to what banks they liked, fished several great looking coves that didn't produce fish. Not sure if it was the wind blowing in them because them seem to like the protected banks. EB

Brian, I appreciate the answer it was worth a shot for a shorter drive,,I've noticed this year also that the fish are pretty particular on the areas they are using I have spots that are usually loaded with staging fish and shallow fish that I haven't even got a sniff of a fish and other places that I have hardly caught anything in the past years that are packed with fish this year. Very strange ,,,,I had some friends going down today so I looked at a lot of different areas yesterday for them probably 25 different spots and I only caught fish in about 4 spots ,, on a good note they went down to those areas and him ad his partner ended up with 62 this afternoon

thanks again

**Stinkfinger** · 04-23-2014, 10:21 PM

Dog, just fishing from the bank right now, no boat. But spoke to my son and I may drive over to Ada on Friday and drag it back over here. Just an old 50's model aluminum V-bottom that leaks like a sieve.... but I've got some good memories in that old boat. I'll be able to get into some of those areas I can't reach from the bank.

**Fishers** · 04-24-2014, 07:56 AM

Ranger you were catching a lot females that were spawning out on an open point? I thought they liked to spawn back in the sheltered areas?

**Brian1368** · 04-24-2014, 09:36 AM

Cleaned 31 out of Rock Creek. They were hard to find......most were 2 to 4 ft deep

**Eufaula boy** · 04-24-2014, 09:52 AM

Lots of good questions and responses hopefully I can make some sense of it, remember guys that we have been 2 weeks behind because of the temps. Also the areas of the lake will be later than the creeks. The man that taught me never caught them real good on the bank until the last week of April to the first 3 weeks in May. He fished them every year since 1966. His multiple 100 fish days were always mostly in May. So be patient guys, we are just now hearing of fish being caught all over the lake.

Fishers, females will be on the points most of the time in a little deeper water than the depth of the beds. They are only on the beds for 36hrs anyway, and they dont stay, they move on and off till they lay there eggs. Thats why the minnow fisherman, spider riggers, and double dippers catch more of the big females

I hope I helped EB

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