Thread: Oologah/Talala Creek

Reaper- I would really like to lend a hand and be on the water for a day, but will justing back from a week in Nebraska and will be pooped.

I saw the sign today. I have quite few concrete blocks. Looking forward to it.

Originally Posted by cricket george

Reaper- I would really like to lend a hand and be on the water for a day, but will justing back from a week in Nebraska and will be pooped.

I understand pooped completely. How bout I assign you to setting up my live minnow tank in the shop?

Originally Posted by bosshog

I saw the sign today. I have quite few concrete blocks. Looking forward to it.

Those of you who fish Talala Creek should agree that it needs a mess of new brush. I noticed that someone recently reloaded some brush next to Whisperers go to spot. I caught a few decent fish off it last Sunday. It was the only spot in the area I could get more than one bite.

The sign has been in place for over a week and I've not had one phone call from others that frequent the Vada Point ramp. Hopefully they will at least visit Crappie.com.

Reaper - I will see how I feel. I might come up on a different day and do it.

I loaded up 12 blocks and a clay chimney tile I had at my old house last night. It's a start. I'll be chasing the pallets from Crappie Dentist on Monday. We're a week away, I hope it's a fairly cool morning like today is.

Originally Posted by Crappie Reaper

I loaded up 12 blocks and a clay chimney tile I had at my old house last night. It's a start. I'll be chasing the pallets from Crappie Dentist on Monday. We're a week away, I hope it's a fairly cool morning like today is.

Jake, thanks for the pallets! I'm going to use three per drop making a tripod, then attach brush to the sloped sides while tying a couple of cinder blocks inside. Should make up about 30 drops when said and done. I'll post some pics.

My friend Bill is building a temporary pallet launching platform on the back end of his boat. I plan to do the same, but will need someone to Operate my boat during the drop. Hopefully Whisperer will handle this for me.

Anyone else who would like to use their boat, bring it and we'll fashion something to clamp down so as not to damage your boat.

GPS systems are key for the deployment group. I want to make sure that everyone involved has the coordinates of each pile deployed. I gave my friend Bill a Garmin GPS system that my good friend from Crappie.com, Ken a.k.a., Starfish gave me. I installed it on his boat yesterday morning. I've got an old original I finder that someone could use if they don't have a GPS (if I can find it). I'm going to print a few maps of the Talala Creek area and go over some of the mo betta places that have held nice Crappie over the years but has had the habitat deteriorate in time. Also need to think about making sure that drops are made to suit any wind condition giving us decent spots to check out no matter which way the wind is blowing. Pickings are very slim when there is a North or West wind. Some of the best fishing in the Talala Creek area is when the wind is out of the East or South. Regardless, it would be nice to have a few more places to fish when the wind is N or W.

Thanks again Jake!

Eds Daughter is on top of the shirts he's giving us. 5:30 is an early start, but I figure we can use the pre dawn time in discussion and organizing who is doing what. I plan to stay top side at my place feeding brush to a trailer headed for the ramp. I plan to take the truck with a 16' trailer full of pallets and blocks/rope and park it so as the trailer is partially in the water so the deployment boats can load and not have to get too shallow. If I leave the deck of the trailer above water, it should be good enough. Anyone launching a boat at Vada Ramp should be warned of the lake being down close to a foot, so keep your motor high until you're away from the ramp.

I hope everyone the signed on can make it. This will bring a lot of Crappie back to the Talala Creek area. Thanks for everyones help!