Good day on new water

One of my favorite things to do is to try a new fishing hole and see if I can figure out the keys to catching a few. Since the recent rains have my old standbys around home messed up a bit, it was time to do just that today. I decided to try an Arkansas River oxbow I found on Google Earth about 1:15-20 mins from the house. With the drive and being in no hurry to face the cool morning temps, I didn't get on the water till around 11am. There were 6-7 boats already there and didn't see anybody catching fish. I talked to a local as I passed by and he said I was a couple of weeks too late and the crappie were few and far between. Trolled down the lake for about 45 mins with not even a nibble and was starting to believe he was right on until "bam" that first pole bent under and the first clue was revealed. It allowed me to slowly put a pattern together and I ended up having a pretty good day. The magic jig today was a Wally Marshal umbrella tube in red/chart on a 1/8th oz #4 sickle head fished 2 1/2' deep. The speed was .8-1mph. Water depth was all over the place with fish beiing caught from 10' down to 4'. Attachment 159058Attachment 159059
no real hawgs here but a nice limit of average sized eaters and I ran into some more locals in the lake fertilization program doing their part for a healthy fisheries :)

Congrats on a great catch!! WTG!

Nice looking mess of fish!

Good job!!

nice bunch of fish

Good job TJ! Thanks for the report.

Hey TJ stay outta my holes lol. Just kidding next time call me so I can go too. Thanks for the pix and good story.

Seems that just b/c fish aren't being caught by others,that they will sometimes bite with the right presentation! Good job!

Good job, congrats

Nice report and pictures congrats!