Great day at Nickajack.

It was past time to check out my crappie spots at Nickajack.....well they are there! Started fishing at 9:30 a.m. Got a limit of crappie with only one fish being 12 inches and all the others at 13 inches. I made a decision after catching my first four crappie...which were all at 13 inches.....that I was not keeping anything less than 12 inches. For those that know Nickajack it produces slab crappie. I caught fish all day. I was not culling because I was using a stringer. If it wasn't 12 inches back it went. The crappie were holding tight to cover at about 13 feet depth. All fish were caught on a Bison colored Trout Magnet using 2# test line. It was almost some specie of fish each cast. The bass and Gills were in there thick also. Didn't keep track of the Gills but caught a bunch between 7-8 inches. Caught 10 large mouth like in the pic....caught a lot more large mouth in the 10-11 inch range also. Those bass were quite a struggle with the 2# test line. Had one bass that was way too big to even turn. He just kept running and my line cut in the rocks. I was beginning to wonder about my decision to throw back fish smaller than 12 inches at about 3:45 p.m. I needed two more fish to get a 15 fish limit. In the next 30 minutes I caught 3 more crappie....two were at the 13 inch mark and up the hill I came at 4:30. I will be fishing Nickajack for most of November and up through December. It looks like it is going to be a great two months of crappie fishing just as it has been in the past 3 years since I started fishing there.


Regards

GREAT report,
Think its time to go down there and get my HB 899 set up properly. Can't stop smiling, "there baaaacK"!

Ray

Nice fish and congrats on a good day.

Great looking catch!

Outstanding! Great day on the water. Great catch:ThumbsUp

That's a good day. I like your measure stick, where did it come from?

Skeet that is a "Hawg Trough" from HOOK1 kayak fishing gear. I like it as it lets one get a perspective on the size of girth also. At least IMO. Kayak guys use those for their bass tournaments.

Regards

Thanks for the comments guys. Hitting it again Friday and Saturday.

Good job. then are some pigs

Thanks Alpha, you can give me some instruction on Nickajack sometime. Ya done good son.