Guntersville Dead?

Hey good morning guys. I have talked to a lot of people that have been fishing at night lately and they are telling me the bite under the bridges are just dead. Soooo many stripes and gar. Tons of bait and no Crappie hitting. You all think it's these random popup storms with all the lightning and thunder shutting them down? Supposed to have a break tomorrow thru Friday morning. Might try them. We went Saturday morning and even first light when Crappie are supposed to be turned on, they were just not biting anything.

Anyone having any luck tightlining minnows?

The bite been slow but I manage 11 last sunday but last month I was catching around 18 or more every trip.. The stripes are not the problem itz the gar that running off.. The biggest factor is they have to be pulling water to turn the crappies on...

I’d look at where Richard gene the fishing machine on YouTube is fishing and why

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Originally Posted by Lloakley930

I’d look at where Richard gene the fishing machine on YouTube is fishing and why

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I tried the same spot 2 days after his video and not one bite. Same bait, same technique. I think it's just he caught them while they were in the area.

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Originally Posted by Mikejigs

The bite been slow but I manage 11 last sunday but last month I was catching around 18 or more every trip.. The stripes are not the problem itz the gar that running off.. The biggest factor is they have to be pulling water to turn the crappies on...

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Yea, I'm going to look and see when they will pull the water. I think it's usually around 12 am.

The spot where Richard was fishing there always crappie there u just have to learn how to make them bite I always caught sum at that spot.. When they do pull the water itz turning the crappie on a lil bit only because the water is so High the current is not moving fast enough to get the crappie excited....going to try some glow in the dark jigheads this week...

They've been pulling water 24/7/365 for a while.

Probably got more to do with the heat. In my experience crappie start feeding on small baits in the heat of summer. Cut the next one you catch open and you'll see

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Originally Posted by Mikejigs

The spot where Richard was fishing there always crappie there u just have to learn how to make them bite I always caught sum at that spot.. When they do pull the water itz turning the crappie on a lil bit only because the water is so High the current is not moving fast enough to get the crappie excited....going to try some glow in the dark jigheads this week...

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Short Creek wasn't hitting on anything. There was 5 people fishing and noone catching anything. Let the jig fall 8 ft, 10 ft, 15 ft, bottom ... nothing. My buddy caught a bass and a cat. That was it. This was 11 am. We were at Town Creek from 5 am - 10:50 am ... nothing. 1 bass that was it. Now, PigjJig fished from 9pm-10am'ish with us. I met him there. He did good at night, but once it got daybreak, they just weren't there. I did see a ton of bait fish at Short Creek. We were throwing BG Baby Shad at them all different colors 1/32 and 1/16. That rock that was in front of Gene, I stood on that rock. Same technique. Nothing. Like the comment said I think it's this heat that just shut them down mixed with all the random lightning storms. The current was flowing good too.

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Originally Posted by lowe175

Probably got more to do with the heat. In my experience crappie start feeding on small baits in the heat of summer. Cut the next one you catch open and you'll see

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So you're thinking maybe smaller than a BG Baby Shad bait? I was throwing 1/32 hair jigs too.