SLAB TALK, LET'S TALK NUMBERS ON AVERAGE...

Let's talk. You can choose to read what below or click the link to hear me explain. Lets talk Crappie :biggrin

*Yes you can fish & enjoy it without catching fish. This video isn't for you. *Yes you can catch 100's of Crappie per month. This video isn't for you well kinda. :crazy: *I want to hear from average people. Everyone isn't catching 15+ Crappie when they go out to fish. So I want to hear from the people who normally "DON'T TALK OR COMMENT AS WELL" on the following questions because there is a misconception on just how many people are catching a bunch of fish with or without Forward Facing Technology. Sure you see Guides, Pro's, Semi-Pro's, & Fishing Legends like Ketchn & Spencer Andrews, etc who don't need electronics, & people who can fish post pics & videos. However these people are the "EXCEPTION & NOT THE RULE". Let's talk to the majority of people, there is no shameful amount. QUESTIONS:1. In 4 Trips per month how many limits are you catching?2. In 4 Trips per month what is your average amount of fish caught per trip?

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I think I qualify to answer this question. When I go crappie fishing I typically can expect to catch 5-15 crappie a trip. I'm at the ramp at sun up and I typically fish to around noon. I consider less than 5 fish a bad trip. I consider catching a limit as a great day. I do both at a even rate of about once every two months. It took me 7 hours to catch my last limit which was 3 months ago. Looks like the weather is going to allow me to fish Tawakoni in the morning. I will likely catch between 5-15 but you never know until you try. My boat is only 14ft so if the wind is bad I will likely stick with the two mile bridge. If the wind is not bad there will be some docks that will be flipping baits under.

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I think I qualify to answer this question. When I go crappie fishing I typically can expect to catch 5-15 crappie a trip. I'm at the ramp at sun up and I typically fish to around noon. I consider less than 5 fish a bad trip. I consider catching a limit as a great day. I do both at a even rate of about once every two months. It took me 7 hours to catch my last limit which was 3 months ago. Looks like the weather is going to allow me to fish Tawakoni in the morning. I will likely catch between 5-15 but you never know until you try. My boat is only 14ft so if the wind is bad I will likely stick with the two mile bridge. If the wind is not bad there will be some docks that will be flipping baits under.

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Grainraiser you will more than likely forget more about T-Wok than I will learn because "I DON'T KNOW THAT LAKE" but when I went to T-Wok 10-22-23 (Sunday) & fished from 12:30pm - 4pmish I had zero Crappie but plenty of Sand Bass until I regrouped & found a pattern & limited out from 4pmish to 6pmish. This is where I found them below. But this is where the situation ties EXACTLY INTO WHAT THE POST IS ABOUT!. I had 3 other boats venture over there possibly due to seeing me catch fish & I only saw them in total catch maybe 4 Crappie. The Sand Bass were at the top of the Water Column & they were not fishing for the Crappie that were down below. This is what I mean about having F.F.T. (Forward Facing Technology) you can see fish but if you don't have the discipline nor understand what you are looking at or looking for you "ARE STILL NOT GOING TO PRODUCE FISH".

In the real story that I spoke about on the 6 Lake Fork Guys from Waco, Tx in the video you know what they did all day?:confused: They chased the "CATFISH THAT WERE ON THE TREES IN GROUPS THAT I SAW ALL DAY & THEY WONDERED WHY THEY WERE GETTING HIT VS NOT BIT" :Rofl:biggrin I saw the same pattern on Fork that day so I left those area when I saw them. They were chasing the wrong species but desiring another. :Rofl When I spoke to the one guy & asked him if he was getting yanked then never hooked up & he said yes, I told him that's why the 1 guy caught the Catfish. That's what smaller cats do when they are curious. They hit the bait with the hardest part of their mouth & teeth to shred it then eat it on the fall. They were snatching their lines with that tug & by the time those guys could try to hook set that fish was probably half way around a tree 10 foot away. rotflrotflrotflrotfl:RoflAttachment 473854 I really want to hear you catching DOUBLE DIGITS WITH PICS!!! Safety to you Grain... KEEP US POSTED.. "ORANGE WAS THE COLOR SUNDAY ON T-WOK" (Even though Ketchn made fun of me..:Rofl).

GETTUM!!!!!!!!!!!!:biggrin

I got a Livescope unit back in Jan and have not used it much yet. My mom was sick so I missed the pre-spawn. It's not very helpful when they are in 2ft of water during the spawn. Due to the intense heat I typically only fish under bridges during the summer but I did get to learn it a bit along among the bridge colums.

That area of the lake you highlighted is also good for splat fishing for catfish. Cormants eat alot of fish but they have poor digestive system. When they roost they release all of those partially digested fish back into the water and the catfish come a running once it hits the water. Just rig a shrimp on a float and toss it in the roosting area. If catfish are present they will hit the bait within 30 seconds. Lots of catfish are caught by this method and Tawakoni is known for some huge blue catfish. It's a unique way to put some fish in the boat.

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I got a Livescope unit back in Jan and have not used it much yet. My mom was sick so I missed the pre-spawn. It's not very helpful when they are in 2ft of water during the spawn. Due to the intense heat I typically only fish under bridges during the summer but I did get to learn it a bit along among the bridge colums.

That area of the lake you highlighted is also good for splat fishing for catfish. Cormants eat alot of fish but they have poor digestive system. When they roost they release all of those partially digested fish back into the water and the catfish come a running once it hits the water. Just rig a shrimp on a float and toss it in the roosting area. If catfish are present they will hit the bait within 30 seconds. Lots of catfish are caught by this method and Tawakoni is known for some huge blue catfish. It's a unique way to put some fish in the boat.

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The red area is where they were you are absolutely correct. The cats on the tree's were sitting "VERTICAL" like Algae Eaters in a fish Tank. I knew I was in the wrong spot but the Sand Bass were soo big & fun to catch. I'm not one that enjoys catching catfish but on a Slip Cork with Chicken Skin & a treble hook at that time of year I can tell you that I do enjoy it. The Crappie are where the Green is up to 200 yards off that Creek Channel. Further than that to where it got read and it was Cat & SandBass CITY!. I hope you find them where ever you go tomorrow and get you 25 or 26 or 800:Rofl Let us know Grain...:highfive

I’m weird. I’m anal about a lot of things but keeping count of my fish I’m horrible. I have fish counters and don’t use. Most lakes here are 37 limit but I’ve never kept that simply because I hate cleaning fish. Shoots I fished my whole life and actually hated to eat fish. Threw back everything. Wasn’t until I had kids years back that I started keeping some simply because they like it. I still throw back most my fish and when I do keep I try to keep no more than 15. I fished 5 days last week on vacation. Was a finicky bite all week. Lots of looky loo’s and bait chasers. I would say I averaged 20-30 catches a day but only kept anything 12” and up with maybe a few 11” which I gave away each day. I felt I did bad because bite wasn’t like I wanted and wasn’t catching quality fish like I was wanting. I was humbled each day though as when I gave away my keepers each person was so happy and told me I had a better day than them.

Cool post. I’ve yet to get a limit.. my PB is close to 20. Average number of fish really depends on time of year for me personally.

Summertime, it’s so hot I don’t give them more than a few hours and am happy to come home with 6+ keepers. Spring and Fall seem to be most productive for me because I can spend a half day on the water without melting. I consider a great day 12+ keepers. Sometimes I will throw the little ones that barely make 10 inches back because I like a nice filet.

2023 will hopefully be the year I get my first limit.


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numbers of crappie depend on my location of choice in many cases , I really don't ketch lot's of giant crappie , fish over 14 inches are not common in the spots I visit .
If I were east of dfw and chased them with electronics and a boat my average fish size would go up tremendously is my thoughts , but alas it just ain't so here in this part of the world .
I use my phone camera as a counter and pitch about near 95% or higher of what comes to my hand back in the water . Sometimes I am after a large crappie ,but in most cases I am just after the crappie , lil ones entertain me and so do their mamas and papas , but it just isn't a worry for me about the size of the crappie as much as the speed that they get flung out of said waters .
used to average a really stupid high number of them when I boated frequently in my lil rascal whaler , but not so much these days (my lil boston whaler got retired in gladiator fashion a few years ago ), last monthly count I ran a few months ago was under 500 fish if I remember right , but I also go a lot more often than the average angler.
my concern though has never been total fish or size of fish ,it is just about the bite for me , I wanna get bit ! it's just that simple and yet complex at the same time ......:Rofl
on a side note: orange is a great color I love to use at times , so don't go and get worried about me funning around about anything in the pursuit of said fisheez , I don't take the banter or give it out with any malice in my heart :cheers2

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I use 2D sonar with A-Scope or RTS Sonar turned on up front and Sidescan on the console. A Panoptix transducer is used at times but most of the time it is turned off. Old School Fishing. I catch north of 50 Crappie most trips but 6-9in fish are common catches every trip. I keep 10in to 10.5in fish and up depending how much I move for 25-40 in the cooler for 4-6 hours of Single Pole fishing in deep cover. I'm fishing out of a 14-48 Southfork aluminum boat, flat bottom, most of the time so I can testify 14ft boats work just fine fishing. Keeping count is always a problem for me but I've learned to live with it. As room for more ice on top in my cooler wanes I quit as I like to clean my fish the next day.