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I melted out about noon but caught a mess first!:D Attachment 30239 Hey...It'd be hard to get a "toon" through the cover those fish were using today. Attachment 30236Attachment 30237 Those cottonwood trees had it looking like it snowed on the water! It's ALWAYS fun! :) :) :) Attachment 30238
Good looking mess of fish.
You fished today you earned every FILLET
What were you using & how deep were they?
Great fishin' success in this heat!! You are da man!
Beautiful photos too, btw. No 'toon for that setting fer sur. I would never have thought to look in that shallow stuff with the water so hot right now. I reckon that's why I'm not so good at summer fishin'.
How 'bout tellin' us somethin' about your technique?
aj
7 FOW anywhere from 2 to 6 feet deep hitting a black/chartreuse tube jig....no nibble....no oil....no tipping with a shiner....no 'baccer spit:)....just a tube jig. Seemed to like the tangles...holding very close to the cover hitting a sloowly falling jig. Lost a lot in the tangles and threw back maybe twenty smaller ones. River falling slowly with a surface water temp of 82 F in the shade. Lookie' 'har AJ, jus' lotsa' luck is my main technique!! :) :D :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Arkie John
hey Miles...look at my post to AJ.. and Welcome to Cc board. You'll learn a bunch here you just won't ever use!!!:D :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Miles Lowe
dang bill...no baccer spit takes me outta the picture...congrats on another great day
Nice fish, I'm about ready for a trip down south were the good fishing is.
Good mess & pics.
Now that's REAL crappie fishing Bill ! ! ! ! You would leave me in the dust if I had to fish with one pole! I would stay hung up more often than not! We just drag'em by'em in the open water and see what takes a notion to bite. My son and I hit Lee this morning and fished till noon. We caught around 20 crappie but only 15 keepers fishing the middle. We did have some good entertainment on the South end about mid morning when we started hitting the shad schools with an ultralite and catching those 12" stripers as fast as we could throw'em out. We got bored with that and went back to fishing for Crappie but they were just slow with trolling......don't know how they were doing in the trees. BTW, I just got a 20 ft Triton that I am rigging up for Crappie for when I go into bigger waters. I just got tired of being bounced around so much that last time I was on Darbonne! It's got a 225 Mercury so I will have to start paying out the nose for gas....but I am thinking about changing it out to an E-Tec for the gas mileage.
Hey Steve...Getting hung up in that type of cover is part of the game and it's still fun to fish it. The crappie will hang you up as much as you do it yourself. Congrats on your Triton acquisition! :) Steppin' on up huh? :D That E-tec is a good motor but don't rule out Mercury! My Optimax is surprisingly easy on gas and oil. I use much less with this 150 HP pushing my 20' glass boat than I did with that carbed 125 HP on the 17' red Nitro I had and I still go plenty fast! I am rigged for crappie trolling in open water with it and don't get bounced around a whole lot (Even with the water sports enthusiasts making those wakes!). I use my 14' Alweld flat bottom aluminum in that heavy structure on Lee and other lakes where I can't launch or use the big glass boat. Works out well for my kind of fishing. I love that slow trolling too ! ! ! :D :D :D Probably the most relaxing style of fishin' there is in the crappie world. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by luvpt
That place looks like it would be full of cottonmouths, i HATE those things.
Well LH...they gotta' eat too! :) I try not to mess with 'em and hope they don't mess with me!!!:eek: But yeah....They's plenty of 'em in that thar cover!! Something's gotta' keep the frogs thinned out I guess.Quote:
Originally Posted by limbhook
Nice pics... Congrats on the catch!
Blake