Fire-Cracker Crappie/Lake Conway

Hey Guys the last two days i have been dropping the hammer on some chunky Black Crappie on Lake Conway. Fish r not monsters but all running from 10-14 inches. and out of the 40 fish i have bought home the last two days every one has been a black crappie and thick backed. they been eaten good i guess. I find it strange tho i have not caught even one nice white crappie. I have been fishing main lake isolated clusters of two, three, or more live cypress trees on the shadyside always. Verticle jiggin a wht/cht metel flake Midsouth tube, 1/32 oz Chart head with red eyes and silver crappie nibbles. Most of my catches have been coming off four clusters of live cypress and they have been loaded with keepers. I am fishing the shade right off the bottom in 5-6 feet of water. It's hot out there, but have lucked out with some cloud cover in the mornings. Been catching fish from 6-10AM and 5-8:30PM. Hope you had a good 4th...

Thanks for the post and pics, CP. Good to see someone braving the heat and catching fish.:D Have you made a practice run to Truman lake yet? When is that tournament?

Ski Have'nt been to Truman yet, but will be making a run up there in Sept. The tourney is 6-10 Oct. Im going to give myself three days of prefishing before the tourney too.

Nice catch there!

Excellent catch!

Nice catch Crappie Pro. We made a loop through the drive in your territory Saturday hoping to get a fishing tip. We didn't go Crappie hunting while we were there, but did whack the gills pretty good.

Couple of nice catches Russ, way to go!!

Crappiepro, those are some nice crappie you have there, you say you were catching them off of live cypress, have you been catching any bass on those cypress while you were crappie fishing. I have a bass tournament coming up and I am wondering if the bass are on those trees as well.

Glad the fish are biting, good catch!:cool:

Looks like you have them figured out. Stick with 'em as long as the pattern holds.;) Thx for posting the pics.:)

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Originally Posted by slabsntaters

Crappiepro, those are some nice crappie you have there, you say you were catching them off of live cypress, have you been catching any bass on those cypress while you were crappie fishing. I have a bass tournament coming up and I am wondering if the bass are on those trees as well.

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Slabntaters, i have not been catching bass out of the trees i have been catching crappie in. I have tried a worm in those trees with no luck. I have been catching several nice bass outside the opening of Dix creek. If you were faceing the opening to Dix Creek from the main lake the bank to the right of the opening you will notice several boat docks with cypress trees close to the bank. Try pre fishing this area and concentrate your efforts on the boat dock heads and cypress trees closest to the bank. ***(I really feel this time of year the bass pull up to this bank this time of year cos of the shade the high east hill provides good shade until about 1100 am.)*** I have been catching most my fish on a Red shad culprit TX rigged 1/8th oz bullet wt. Also have had luck on a berkly tequilla prower worm and dark colored craw baits. Give this area a try and hope you catch some for the tourney. Good luck

You Truly Are A Crappie Pro. Those Really Are Thick On The Back. I Know Of Some Cypress Like You Mentioned On Millwood, But Work Gets In The Way Of Fishing. Glad To See Someone Has The Time.

hey CP you fishing the stretch of lake by the Palarm Creek ramp and Eagles Nest?

[QUOTE=Rookie40;1204642]hey CP you fishing the stretch of lake by the Palarm Creek ramp and Eagles Nest?[/QUO

Nope im fishing along the north bank bulkhead right between the two major arms of Lake Conway

what is the best ramp to fish that area?

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Originally Posted by Rookie40

what is the best ramp to fish that area?

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Rookie 40 Gold Creek Ramp at Dano's Hwy 365/Gold creek bridge, is a good ramp to get to this spot. Live Cypress trees running west to east along the face of the north bulk head bank r the trees u need to concentrate your efforts on the shady side in the morning. When u come out into the main lake under the I-40 bridge you will see a big point sticking out to the right. This is called Gold Point. When u get your boat even with gold point look to the north accross from it and you will see another main lake point. This is the most westerly point of the bulk head. You want to fish the tress running down the face of the bulk head from west to east along it. You will notice isolated pods of trees and some loan live cypress trees. These r the trees you want to fish hard but dont skip the other lone isolated trees cos i do pick up a nice fish now n then on these to. Remember the clusters of trees r best on the shade and fish near the bottom in 5-6 feet of water. Try WHt n Chart, Blk/chart, and solid or cream filled chart trimmed double stinger Midsouth tubes on wht or chart 1/32 oz heads. Fish I have been fishing from 6am-about 12PM and from 5PM to Dark 30. Good luck man i hope you jig some up.
Ohhh ya put a crappie nibble on your jig;)