Gold Creek 12/25/10

Went fishing at Gold creek today, got out on the water around 9:00 am, went with sorelipsnofish, really thought it was going to be a challenging day, it was that indeed, we caught 32 good crappie, we both would have limited out but we did not have a dip net with us and we lost several good fish trying to get them in the boat. The fish we lost would have filled our limits. The fish were sporatic at best you would catch five or six then you would have a long dry spell, then you would catch five or six more. I think we were just catching them as a school would move in then move out. Would post picture but don't really know how to post pictures from my Iphone. We had a good time and caught some really nice crappie to boot.

Sounds like a great trip

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Originally Posted by slabsntaters

Went fishing at Gold creek today, got out on the water around 9:00 am, went with sorelipsnofish, really thought it was going to be a challenging day, it was that indeed, we caught 32 good crappie, we both would have limited out but we did not have a dip net with us and we lost several good fish trying to get them in the boat. The fish we lost would have filled our limits. The fish were sporatic at best you would catch five or six then you would have a long dry spell, then you would catch five or six more. I think we were just catching them as a school would move in then move out. Would post picture but don't really know how to post pictures from my Iphone. We had a good time and caught some really nice crappie to boot.

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I must be doin something wrong. By 9am I can't catch a thing and hang it up until abou 4. Then I start catching again.

I see you wound up with a good mess of fish. Sometimes you have to work for 'em, and it looks like your presistance paid off. Congrats.

Great catch! I'm going to try them out tommorrow. Were you guys catching them deep? And were y'all jigging or had minnows working? :)

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Originally Posted by #1slabseeker

Great catch! I'm going to try them out tommorrow. Were you guys catching them deep? And were y'all jigging or had minnows working? :)

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they were not that deep, caught them around the bank actually, caught them on jigs. Just basic colors, had to hunt for a color that that they wanted.

i tell ya those crappie sure fried up good lastnight...were gonna have to get together again over new years and do it again....this time with a dip net

Sounds like you guys had to work for them, but that's ok when you landed what you'll got, planning on going Fri morning could use some tips, any tips is better than the ones I know!!

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Originally Posted by SoreLipsNoFish

i tell ya those crappie sure fried up good lastnight...were gonna have to get together again over new years and do it again....this time with a dip net

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I will be ready to fish again over the new years holidays, they bite even better in the rain.

Yeah,im thinking with this short vacation i have comming in a fiew days, im going to get me some good ole gold creek time in

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Originally Posted by SoreLipsNoFish

Yeah,im thinking with this short vacation i have comming in a fiew days, im going to get me some good ole gold creek time in

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Let me know how that works out for you, will your guide be with you.

thats still up in the air..

if anyone sees a short fella in a 2 man boat froze to a pole this weekend..give him a hand

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Originally Posted by SoreLipsNoFish

if anyone sees a short fella in a 2 man boat froze to a pole this weekend..give him a hand

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winds gonna be tuff, better put some rocks in your pockets, and a bilge pump in the boat, the weather man says it's gonna rain. Rain gear will probably be required.

just wanted to tell you guys they still been biting here

Dan
I plan to be there Monday. Keep em stirred up for me.
DP

Im headed out at daylight in the morning...hope this warm temp and rain didnt hurt things....

Hello Crappie Buddy, I know the weather is a little bad, but would like to fish Gold Creek this weekend, has anyone fish it or planning on going that was give ideas on how to fish the lake this weekend. Any tips is better than the ones that i
I know.

Better be ready to bust some ice. I found a few holes to pull some fish out of this morning but by the afternoon they were all frozze over.

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Originally Posted by crappie Pete

Hello Crappie Buddy, I know the weather is a little bad, but would like to fish Gold Creek this weekend, has anyone fish it or planning on going that was give ideas on how to fish the lake this weekend. Any tips is better than the ones that i
I know.

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Crappie pete, my tip is match the hatch, only its not a hatch, its actually a shad kill, but try to imitate a dying shad falling thru the water column. I was there on monday 10, 2011, when all the snow fell. The shad were starting to die when i was there last weekend, if the water has ice on it, then they will really be dying. Thats when the crappie start to really gorge on the easy meal.

The whole lake looked crunchy this morning, didnt notice any open water anywhere.

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Crappie pete, my tip is match the hatch, only its not a hatch, its actually a shad kill, but try to imitate a dying shad falling thru the water column. I was there on monday 10, 2011, when all the snow fell. The shad were starting to die when i was there last weekend, if the water has ice on it, then they will really be dying. Thats when the crappie start to really gorge on the easy meal.

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thats the way I like it, i have gone out and broke the ice with the trailer to put the boat in the water, then work on making it up the lake, drive the boat up on the ice and then lett it break through. but when your boat weighs in at a little over two thousand pounds thats easy. i have broke ice as much as six inches thick just to go fishing. using the boat as a ice buster is tricky, even more so when the ice is thick, when you are breaking the ice you do not want big chunks of ice going thru the prop on the motor, it tends to cause lower units to go out from impacts to the prop.

I've been wondering if it would be worth bustung ice to fish. Usually I'm trying to be quiet when coming up to my fishing spot, but when driving the jon boat over a qurter inch thick of ice, and then driving over the hole I plan on fishing, that's a lot of noise. I would think that I would have spooked everything for a mile away.

i went up the creek at 4:30 re busted ice from yesterday caught 2 nice ones at dark,no ice under iron bridge and 3/4 of tne pool.you should be able to get there even tomorrow.getting up to 45 degrees fishing should be good especially this weekend.only caught 1 yesterday ice was no problem, wind was bad and cold.1 other boat yestrday did no good.2 man boat with that wind.