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Hey everyone,I live in ohio east of columbus and I'm coming down july 3-9. I really want to get into some crappie, I've been to the lake once but only bass fished. Since it is so deep will spider rigging coves and banks be the ticket or would shooting some pontoons work better? I need all the help I can get.Thanks in advance,KyleHigh Point TaxidermyCrappie Pro
Id say shoot the toons.
thanks,If I'm correct ain't there a marina or two on the main lake part?Is there any areas that have boat docks besides marinas??KyleHPTCP
The Marina up the "long Point" area (long finger North of the Dam) is where the only docks are I can think of. In the battle run area (finger to the west of the dam) there are some fish attractors.Quote:
Originally Posted by KWaller
Probably not the best time of year for it but sometimes you can go up into Hominy, Gauley or the Muddelety tributaries and get into something. I'd say MAYBE up the Gauley alittle under some cover and the west point off of Hominy might hold some Crappie right now....
So in the tributaries you mean structure on the shore or sunken structure? And would u fish the shores with bobber and jigs or what's your style? See I live on buckeye lake ohio and the deepest spots 20 feet so I can catch them all year with bobber anf jig and shootin toons.ThanksKyleHPTCP
Honestly I don't fish summersville much as it is so deep, clear and huge compared to our other lakes that it makes it a pain to kayak fish or bank fish....most of ours are about 20 ft +/- maximum depth as well.
In the tribs, most of the structure will be along the banks, and being shallower water, they might hold to those spots shaded by low hanging /downed trees with a little more depth in the water. So finding a good medium between structure,shade and water depth will be key in those areas. In the Gauley there will be alot of rock on the bottom, but you would probably have to go all the way up towards the persinger creek boat access before it gets exposed (i.e. not silted over).
In the lake I fished last week not too far from S'ville, the crappie were post-spawn and all holding on points at about 7 feet in 9 feet of water and they may hold a little deeper at S'ville since they can. The battlerun area has lots of fish attractors, click here for locations. It is also the shallowest part of the lake and has the most coves/points....definitely the best area for fish habitat.
Tightlining jigs/jigging are my go to presentations when they go deep, often with a marabou jig with chartruese on it somewhere. But if you are comfortable fishing with jig n' bobber, I say go for it.
All this talk about S'ville and I realized I haven't been in awhile. I might just take the boat out there Friday to fish and swim a little myself.
Good luck!
So do you mean the crappie will be best where the rock is covered or uncovered? And please report on how you do if you go Friday.KyleHPTCP
uncovered rock....right now they are probably out of spawn and sticking to cover (rock)
Alright, have you ever shot the toons at the marina before?KyleHPTCP
By the way, what is an average size crappie for summersville in length?KyleHPTCP
KW....give us a report of how ya did and whta worked and what didn't etc.
i didn't make it out there myself....I stuck a little closer to home and float-fished the Coal River. A little slow that day, about 15 total: Mostly small stripers, a couple sunfish and small SMs....the two largest SMs both got off (of course!)
Hey just got back home. I didn't try spider rigging, I did try ponttton shooting the marina but they said you can't fish in there, some dock owners told us, I think they just wanted us out. We also vertically jigged both bridges in the gauley river, got skunked. But I do know they had to be in the marina cove... oh well. Bass fished a lot in the river and tribs and didn't do too good. The highlight was meadow river, wow we sleighed the smallies in there, none too big though, only one 12 incher.KyleHPTCP
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Yeah summersville is a hard place to fish, that's why I generally plan to do something else (i.e. swim) when I go up, so I don't feel so bad about not catching alot.
What part of the meadow did you fish? Right off 41 near Nallen, or did you walk in somewhere above/ below Nallen....(or even up river towards rainelle?) The lower section before it runs into the gauley is gorgeous...but very hard to fish when the water is up.