It was a busy afternoon at the office as the last of the main rain and the weather cooled off this afternoon, Lake Conway was like shooting crappie in a barrel. Not another soul on the water I had a limit of decent fish in just a few hours and just kept catching and releasing for the fun of it. They were just pounding it today. No monsters but all quality fish 11 inches or better. LOL I love post fronts and deer season.
Nice post with pictures. Sounds like the crappie were jumping on the hooks too. Congrats on the quick limit.Thumbs Up We havent had a post front in quite a while and it seems the water is gonna be too tough to get out on it due to the winds the next day or so. I reckon I'll get out tomorrow and see where the deer are walking now that the rain has passed.
I hope you don't mind me stealing that picture of the open tote bag full of jigs,,in case someone accuses me of spending too much on lures...lol
"spanky" would have caught them in half that time!!!!!!!!!!!! ha! ha! good mess russ.
Hat's off to you my friend, never thought they would bite after all the rain we had.
hey creek theirs so many there if they dont bite you can snagg a limit!!!!!!!!!!!!
Good job Russ!
GOod catch russ!!!
I should be fishing , not shooting anything.:o Sounds like you ain't got time to hunt CP.
Nice catch man! Once again, AR sounds better and better to me.
Well CA due to high winds and rain on my days off this week I didnt get out in the deer woods much this week. LOL hunted last Sunday and the ole white pine was whiping back n fourth at least four inches all day then came the rains. While gun season is going at least one of my four days off a week is devoted to crappie fishing.Quote:
Originally Posted by NIMROD
I'm telling you, when the going gets tough, the tough get going. I guess I will go see if Dardanelle is muddy.
nice fish and nice bag full of boby garlds. that bag of midsouth tackle solid char jigs is a killer around here with a ruby red head love that color
I wanna be like CP, lol
Seriously, I mostly fish on Conway. I have fished Midsouth tubes almost exclusively this year. I faithfully trim the skirt tails. I also believe Nibbles are worth the extra trouble.
My question, how exactly do you usually rig the nibbles... how many... point or shank... anybody?
I Run the hook completely through the nibble and snug it in the cupped out area I made/trimmed in the tube body. When I first start trimming the tube i find the strands that are cut badly or just grab three or four strands where i want the hook to come up through. I pull those strands back towards the head of the tube thus creating the cup that will hold my nibble. Just one nibble at a time should do. I also like them better when they are dried out a lil which make them harder to knock off. I ust to trim with two strands on each side, but I am also liking three starnds on each side makes it harder for those pesky bream and Yellow bass bitting them off and if one does get bitten off, i can drop down to two strands on each side. Always keep ur strands the same length on each side or the bait, wont look as natural in the water. Hope this helps.
That looks about like one of my bags Russ!! Bobby Garland is an essential weapon of choice down here. Have you tried a Baitpump with the tubes? L.A. Stumpjumper gave me one a couple of years ago and I have gotten real attached to it when using tube jigs. Saves a ton of time and nibbles....they seem to go further. With solid bodies I just put the nibble on the tip of the hook....hiding the point. I only use white nibbles and I like to keep at least a flat of them stored in the boat at all times...you never know when they will be scarce. BTW, that was a great catch....thanks for the pics.
I'm going to have to give Conway a try tomorrow. Hope to give em some sore lips.Quote:
Originally Posted by CrappiePro
Yes the bait pump is great if I ever take the time to use it. I have never tried just putting the nibble on the tip of hook Steve but im always open to new ideals. Guess I want the fish to feel my hook first thing when he sucks my jig in, also sometimes the nibbles get to hard to drive the hook through them. But a soft one would surely make ur jig more snagless it would seem.Quote:
Originally Posted by luvpt
Nice catch Russ, 2 weeks ago Sat. I went to Gold Creek, you could'nt hardly find a stump, or a tree top to fish, after your Fri. report....started to just see if we could'nt just tie to each others boats, the two lay down trees, had 4-5 boats each encircling them...if I were a crappie, I would have ran up the white flag, and surrendered....caught lots of yellow bass, but didn't fair well on the crappie...pretty much 1st trip "out" this fall...thanks for trying to help w/color, great articles, and pics....
Most times I dont even fish there on a weekend, LOL I heard about it A few Sat ago. If you can try and go Mon, Tues, Weds or Thurs do it. You said it was ur first trip out. Well dont give up, the fish are there, there is a learning curb as with any body of water. Give me a PM next time you go and ill give you spots within a bigger spot and try and help you out best I can. If all you can go is on a weekend the best word of advice is fish where the other boats aint. It has paid off for me Big Time in that area.