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Ok I am getting discouraged. I have always caught fish in oxbow lakes but we moved and Degray is our closest lake. Now I can't catch a cold on Degray let alone a crappie. Anyone willing to share some winter tips to a Degray rookie? My 8 year old son thinks I suck at fishing now.
You need to contact AgriHawg on here. He and his students have been dropping bamboo condos in Degray for about 2 or 3 years. He's been good to share coordinates of all of them to anyone who asks. Might be a good start. Good luck! Thumbs Up
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Originally Posted by ski trip
Forgot to tell you welcome to the site from Conway! :welcome Lots of good folks on here, many of them who are more than willing to share and help. I feel sure some folks familiar with Degray will chime in here and restore your "hero" status in your son's eyes! Thumbs Up
Send me a PM containing your e-mail address and I'll send you a file of waypoints to Bamboo Crappie Condos. Last count we've dropped almost 250 condos into Degray! I'm not sure if the crappie are biting near brush right now or not. It's been a few weeks since i've been on the water. What i've been hearing is that only a very few are having much success crappie fishing right now....but that info's a couple weeks old too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fishn4life
Oh..... & welcome to the site!
Welcome from Lake Conway.Quote:
Originally Posted by CrappiePro
welcome, from cleveland county,ar. home of meatgetter jigs!!!!!!!!!
Welcome from Lake Nimrod. Ever get up this way we will see that your son's confidence in your fishing ability is restored.
Thanks for the welcoming. These big ol clear lakes are intimidating.
Disclaimer first....I'm not an expert on crappie fishing. I do get into them good on occasion, but I'm not nearly as consistent as most of the other guys that post on here. So take my advise with a rather large dose of salt.
I always hear from several sources that the crappie bite better up the lake...think around Arlie Moore, as far up as Shouse Ford, and around Alpine Ridge/Yancy Creek. I do more of my fishing around Brushy Creek...it's easier for my dad and I to meet there. I almost never hear of people crappie fishing near the dam, dike, or state park. But I don't know many people that live on that side of the lake either. Also, seems everyone either catches them on minnows, or Kalin's Tennessee Shad colored jigs. The gentlemen at the baitshop just outside of Caddo Valley generally knows what's biting and what they're biting. You might stop there and check with him.
Welcome, from Cabot.
Working again tonight and tomorrow night so no crappie time for me. banghead
Welcome to the board . First thing to do = get rid of that brushbustin #20 lb line (oxbow line) and get you some 4# or 6# test line !! lol
We went to degray the 29th and 30th. 29th my dad and I had an outing of a lifetime catching our limit with no crappie under 1.3 largest was 2 lbs 5 oz. Crappie are 25 ft to 33 ft. morning and late in the afternoon. 30th was slower but caught a lot of nice fish, largest was 2.2 lb / Arlie more area
I feel your pain, ouachita and degray are tough, but if you find them you can catch some of the best crappie in the state. Good luck / those bamboo coordinates should help a lot!
Great report, McCrappie! Thumbs Up Sound like y'all had a great time. Only thing that would have made your report better would have been some pictures!! ;) Thanks for the report!
pictures, pictures, pictures!!!!!!!!!!!!! we like to see nice fish.
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Good Day on Degray (Arlie Area) I put my Dad on the slabs (priceless!)
Hey, Thats some great crappie,,and loved you getting your Dad on them! Great pic. too.
Mrcrappie how were ya'll fishing, casting, jigging, trolling????
Mb480 we were finding our depth and structure and tight lining. Depth has been 23 -33ft. Morning and late afternoon the past couple of days, not sure what this cold front will do to them. Hope you get on some slabs!
nice fish and some great times!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You just have to learn your new water and adjust your presentations to catch fish. Worlds of difference fishing mud holes and deep clear reserviors. When I fished Bass tournaments the clear reservoirs were the toughest for me. I perfer shallow colored waters to fish in. I grew up fishing Nimrod where the water is not considered clear anytime by most standards.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fishn4life
NICE!!!! Those are some slab daddies right there MCCRAPPIE
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Degray / January 2nd / Tough day of fishing with the baraometric pressure high and STRONG winds out of the N-nw, but brother McCrappie and I managed to pull 24 nice slabs out of some deep water. Good times brother Mc!
Thanks 501mooney87! I'm not one to brag, but those were some slabs brother. We lucked out and got on some big ones that day! Deep Clear water lakes are fun when you find the crappie.Quote:
Originally Posted by 501mooney87
Nice catch and welcome from Jonesboro AR
Very nice catch! Dad and I are gonna have to get back on the water soon.
And in the words of Dizzy Dean: "It ain't bragging if you can back it up."
Those are some big ole good'ns right there...ummmm, love Ouachita..but been many years since I fished it. Someone said all the coon tail moss died out, any truth to that?Quote:
Originally Posted by McCrappie
looks like some slobber knockers there for sure!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Originally Posted by Fishn4life
Not sure about the coon tail moss xring. Big clear lakes are intimidating and tough to fish. Crappie move around more and spook easier in my unprofessional opinion.Quote:
Originally Posted by xring
I haven't seen any moss in Ouachita or DeGray in a few years. I don't know where or how to fish Quachita anymore.Quote:
Originally Posted by xring
Someone mentioned Shouse Ford as a likely spot to fish. That and Arlie moor are my two favorite haunts in Degray.
DP
Well I hit Arlie Moor today and tomorrow I may hit Shouse Ford area. Days like we had today and they should start think about moving up a few feet, course it would take several days in a row like this and we all know this time of the year that won't happen. Old man told me once though, if you see them on the finder fish for them at that depth, they may or may not be crappie. If you don't see them on that graph though chances are they aren't there. I guess moral to the story is watch the graph and let it find them for you...I've had luck doing just that.Quote:
Originally Posted by DRPEPPER
When I find them stacked up under my graph and they will not bite, I have to repent later on.Quote:
Originally Posted by constructskeeter
I forgot to mention to fish which ever side of Got island the wind will let you fish.
DP
Got Island = Goat Island
I'm on vacation starting next Saturday for 10 days. I'm hitting the lake and I ain't quitting til a crappie joins me in the new boat. :dono