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Cuz and I shot docks at Oconee to day from 9 until 1. We caught well over two hundred and kept fifty seven hand size whole fryers. Where are the BIG crappie? My partners and I have caught over 450 crappie in our past two trips and have not caught a real slab in either of those two trips!!!
Earl if you don't know where there at, I don't know who does! Still sounds like a fun day though.
I am sure Ricky and Troy and you and Coop could have found them today. No excuses but the cloud cover and the wind did not help any today. We did not see very many Jet Skis or Ski boats.
Earl those big uns are in there with those little ones ,you gotta figure out how to give the biguns a chance to get it before the little ones do. A little change in presentation often is the key for me.
Man sounds like a good day earl pull all the little ones out to get to the big uns I think I'm gonna try to get such next week and go up there I'm hooked
Im pretty sure I couldent have did any better than y'all,trying to keep the boat in position for good shots with wind like today is frustrating. And im a firm believer they don't stack up under those docks as much when its cloudy as they do when its sunny.
SHUG, Let me know when you want to try the BNM Sharpshooter.
Richard, I wish You and I could have went yesterday when the sun was out.
Yes sir mr earl I will
Me too...I haven't been since last Saturday,starting to have withdrawals! Im going to jackson some evenings next week.
Call me if you need a partner on afternoon. I can be at Jackson in about thirty minutes.
Will do earl, I'll let you know what days I can go tomorrow. There suppose to start filling lake back up this weekend not sure what kind of effect that will have on them.Quote:
Originally Posted by EARL KITCHENS
Sounds like a very busy morning. Those whole fryers will be some good eating...just a pain to clean. Congrats on the catch.:)
Thanks Butch. It was a lot of fun. LOVE THAT THUMP!
Earl sounds like you and cuz had a fun day. Them slabs are in there. Just gotta get to them. There usually hanging out deep under those dinks. And real tight to the posts. It's hard to get the jig to them when there is a hundred little ones. Last time jigslinger and I were out there it seemed like you had to pull 30 dinks out before you got a true slab. It was the same on every dock we hit. When your catching numbers like that it's hard to move on to another spot in search of the slabs.
A sure way to catch alot of dinks is shoot it and imeadiatly start retrieving a steady almost fast retrieve!
sometimes if you shoot it and just let it lay there like you catfishing a big one will pick it up.
I shoot as far back as possible and let the jig fall. If I do not get a thump I either slowly retrieve it, twitch it or make it hop up and down. Cuz usually just retrieves it. I always work the jig by a post or structure if possible. I have caught crappie by the foot of many boat motors also. I do not like the boat racks at Oconee. If you can find a pontoon boat that never gets moved they will produce also. I have caught as many out from under pontoon boats at Jackson as I have out from under docks.
That's for sure. I love the docks on Jackson. And how most of the pontoons are in the water. Lots of shade for them to hideout