stumpd on bull, any mri`s on norfork, anybody?
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stumpd on bull, any mri`s on norfork, anybody?
Sorry but I can't help but my experience is clear water can be tough in hot sunny weather.
thanks nimrod, for responce. You are right, clear is tuff! Drove over today to look at n-fork water. It has a good bloom and hoped it might help some. Thanks anyway & good fishing!Quote:
Originally Posted by nimrod
Hello Crappie buddy, have anyone fish Peckerwood lake, thinking bout going this week, any fishing tip will help.
I picked up a few up there a couple years ago pulling cranks
I don't know much about Norfork but I fish Ouachita quite often and it don't get much clearer than it. I would be looking for brush in the 15-20 foot range and vertical fish it with a tube or Bobby Garland Baby Shad in a color that resembles bait fish. If you can find brush along a creek channel drop that would be my first choice but any brush in the right depth has the potential to hold fish, making them bite my be another story though.
Friend of mine was up there all week. Said it was slow, but the fish they did catch were really good ones. Were fishing over the brush piles in 30-40 fow about 15' deep with minnows. Said they wouldn't touch a jig. Take it for what its worth. They were catching 10-15 a day, but there was three of em in the boat too.
Hey, thanks fellas, I need all the help I can get. Have not been able to get on any type pattern on Bull, since the lake starting falling 1.5 ft per day back in April. They left the banks, skipped the brush piles and ledges and staged who-knows-where. Do you think they might be down as deep as the pre-lake standing timber? Tried to fish it also but too deep to detect a crappie bite. I am on old-North-Miss lakes perch jerker and after 15 years still have not learned this deep and clear water crappie fishing but I plan to stay after it. I am beginning to think maybe they`r suspended out over deep water somewhere.Quote:
Originally Posted by dblevens
Think i will try that slip-bobbing with minnows over deep brush suggestion, thanks!Quote:
Originally Posted by Peckerwood
ok i have really tried to learn the deep clear lakes in the last few years and have got to fish with a few good crappie fisherman . My best advice i can give you is ...stay in the main tributaries they will have some colored water then fish with slip bobbers over that brush on the creek channels and if its a deep flat even ..oh say 30ft of so that will work also . You need a good slip bobber and i use those everlasting slip bobbers they work great with light line and light weights . Hope that helps. Also look for pole timber or standing cedars they are always suspended in the timber or the outside edge of it . hope that helps you .
a friend wore them out pulling cranks over the weekend.your results may vary.
How deep is the pre lake timber? The deepest i've ever seen em is 40 or 50 feet. But that was winter and pretty rare I think.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peckerwood
I thought the lake was clear cut of timber before it was flooded.
Thanks faithfularcher, sounds like it should work and i will be trying that.
I alway thought using a float over 10 foot deep was very hard, but after reading this I may give this another try.
hey creekslick, you are right as i understand, but only from 50` and up at pool level.
hey crappie cowboy, it can be difficult if you are not set up right. Maybe we can get some help from out there. I have found some poles work better than others. I like a longer one with larger ceramic eyes. I think the trick is in the bobber stopper. I have tried several but stil notcompletely satisfied. I have heard of one you make with monofilament useing a figure 8 knot. I will be trying it next.
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Originally Posted by creekslick
I can't remember any standing timber in the lake.
But then I usually fish the north parts of the lake.
I`m thinking that could be due to the lake being naturaly shallower up on that end, all timber may have ben cleared. that would have been back in the say, late 40`s or early 50`s. Maybe some of us older hands were here at that time and can offer info. In the shallow lakes of North Miss , such as Sardis and Grenada, all timber was removed except for the back-of-feeder-creek areas.
well, weather looks good for rest of week. Think i`l hit bull and try some of the info you fellas have taken the time to help me with and i appreciate that. Will post any noteworthy findings.
One thing I have learned about slip floats is when tying the bobber stop, do not cut the thread ends off short, leave enough to pull tight when it starts gettin loose.
I think Thrill Floats is what I'm gonna try, a lot of walleye fisherman use them in deep water.