Lake Lee - slim pickin's - Pics

I went to Lake Lee this morning and fished till 4:00. This was my first time back on the water in three weeks and I needed a "tune-up", LOL! Didn't start fishing till 7:00 and it was 8:15 before I caught my first keeper....had three fish by 10:00 and was gettin' depressed. I finally found some Crappie 17 ft deep in 35 FOW but the bite was still slow. Had to take off all the Roadrunners and go to a 1/32 jighead with a Felsenthal tube after trying a zillion other colors, LOL! By noon there was a double handfull of jigs under my seat that I had tried before finding something they would even look twice at. Also had to troll SLOW or they wouldn't bite it...not my typical style but I needed practice slow-trolling for a change anyway. I wound up with 24 but that was with no dinks in the bunch....but no really good slabs either....threw back 10-12. Not a real good day for Lee but still loads of fun!!! One good thing though was that the Gar were not too bad today. I only had 5-6 gar mess with the jigs all day so that was a plus. It's really hard NOT to have a good time on Lee...even with a slow bite, LOL! For those that like pics here is the ice chest before I wrapped up the rods.

still pretty nice mess of fish!!!!!!!!

One man's slim pickens is another man's great day. It always feels good to finally figure out where they are at and what they want. Good job

Nice job of staying after them. Enough there to fill a slim guy up.

Looks like your hard work paid off.Thumbs Up Congrats on a fine catch.

Thanks Randal. I guess I was looking at the ice chest as half-empty but you saw it as half-full and that makes me feel better about the day....thanks. Hey Jerry, I started to call you for a report on Washington. I haven't been there in a couple of months and it's been off the radar lately....haven't heard anything. I started to just go a little further down the road and give it a try. I have a buddy from MS who was a little further South at Eagle today getting ready for the MCC state tourney but haven't heard how he did. I think limits (50) can be caught at Lee right now but you have to work for 'em. It just takes a day at least to get tuned up on it to know where they are at and what/how they will bite but after that it's just a matter of stickin' with the plan and gettin' the job done, LOL! Another fishin' buddy from Crossett thinks the bite is off because of the current moon cycle....the Crappie are feedin' at night right now and aren't hungry during the day....he is probably right (he usually is, LOL)! It sounds good anyway!!!

Good catch. One thing I find up here at certain times is I catch more in midday heat. Not sure whether it's because sun puts them on cover or they get hungry midday after feeding at night. Do know hot water speeds up fish's metabolisum and food is digested faster making them feed more often at times. Glad to see I'm not the only die hard crappie fisherman. I usually catch a limit everyday except exteme conditions if I will hang in and not throw in the towel too early.

nice mess

steve,washington is worse than slow since its heated up i have not done much, 18 last trip (630- 1230). that was two weeks ago!!! i was thinking ABH was right you know he said there was no fish left in washington!!!!!

Yea, they may be sittin' on the bottom diggin' into the mud trying to stay cool, LOL!! Hey, 18 ain't too bad for this time of year though.....let 'em recover fully from the spawn and they will come alive and go back into a feedin' frenzy!! Most of the ones I been catchin' have been thin as a rail!!

Great catch Steve. Them Washington fish are thinned out from Meatgetter this spring. He didn't leave much seed lol. Hey you guys can still fish golden pond don't forget.

I'm waitin' on it to build back up a bit, LOL.....It prob could stand a good recharge if the river would get back in it for a while.

thats a fine mess of fish you got there dad, wtg on presentation, color, and finding them. its always a challenge when fishin big water and not knowing where to start, makes you feel pretty good when you leave with that kind of mess.

those will make the grease stink for sure nice catch

Nice catch Steve, staying after them pays off.

Looks like you picked a few goodones up, WTG Steve