Saturday-Buggs with Bennett, 45 crappie.

Bennett and I teamed up at Buggs and boy was the bite slow. It took us all day to net 45 crappie and we worked hard for them. We covered over 50 miles and worked numerous brush piles. I landed the biggest which was 14" and weighed 1lb 8oz. Hopefully Bennett will post the pic he took of it. Not so great casting but what few I got were on Cajun Cricket BGBS. My best luck was vertical jigging an orange/chartreuse wasshoppah tipped with a white crappie nibble anywhere from 7'-21' deep over brush. We stuck our heads in Eastland, Powerline, Rudds, Panhandle, Grassy, and Carters. We tried real hard but the bite just seemed to be really off. Nevertheless, Bennett is great company and I scratched my itch to fish Buggs.

Tap, thanks for the report,I will be going up there after church today for 6 weeks ,only home on week end. I will post results on Saturdays. Fishdoc is going to give me a report of pass 3 days this evening. Have not been there since May 27 when Roy and I fish and saw that bear

Thanks again for the trip George, I had a blast even though the bite was off. We had most luck 12ft or deeper with the vast majority 18-24 inches off the bottom. Thats a tough bite...Not to mention the wind.... Im estimating a loss of 20-22 jigs LOL Ill be tying up some hairjigs soon! Mr GeneC I tryed your white stinger you gave me at the last Bash but lost it on he first cast:Rofl

Thanks for the Buggs report. You did better than me yesterday. I did not get a bite

Great report guys! any day is a fun day if you land fish.

Went today caught over 75 or better, with 12 being this size are better , fished clarksville area in rain,never really got too were Iwanted too fish , was in shorts , got cold but good day, fish seem too be shallow on deep breush in 15 too 24 f.o.w.

Attachment 101478 oops 1lb 5ozs. nice fish Tapout, only went couple miles from boat ramp

Good report Slsbin, Where did ya launch from? Were ya fishing the main lake or creeks?

Jigs or minnows? If jigs, what color? All details appreciated.

Hey guys when bennett told me you were fishing buggs i knew it would be tuff with a cold front and fishing north winds. Yall get and a for effort. Tight lines jim.b

I'm still thinking 45 fish isn't a bad day. Thanks for the report--glad you guys got sumpn' for your efforts. :ThumbsUp

2 good reports. 45 and 75 fish for me is a good day anytime.

Rained most of the day , put in at Island Creek, I use only 1/16 oz jig heads with bgbs, sometimes tipped with crappie nibble, fished all main lake brushpiles 16 too 24 fow, only use minnows in winter time, had too work jig in brush for the bite, one brushpile produced 75% of the fish with all the big ones coming from that pile, all fish were C.P.R. do not mind sharing ,had learned from reading alot of threads on here, thanks

not that bad of a day,great report.west neck was low and windy!:cool:

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I use only 1/16 oz jig heads with bgbs, sometimes tipped with crappie nibble,

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Care to disclose what colors work best for you?

The ones I go too first are threadfin shad, cajun cricket,& blue ice, also like the arkie baits at wally world , blue ice &tennie shad have done well also.

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The ones I go too first are threadfin shad, cajun cricket,& blue ice, also like the arkie baits at wally world , blue ice &tennie shad have done well also.

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ill second that....those arkie tenn shads are great baits. I once had two crappie over 2 lbs in the same day on that bait.

Sorry guys...still a newbie here...what does C.P.R. mean?

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Sorry guys...still a newbie here...what does C.P.R. mean?

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Tap do you fish the tournaments that Bobcat puts on?

fished Friday, Saturday, Sunday an Monday. did best above the bridges at Clarksville. averaged bout 50 a day with bout 20 or so keepers each day. not very many above a pound. I guess the bigguns are still deeper than I'm fishin. but it usually gets better an better the more the water cools down. had a client get a citation fresh water drum yesterday, 7.14 pounds.

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all fish were C.P.R. do not mind sharing ,had learned from reading alot of threads on here

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Please help a dumb man with this term.

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Tap do you fish the tournaments that Bobcat puts on?

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I'm am not in their league. The folks that fish that tournament trail are some of the best crappie fishermen in the state not to mention that most of them live fairly close to the lake and have a lot of experience fishing it. I have to drive 150 miles just to get there. I'm happy if I fish there once a month.