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I've fished lake okeechobee for many years with a 14' jon boat looking for little nooks to wonder in for crappie. It's not only wise to observe but to listen. I have made the mistake to get right on top of bedding gators that were as long as the jon boat. ever tried to back up a jon boat?
Hate them water turkeys especially the ones without feathers:Rofl
This is an area I need work. thanks for the article.
Good read, I fish out of my kayak without a fish finder. So I allways look at the waters edge contour, depth, and structure. Drop offs and coves are great, specialy if they have cover to hold stalking fish.
Great read. I especially like school of bait fish, points and creek mouths in the back of coves.
ID
Good read.....all these tips worked for us before we got the fancy fish finders and they still work good for us today.
I'm a bank watcher too and still trying to use the ff to find the holes and humps. Watching the depthfinder will cause you to
miss the minnows being chased out of the water. I'm finding myself paying too much attention to too many things at the same
time and forgetting to watch my line. I may have started using my depthfinder too late in life......LOL.
All great information. Sometimes it seems like there's an overload of info for the fisherman to adhere to. Many times I feel like there's so much info that I get overloaded and can't utilize a lot of it. I call that Information Constipation. Wind, sun, water temp, air temp, cloud cover, barometric pressure, food base, moon phase and the list goes on. I wonder if I'll ever get it all down pat. Great article though.
Lots of good information. I wish I could remember it all.
Good read lot of info:cool:
Hey, as long as everyone is out there looking around.... Please keep an eye out for my car keys.
There are some cormorants on the move through NE i've been hearing...they are a federally protected bird but I wish we could blast em!
I second that motion...I see the injury's they cos to crappie from thier bites all the time here on Conway. They move across the water in waves injuring or killing 10-14 inch crappie. They are one mean bird to a crappie and need a population reduction.Quote:
Originally Posted by jordy1380
great read
I love walking the banks around the lakes we have here. You can tell where most people fish and sometimes leave their catches remains. I was walking a local hotspot lake and happened upon some stashed gear from ,looked like the nite before. As I nosied around making sure no one had fallen in the water, I came upon some filleted skeletons of some very large crappie and a few trash mouths with a striper thrown in. Not wanting to be there if the fisherman came back, I headed back to my truck and thought to myself, what if I can see these guys at nite? I could, and when I'm on my way to one of my,uh, their hotspots,if I don't see the light on, it's my hotspot and really does good for my freezer! never been skunked from that spot:biggrin
Very good read! Enjoyed it very much
good read.CC has its share of water turkeys.both kinds.
Mud lines are another good place to fish. Wind, waves and wakes wash against the shore and if you have blow downs near by the crappie will hang just off the muddy water line near cover.
Good Fishing.
Right On!!! Great Observation on the water.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave and Lynn
Absolutely right on about focusing too much on the FF.
Thanks
Good read. Will use info to find some more spots to fish.
Good information and I find myself watching the fish finder, rather than what is around me. It made me think of fishing trip I made when I was much, much younger. Did not have fish finders, all of the fishing was done by sight. Seem like we could most always get a cooler full of bream and crappie.
Larry ( KEEP ON FISHING)
Great read CRAPPIEPRO one thing that has helped us is watching water temp a few degrees makes a lot of difference espically in the spring and fall!!!!!
Yep hit the nail on the head!
Nice aticle about being ever observant on the lake...I'll keep these in mind next time I'm out on the water.
fish from a kayak from time to time and you will learn how to fish without all the fancy equipment.......just you and nature which is fine with me!
good read