If a guy was crazy....

and wanted to fish this Sat near Jonesboro despite the horrible weather forecast, where would you recommend and how would he fish? I am primarily a verticle jig fisherman and don't have a good set up yet for trolling so I am limited to single pole methods. But, I have never really fished much with water and air temps this cold. I hear and read all the time people can still catch crappie in winter and cold weather; I want to try I guess. How should I approach this Sat. differently?

thanks guys; let the advice flow

Here with cold front and falling water we move deeper, fish slow, tight to cover close to the bottom.

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Stay home and watch fishing shows on tv. That's how I do it. And fry up some fish caught earlier. Save gas for better weather.

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Originally Posted by NIMROD

Here with cold front and falling water we move deeper, fish slow, tight to cover close to the bottom.

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Thanks for the tip Nimrod. We don't have have good electronics or any sunken structure locations so we normally fish cypress or lay downs. So, I guess I should just look for the cypress or laydowns in the deeper water and fish as slow as we can.

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Originally Posted by jclark835

Stay home and watch fishing shows on tv. That's how I do it. And fry up some fish caught earlier. Save gas for better weather.

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This is good advice.


C.J.

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Originally Posted by tommyboyrn

poinsett-

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Watch out that is RCC's honey hole. Better call him for a few Buckwheat trash fish jigs first . :Rofl

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Originally Posted by jclark835

Stay home and watch fishing shows on tv. That's how I do it. And fry up some fish caught earlier. Save gas for better weather.

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Sounds like a winner to me!:biggrin

awh, can't be that bad out there (he said as he dug for his hunting coveralls, hand warmers, and pancho). My dad and I are hell bent it seems on fishing Sat. My dad is pretty set on fishing Lake Ashbaugh; anybody have a report from there recently?

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Originally Posted by NIMROD

Here with cold front and falling water we move deeper, fish slow, tight to cover close to the bottom.

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Im with Nimrod on this one. good luck

Not sure if Lake Ashbaugh will be any good. It had a big fish kill last summer because of the low water. Lake Hogue can be good, but so far this year I haven't done very well. Seems like I catch one nice one every trip, and the rest little ones. Seems like the mornings have been better this year for Hogue. I went this past saturday and caught about 15. All to small except for one. Some other guys were leaving when i got there, and had 15 or so nice ones. They were leaving cause they quit biting.

hogue should be in better shape.

Water is still a little low, and muddy(for Hogue at least). I've been fishing more in the afternoons this year. That may be the reason I'm not doing as well as i have in the past few years.

then again, the only thing true about crappie fishing is that there aint nothin written in stone...i have caught crappie in some of the strangest weather and times of the year...:Rofl...sorry cant keep a straight face and continue with this...just jokin...I would really consider waiting for better conditions...my 2 cents...

With this snow the bar pits should clear up,lake city or turman...or like was said P'set.
Haven't been by ash'bal lately or heard anything...

poinsett-

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Originally Posted by NIMROD

Watch out that is RCC's honey hole. Better call him for a few Buckwheat trash fish jigs first . :Rofl

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Yeah, and ask him to unlock the gate for ya.