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This was my first time on the lake and oh what a first time it was. The day started off warm and then rain and hail and north winds, but most important Crappie. We caught them in 15 - 25 foot of water on minnow riggs. We ended the day cold and wet with 24 fat females full of eggs. Thanks CP and Dennis.
Way to stick with it! Perseverance pays off!
Nice!
Hey...stay offa my lake. I ain't been there but once, but now I claim it. ALL of it. Nice fish BTW.
I wish I had been on Dardanelle wet and cold with a cooler full of fish! Good catch!!
I heard some others did good jigging today over there. Looks like ya'll did very good. Wish I'd went back cause NImrod was not so good today! Those fish are awesome on Dardanelle.
congrats
Good job it sounds like you guys had a great time(except for the storm). Did you fish any shallow water or catch some females that were already spawned out. Again, congratulations on your catch.
The shallowest we fished was 12 feet and all 24 of them had eggs bloody eggs. You gotta figure the males are getting the beds ready somewhere water was 62. I assume these fish are gonna spawn in deeper water because the closest bank is a drop off to 25 feet and the next bank is a quarter mile with a big 12 foot flat. Any thoughts?
Good job!
I'm wondering the same thing! I'm surprised they haven't spawned yet, but i've never been that good at tracking the spawn either! maybe it's this silly weather that is pushing things back. :donoQuote:
Originally Posted by Rookie40
Thanks for the info there rookie40. Would it be too much of a stretch to ask you to pm me what area you were fishing. I'm afraid they may have already spawned in the part of the lake we were fishing. However, I'm certainly not a Dardanelle expert. I would appreciate if some of the regulars could chime in on where they felt the spawn was in different areas of the lake. Send pms if you feel more comfortable. Rookie 40 I didn't mean to hijack your thread I probably should have started a new post.
Nice catch man, lake dardenelle will grow on ya, great fishery!! Thanks for post!
Glad you caught some decent fish on Dardanelle! Now stop it and go back to where you came from! Haha jk that lake has plenty of good keepers left in it! Congrats on the catch!
Good catch. After sitting through all of that, you deserved some good luck!
Good Job and your welcome....I think allot of C.comer have learned what they were missing... no more... when it comes to Dardanelle. LOL Great Catch.
Nice Haul!!! Looks like them Ozarks are payin off for ya!!!!!