Intro Marine181

Just wanted to say hello and introduce myself. Marine181 aka Keith Bradshaw, I have been reading post and learning new techniques on crappie fishing from the site. I have tried applying them with little success. This is the first year I have tried to catch them post spawn summer and fall. I am open to pointers and any other helpful information that can get me in the right direction. My home lake is the Ross Barnett Rez. Methods I use, single pole jig fishing, trolling with bandits. Thanks for your time and help! OOOORRRRAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!

Welcome from NE Arkansas!!

Welcome--watch out for DD he'll have you huntn bigfeets:)

Get some Crappielogic gnats and hook a minnow on them....spider rig them on double rigs.

Where do you get the crappielogic gnats? If I don't have a minner, will I still eat dinner?

Get the gnats from [email protected] his ad over on the Sponsor Classified board......sorry....you will starve without the minner. If your not going to use minners then buy some rabbit hair jigs from ScottV here on the MS board.

HA HA! Thanks for you help, how far apart do you tie the gnats? Minnow on each one? What are the top secrete colors for the Rez? Thanks again!

Welcome from over around Okatibbee Res. Pay attention and you'll learn from the folks on here.

For some reason, I haven't catch many with the gnats on barnett. They like Medium to small minnows. Hit the 43 bridge and within a mile of the bridge on the ledges. get a good Fish finder to see where the bait and structure is

Welcome to the forum Marine181.

I have a hummingbird 768 quad beam. I can catch them spawning right off the s-curve on the woodline. I have trolled the s-curve with bandits, jigged spots where the fish finder went nuts on, caught 2 in 8 trips. I am guessing they all moved somewhere else bc if they were in the channel, I would have snagged more than what I caught.

Welcome Aboard Marine181 from Corinth. :welcome

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I have a hummingbird 768 quad beam. I can catch them spawning right off the s-curve on the woodline. I have trolled the s-curve with bandits, jigged spots where the fish finder went nuts on, caught 2 in 8 trips. I am guessing they all moved somewhere else bc if they were in the channel, I would have snagged more than what I caught.

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Look for the shad......find the shad and you will find the crappie......now making them bite is a different story:Rofl

welcome from Webster county if they don't hit the gnat's on Barnett try a straight gold hook but for sure use a minner good luck to you sir

Welcome, I fish the Rez occasionally. I mostly spider rig and do some single polling. I've had the same results as DD with the gnats while on the Rez. They are a fine product and I use them on the ten-Tom And when I am on the big four. For some reason I can't catch anything but catfish on them at the Rez. Right now shad seem To be every where on the Rez. I know for a fact that you can catch some good quality crappie in the main river channel right now. The good ones are deep, like 17-18 on ledges, dont know why cause they are usually 12-14, but thats where they are. I use minnows a lot this time of year but I know they will also hit jigs. Hope this helps, and again welcome. PS, Tommy's Trading Post usually has gnats in stock if you want to try them.

ok, for Saturdays checklist: Minners, Don't have gnats so jigs will have to do, Find the shad (hopefully the crappie won't be full from gorging), slow troll with spider rig on channel marker edge. Vary depth on each pole...

When we say slow, we at times can mean REAL SLOW. I've caught them at 0.6 MPH using 1 0z of lead to keep the minners down and I've caught them at almost dead still. Their different every day on the Rez. Try up around the bridge though. As soon as it gets real cold and we start getting rain and some current, just head to the bridge and see where all the boats are. I've seen more than 40 boats in the welfare hole when their biting in January

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Get some Crappielogic gnats and hook a minnow on them....spider rig them on double rigs.

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What "G" said.........!

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When we say slow, we at times can mean REAL SLOW. I've caught them at 0.6 MPH using 1 0z of lead to keep the minners down and I've caught them at almost dead still. Their different every day on the Rez. Try up around the bridge though. As soon as it gets real cold and we start getting rain and some current, just head to the bridge and see where all the boats are. I've seen more than 40 boats in the welfare hole when their biting in January

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I have been there 1 time when it was like that. Had a guy next to me catch one every 10 sec it seemed like. Either he felt bad for us or he was over the limit but gave us fish to take home. That's good info and thanks everyone for your response. Im gonna stay after them!

Welcome aboard jarhead 181.(RET. NAVY)

Welcome aboard.

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ok, for Saturdays checklist: Minners, Don't have gnats so jigs will have to do, Find the shad (hopefully the crappie won't be full from gorging), slow troll with spider rig on channel marker edge. Vary depth on each pole...

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Welcome aboard from Madison.. Looks like u got a good plan. Here lately they have been picky, so I'd try jigs with minners on some poles and some plain hooks with minners. Personally, I like red sickle hooks, plain or jigs..
Good luck, hope to see u otw..

Welcome aboard, I also love to fish the Rez as well as Grenada and the Tenn Tomm, just ask, I promise someone on here will have an answer for ya, :welcome

Howdy from West Memphis AR. Home of Big River Marine.

At ease! Welcome from Southaven!These guys and gals on here will teach you a thing or two about crappie fishing and are all willing to help out.It's a great web-site. Welcome aboard!

Thanks everyone! If anyone has the time and room to show me how they fish on the rez just let me know! I want to learn different techniques besides single poling during the spawn. Thanks again!

Instead of single poling it. you can just sit in the front seat at the Trolling motor and ease around with a pole in each hand. Sometimes in the winter it's about the only way to catch them the bite is so light

dont let any call you a GUBER --GUBER welcome home

Anyone else gonna be around 43 bridge sat below tommy's? Will be in a green aluminum duracraft trying out this spider rig. Would be nice to meet some of you, if you are in the area just stop and yell at me.

BTW, Orange/char Red/Char and Black/Char are 3 of the best all around colors for jigs. They also will his those white Stingers at times

Welcome aboard. And, if you get desperate, contact WB, he will tell you for sure where ONE crappie is hanging out.