Reporting In

Thought I would report in! Lol. I just couldn't take the boats any longer on Weiss and all the small fish I was having to weed thru! I went looking for quality over quantity! Wound up I found a boat ramp closer to my new honey hole I found a few weeks ago "spring fed" and hit Neely for a few hours. Water temps been around 43 - 44 and the place I fished it got up to 52.7. Caught 59 and had 53 keepers over 10 inches. All but a couple were on jiffy jigs..red head/ black neck/ chart tail an 1/24oz head. Depth from 3ft out to 12ft. Sorry no pics...didn't think about pic until I was bagging fillets. Now its back to work and I got crappie on my mind! Lol

Think I'm gonna stalk you and find that place

You are a blessed man.

You seem to have the touch...congrats!

hope you had some one with you if you keep 53 keepers

He may have meant that he caught 53 legal sized crappie but didn't keep them all. We cull all the time.

hope that's all he meant Stymie maybe I misunderstood

He never fishes alone he almost always fishes with his retired uncle that he is close to but i have fished myself with him and he would never keep over the limit so you did miss understand,

Sure am glad there always seems to be somebody on here that thinks we don't know there's a limit on crappie.

sorry I misunderstood I dint think any crappie fisherman would keep over the limit . or any short fish I don't even keep 9 1/2 any more and I have thrown back 10s before good luck to all hope god blesses yall in this years fishing ... god has already bless me this year

My Uncle was with me...always keep it legal. Guess I should have said we...He is usually always with me when I am fishing and I am too lazy to clean over a single limit by myself anways! Lol.

I'm new to the forum and love it. I agree with you Melisten. No way he would intentionally break the law. Now for his uncle.... just kidding Uncle Mike. ( Tell him I said so Jason). I'm from Louisiana and all we did was night fish with minnows during cold weather there. Between Mepreach and Melisten I've learned a lot more ways to fish for crappie than just tight lining with a minnow. (Thanks guys). I'll never forget how to minnow fish though. Look forward to tight lining every time I go back home during the Winter Holidays.

Duane H.

What's up with that pic, tired from pulling all them crappie in the boat

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Originally Posted by usafret99

What's up with that pic, tired from pulling all them crappie in the boat

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He hates riding very far as he gets cold...I snapped this while running to the spot as he was getting out of the wind! If you ever meet my Uncle you will never forget him...He is an absolute nut! After the ride he said he felt so good he would give five bucks for a head ache! He will always have a seat in my boat as long as the good Lord allows me to be able to take him. He has had multiple surgeries and walks with a cane but will fish in pouring rain with me, wind or snow without ever a gripe or complaint.

Jason I need to learn your secret. I fished Neely Henry on Wed. and caught 20 crappie but I only had 2 keepers. Saw water temps from 50-53. Caught all fish from 6-10 feet of water.

I think I know the spot he is fishing, or sounds alot like it. Cove has a spring feeding it that keeps the water warmer in the winter and cooler in the summer. Caught many o fish out of that cove year around. It could be a different spot though. Actually think there is an underwater spring at one point as the temps seem to be even different in a small certain area.

Fishing a spring fed area in water as cold as it got this year is almost like hunting over a baited field HAHA. The 2 springs I use to fish around on the big G have long since died out or quit running water. Heard there were a couple of good springs at Short creek but i never found them for sure .