Eldorado sat. feb 22

Thanks Craig for the information on the ice being clear. started about 8:30 just to check out the boat after sitting for 4 months. Skim ice around boat ramp only. Boat ran and worked great so off we went about 930 when partner showed up. Crappie and white bass was plenty. about 20 crappie from 9-11" long. only one went 12". Lots of very health white bass. Only color that seemed to work on any fish was a light brown body and yellow tail. didn't matter if it was a swim tail, curly tail, flat tail. but if it wasn't a brownish color there was no hits what so ever. cleaned about 40 fish (why anybody wants white bass is beside me). But a great day on the water. very little wind all day and as the wind picked up the sunshine did also to get it nice and comfortable to fish.

Don

Glad you got out Don. I need to do that myself here soon!!

Thanks for the report Don! I dont mind white bass at all. They are decent eating and pretty easy to catch.

My girls family will take white bass over large mouth all day. They just scale them, gut them then deep fry them.

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Glad you got out Don. I need to do that myself here soon!!

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glad ya didn't lose your touch I prolly forgot how to catch em wtg

It was nice to feel the thump

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It was nice to feel the thump

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sure are picky bout the fish your cleanin but I guess if my lake was full of big craps,eyes or I didn't eat fishes I would be picky also

Fished El Dorado lake last night for an hours or so and it was non stop on the crappie. Had to use one rod each with two of us. Kept 12 for the table and thats something I don't do offen. Caught most fish around 12-15 FOW. Great to out on home lake again..

Don, I'm with you on the white bass. I chase them over below Truman dam. The best part is when that bite turns out to be a wiper. They are great after you remove the red meat.Attachment 152371

the worse part is I am allergic to fish. Cant eat any of them anyway. Guess I had to much in the past. So I am not picky just lazy about cleaning. Never seem to get on 50 crappie worth cleaning, but even if can, I can clean them a lot quicker with a lot less mess. They are fun to catch once in awhile but I so much prefer the crappie when I am fishing. The white bass are great to take people who don't get to fish much and put them on a ton of fish.

Nothing like landing a good wiper on a 11ft rod.

congrats on your catch

Don\Shane - Did you guys find your fish on brushpiles or in a channel?

No fish on brush for me. Looked at a lot of depths on brush. Caught one on brush in a hour. Dink at that

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Don\Shane - Did you guys find your fish on brushpiles or in a channel?

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Open water and ledges..

Thanks for the report and the additional info. :cheers2

Hopefully things don't refreeze over with this weekends weather coming in, I'm ready for spring!

good report, congrats on catch