Wister Pattern

The lake was 8 ft high so Brian and I dipped a single jig in the flooded bushes in the main lake. We both used Huckabee Meat Dragga rods, crappie pro reels, spooled with 10 lb crappie pro hi vis yellow line. Brian used a chartruese yellow 1/8 oz Crappie Pro head with a 2" lime/char Yum beavertail and an orange 1/8 oz Crappie Pro jig head with a 2" pump/char Bobby Garland slab slayer. I used a chartruese yellow 5/32 Crappie Pro jig head with a 2" lime/char Yum beavertail and a 5/32 chartruese yellow CrappiePro jig head with a 2" pearl/char Yum Beavertail.

The depth we fished was 7-9 fow. Only a few of the bushes held fish, so we went back to those same bushes 2-3 times throughout the day. We only caught 20-25 fish the entire day but most of them were good fish. We caught all male fish, no females up shallow yet. Water temp was from 55-57 degrees and stained.

Odie

Nice jobs guys, wish I could have been there.

Odie, with Wister that high I was wondering if you found them in the flooded Brush. Excellent report Doug, I hope some of the other teams well post their pattern.

Odie, we plan on fishing Wister next weekend. Where would you recommend putting the boat in?......dave

Dave, with the lake up I would recommend Quarry Island.

Odie

Thanks for the help....dave

I should have been in the tour Saturday I had 16 fish 8 over 1lb and 2 over 2lbs. Maybe next time

Crappieman92, why didnt you fish the tournament?

My fishing partner and I talked about it but we don't have a boat. He had 10 with one 2lb and 4 over 1lb himself. We caught from the bank.

Didn't have a boat caught those fish from the bank Saturday morning.

You can fish from the bank, its not against the rules.

Didn't no that or I would have fished it. I had 12.72with my 7 biggest fish. 2.07 was the biggest.

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Originally Posted by crappieman92

Didn't have a boat caught those fish from the bank Saturday morning.

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I've been wanting to drive over to Wister just to take a look and when I do, I will bring a pole. But not knowing anyplace to fish from the bank, I will be lost trying to find a decent spot. I wish that I could get you to show me around when I come over crappieman and help me find a place to fish since I do not use a boat anymore. Let me know, thanks.

Great report

Thats the kinds of weights we were expecting.

stinkfinger try below the spill way in the calm water they have been tearing them up lately

Hmmm, no response to my request by a local to show me the area. I don't want knowledge of someone's honey hole, I just hate to drive all the way over there and not find a good place to fish from the bank. I know how these things go when you're in an unfamiliar area, every place is iffy and I'm getting too old to invest all the energy running here and running there hoping to find a decent spot to fish. I suppose if worse comes to worst, I can always take kdlong's advice.... lol

I would be glad to show u a spot or two to fish. When we can get a chance right now they are bite n on minnows. Jig bite is early in the morning right now it is slow because they are opening and closing the gates. About every three days. Due to the rain we are getting.

Just to clarify something. You can fish from the banks in our tournaments as long as you are fishing in the lake. So if you were fishing below the dam, no that is not allowed. Also bank fishing teams have to fish side by side within 25 feet of each other. If you were fishing from the bank in the lake you had the winning weight.

Odie

Crappieman, I sent you my phone number, thanks.

Ok thanks for the info. When ur next tournament.

Ok thanks

Next Tournament April 5 on Eufaula

Never fished there before.

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Never fished there before.

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I can line you out. I know several good spots for bank fishing.

I've sure been hungry for crappie the last couple of months, been out and waiting for the spawn to restock the freezer. Last week I had to cull out the food in the fridge and went ahead and done the freezer too. Way, way in the back was one precious bag of crappie filets dated "May of 2013" Woo Hoo........ we gonna have fish tonight!