Chasing Three Pound Fish

I want a three lb.+ fish for the wall, bad. Big fish so far was 2 lb. 6 oz. I know what I want it to look like, I know where it's going on the wall, and I think I know what kind of driftwood I want to use.

Here's the question for Big 4 fishermen.

1- Is it just a numbers game? Catch enough fish and you're eventually going to catch some really big ones, or is it technique? Are bigger fish harder to catch because they're that much smarter or are they harder to catch because they're not that many of them?

2- How many three lbers come around? How many fish do you think you catch before you catch a BIG one?

Find Speck and put your bait under his boat works for me.

Its luck, I come down for MS crappie camp fished at Sardis on Wed afternoon for awhile because didn't know that the wind would be on Nadar, no fish. Thursday fished at nadar in the wind at the wrong place on the lake, no fish. Friday morning went up to Choktow caught my first crappie on Nadar 3.3 lbs. Caught several more in the 2 -2.5 lb range after that but it was just putting the bait in front of that one big fish out in the middle of nowhere with no structure in sight.

Just keep fishing, just luck of the draw:fish

Well, luck plays a part, but homework helps to..... Time, location, season..... You can be the greatest fisherman in the world, and if you fish a lake with no 3 pounders I can just about guarantee you will NOT catch one. On the other hand, fish a lake with a higher proportion of 3 pound fish, and you odds increase directly. I think your best odds are probably on Grenada just before the spawn, but I have been wrong before........(more than once!)

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Originally Posted by jimfish

Find Speck and put your bait under his boat works for me.

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Yeah, Yeah, yeah, just rub it in.:biggrin

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Originally Posted by Iwannafish

Well, luck plays a part, but homework helps to..... Time, location, season..... You can be the greatest fisherman in the world, and if you fish a lake with no 3 pounders I can just about guarantee you will NOT catch one. On the other hand, fish a lake with a higher proportion of 3 pound fish, and you odds increase directly. I think your best odds are probably on Grenada just before the spawn, but I have been wrong before........(more than once!)

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I agree with what you say and after I put my post up I thought I should have said also that it is not just luck but knowledge of where you are fishing plays a big part of it also. The guys in the crappie masters tournament it wasn't just luck that produced those 20lb stringers but years of knowledge.

Time on the water #1 and being at the right lake at the right time lot of luck involved in it too

Best way to catch a 3lber, is not to fish with me....
But really, you have to put the right bait in front of the right fish. so lots of skill and a little luck to boot.

Get a set of scales that are wrong and bingo got you a 3lber.But really ,3lbers are not that rare if you fish the big 4 alot in the spring.Now the elusive 4lber that's what I want,probably never happen.

I've caught a lot of really big WhitePearch in my time before I found crappie.com and learned that they're called "crappie" and that you're supposed to weigh them.

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Originally Posted by mo' money

best way to catch a 3lber, is not to fish with me

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x2!!!!!

Like deer hunting!You always wanted that 10 pointer and after putting in your time it happened!It's a never ending goal!Fish early and late. Fish lakes known for 3 lb. fish.And use larger baits!I've never caught a 3 yet but that is my thoughts on how I would better my chances on a 3.There was a man that fished Butla out of a old ski boat with a seat mounted up front! He fished bass size foxy jigs and just about always would have several 3"s in his cooler.Big fish was all he fished for!

Butla or Grenada are for sure your best bets to get a 3 lb+ crappie.. My stupid butt caught the biggest crappie of my life while bass fishing a tournament in the spring of 98... 3.7 lbs on a digital scale... I let it go.

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Originally Posted by allisonboatsms

Butla or Grenada are for sure your best bets to get a 3 lb+ crappie.. My stupid butt caught the biggest crappie of my life while bass fishing a tournament in the spring of 98... 3.7 lbs on a digital scale... I let it go.

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You've got to add Washington to that list. A few years ago I would've put Bee Lake on it also, but not now. Grenada is, at the moment, THE place to be.