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How many times have you caught your limit of Crappie. I have never caught my limit of Crappie have come close a bunch of times and probably could have if I had stayed to dark but just never panned out. I have however caught my limit of Bass a few times when I was Crappie fishing.
Been crappie fishing for almost a year. Never even been close - but - getting better at it every trip
I've only been that lucky once, 3 or 4 years ago in April on Smith Lake. I actually caught my 30th fish and kept fishing for a while longer just to catch #31 to say I threw one back. Haha! On a side note, there were several times that April when I would have several helpers and take home 40 or 50 after fishing Fridays, Saturdays, and a little while on Sundays. Good times. The best I've done up there since may be 20 in a trip and I have a big ol' total of ZERO this year.
Have caught my limit a lot of times,but a limit of good keeper fish only a couple of times.
I've had a fantastic year and probably got 40 limits since december (best year ever by far). First trip this year was mid december and I got a limit 12 days in a row. Found a cove that was just slap full of crappie and I was the only one I seen crappie fishing every day. Took someone with me 5 times this year and we got 60 crappie each time. Have just been really lucky for some reason this year. For example one time this year i fished from sunrise to 11:00 in 4 different places and didnt have one fish and the wind started howling so i decided to give up. On the way to the launch passed a cove that had a small protected patch so I decided give it a try. Before I could get all my rods out I had 5 crappie in the boat and caught a limit in a little over an hour.
To me this year the secret has been to move if not catching them good or at all. If I trolled an area once and didnt catch anything i moved. Was surprised many times this year how one spot that seem to be same type area I just left and was close by would have a ton of fish in it. One other thing that surprised me this year was that most people will say if you find the shad in dec thru mar you will find the crappie and that is probably mostly true, but most of my fish this year I caught more fish if i stayed a good distance away from the big schools of shad.
I could never count how many times I have caught my limit, too many to even imagine, however this year was the worst year ever and only caught a limit a few times.
Have caught several limits but hardly ever keep a limit anymore. Too much work after the fun...
...ain't that the truth.
Have caught limit many times but like Scott I hardly ever keep that many to clean.
None this year but many times before. I fish alone usually but when I had a second person in the boat there were few times we got 60. Since I have been kayak fishing with ditch baser he catches more than anyone I've ever seen.
Yes, it can be done. Just stick with it and you'll get there. Many of the great fisherman on this site have caught many limits over the years. It took me about a year to figure that out when I relocated here in 2001, but now do it often. Like CS said though, it's been a little tougher this year than others.
Me and the wife caught our first double limit ever on Sunday. I had caught my limit one time before last year and was glad that we caught the double. I hope to do it again this weekend as I am putting the fish towards spring camp fish fry.
Caught my limit many times over the past 40 years never keep up with it, but now 10 is my limit to clean. When I was a boy my job was to clean the fish, and we fished a lot, so now I hate to clean fish!!!!
I never catch the limit of 10 inch fish on Weiss...many people do.....but i will say this,if the minimum length was 9 inches..I'd catch my limit nearly every time....but that said,IF the minimum length was 9 over here,there would be a big empty body of water where weiss lake use to be in a matter of a few years
The lake I fish most here in Arkansas has a high Crappie population . Last 24 fishing trips on my home lake I have kept my limit (20 Crappie) and usually released many more. Someone posted about many limits in a row. So I tracked mine one year and limited nearly 90 % out of 100 trips. Some lakes produce easy limits and others don't. I have a self imposed min length of 10'' Crappie. Not unusual most days here to catch between 50 and 100 on a average trip.
That must be awesome you are a lucky man. Wish the lakes that are close to where I live we're like that.Quote:
Originally Posted by NIMROD
I've been blessed and taken a few limits since moving to Alabama.
Since we started trolling limits come easy on Douglas, get a terrova some rod holders. then build your cleaning station you will need it.
I caught these this evening in about 3 hours. Sorry I'm one short of a double limit, hit the clicker twice by accident.
Fine looking catch there for sure. Which lake was you fishing.Quote:
Originally Posted by lowe175
lowe175 that is an awesome catch, congratulations. Even with a clicker I find myself usually short one or two fish. When it gets going its crazy to keep up with them! LoL