Clinton spawn bite

Got to Clinton about 445pm. Bank fished add I didn't want to pull the boat out there to fish by myself. Saw some white caps and was glad I didn't bring the boat.

1/8 road runner black and chart. Lots of fish. Probably hooked 100+ from 5 til 8. Kept 20 nice ones. Biggest was 14" Lots of aggressive black crappie in the 9.5 range. One maybe 3 pound cat fish 3 white bass.

Absolutely enjoyed the day and didnt want to go home. . Met a couple cool fishermen out there also.

Let's see I'd I can properly attach a picture.

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Some good looking crappie

looks proper to me nice fishes

Good job nice fish.

good job

Went today but went early. Got there at 330. Fished till 530. Fish didn't start hitting until about 445. Caught about 15 keepers. 95% black crappie. Smaller fish today. Sure if I stayed another 30 min to an hour I'd hit limit. Pictures later

Dexter I was out there the same time Tuesday, were you cleaning fish at the fish cleaning station around 8:15-30 pm. Were you in a red truck?

Zeepo

Zeepo. Sorry that wasnt me. I fished along the rocks along the dam.

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Lots of black crappie today. Few whites

Couple bonus white bass. Very fun on light line and ultra light poles

Did you catch any wipers? They have been really biting recently.

zeepo

nice lookin batch of white crappies?

Wtg!

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Did you catch any wipers? They have been really biting recently.

zeepo

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I didn't catch any wipers. I always check the tongue because I don't want to keep an undersized wiper and get a ticket.

Springhill, on the crappie, most of them are black crappie. They seem to lose their color after sitting in the bucket. I think there were maybe 2 white crappie but there weren't many. Tuesday the bigger whites were around, then today they were smaller.

Maybe the spawn is slowing down already. Females came in to lay their eggs and now the males are coming in.

Oh yea, Tuesday I was catching most of my fish casting further out. Maybe 15-20 yards out. Wednesday most of my crappie bites were maybe only 10-15 feet out in very shallow water.

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Originally Posted by dester223

I didn't catch any wipers. I always check the tongue because I don't want to keep an undersized wiper and get a ticket.

Springhill, on the crappie, most of them are black crappie. They seem to lose their color after sitting in the bucket. I think there were maybe 2 white crappie but there weren't many. Tuesday the bigger whites were around, then today they were smaller.

Maybe the spawn is slowing down already. Females came in to lay their eggs and now the males are coming in.

Oh yea, Tuesday I was catching most of my fish casting further out. Maybe 15-20 yards out. Wednesday most of my crappie bites were maybe only 10-15 feet out in very shallow water.

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Do you mean males? Or the species of black crappie. Most of those look like white crappie. Males get real black this time of year. Blacks are a real pretty fish, more spotted, while the white crappies have the vertical lines. Aint disputing anything, just wandering. Good fishing to ya. Very nice catch by the way.

Look like colored up me to me from my experience, but the are some blacks in Clinton.

Well. These guys were really black also. You can see it on the gills. I'm not an expert but they were really black all over. Like someone dipped them in used diesel oil dark.

very nice, congrats

1 thing I know for sure they both eat good