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Fished Sardis today (5/10) and I could not find them. Caught one 11 1/2 inch crappie and a few miniature slimers. The lake was pretty much a ghost town for fishermen. I was trolling crankbaits. The water was 74 - 78. I fished from 12 to 30 feet and from within Clear Creek all the way across to Buford Ridge. Last weekend I caught 7 trolling cranks and I figured it would have been better today. It was a beautiful day to be out on the water though.
It's a little early for cranks but it wan't be long.
we caught 28 all around the mouth of clear creek on 4/27/14 pulling crank baits. we was running them 6 to 10 foot deep in 15 to 25 feet of water. water temp was 75 degrees.
no big fish and a lot of too small to keep
A Saturday on Sardis was a ghost town!?!? I might drive down tomorrow just to see it!
Maybe because Saturday was Ole Miss graduation?Quote:
Originally Posted by fishinhunter
From the looks of Engineers Point parking lot, several folks took momma fishin:)
Lots of shorts is a GOOD thing. They are the future of the lake!!!!! They need to go back to over 12" fish!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Sardis Slab
I say 13" and up. I haven't been in a couple weeks. Been resting up from wading the last 3 months. Letting em transition to where I like catching them. The reports will be coming soon enough. But if people want to know what the fish are doing go fishing. Don't read on the Internet and think your gonna limit out every trip. You got to go weekly monthly and yearly trial and error is your friend gotta learn from it.
Exactly. I'll never understand people getting on here "bragging" about their catch. I've been fishing Sardis for 30 years , and I can tell you without a doubt there is more pressure now than ever. The more you brag the more show up to fish. There has always been out of staters and that's fine, hell I am one for the time being. Point is there is plenty to go around if you keep it to yourself. Keep bragging and the lines at the ramps will get worse, every stump will have a boat on it, and you'll be able to walk across the water jumping from boat to boat.Quote:
Originally Posted by hotrod1
Of course the "guides" and the bait shops want you to keep on bragging.
I wish they woulda stayed at 12". I don't get the going to 11" thing. 13" would be fine too. And I have said it before. I am all for more conservative limits during the spawn and pre spawn.
Shoulda stayed at 12" but everyone griped in 11' when they were all 11-3/4". 15 is good but I'd like 5 of those any length. I like to eat some whole every once in a while can't cook a 12" fish whole
This was my 14th year on Sardis and each year it gets more pressure. You gotta join it can't fight it. Just learn from it. You don't want long lines at ramp go early or go late that's the key. You see folks double dipping limits bust that butt. Take a picture of the boat send it to the wardens cell phone trust me it works. I give full info on tackle and technique. Where the fish are being caught general areas of the lake. I don't want folks in my back pocket and neither does anybody else. It has happen to me before and it wasn't fun. That's why few give details. There are a few new folks that get on here that tell. There is a group within a group that needs your nose brown to tell you info that ain't my cup of tea. So best advice go fishing. Don't make it a competition if you do it's over for you. It's business not pleasure.
Sad news to hear. You dont have to give specifics as far as location. But it is our responsibility as outdoorsmen to PROMOTE the outdoors. There are a ton of people out there that have to work 24-7-360 out of 365 days a year.(Im fortunate to not be one of those). On the 5 off days that they get, all they want to do is take their daughter or son fishing. Well if the fishing is not decent, it wont keep the kids attention. Then the kid grows up not an outdoorsman, and then they dont pass that on to their kids. Before you know it, after our generation is dead and gone, there are fewer and fewer outdoorsmen til there are none. Now there will be gun control laws rampent crime rates and failure of the USA to thrive as a nation. All because us current outdoorsmen want to keep the outdoors to ourselves. We dont live forever, but our geneology could. So promote the outdoors. To anyone that has enough interest to ask. I am fortunate to get to fish 3 days a week. So I dont necessarily mind finding fish myself. But still like a heads up on new waters. Some one (grandfather, dad, friend, family friend) passed on the outdoors to us. Very few, if any, of us started out 100% on our own, without asking one question from anyone, and with no information, no books, ANYTHING. Someone passed on the tradition to us and its our responsibilty to continue to pass it on.
Just my two cents but if you are an outdoor enthusiast it's your responsibility to promote the sport(s) we love every chance you get. Hunting and fishing license sales are at all time lows and the percentage of kids that would rather play video games and than fish and hunt goes up every year. These same kids will be the ones voting for or against the hunting and fishing rights of our children and grandchildren in another 10-15 years.
Ask me where I caught 'em, I'll tell you "in the mouth" and then I'll tell ya what I know, which an't much.
Paying it forward may be what we need to grow and protect the future of the sport.
Well said