Crappie - Few, Other Fish - A lot

Shawnh and I had the day off tomorrow and decided to hit the lake early and try the new spider rig setup out. We launched the boat at Dardenelle and got the poles out. Right off the bat we caught a small crappie and we thought it was going to be good. Seemed like the next 50 fish were everything but crappie. Catfish, bass, and drum were all the fish being caught. A nice storm blew up and pushed us to hide under a bridge. While there we caught a few more small crappie and a lot of small catfish. Not sure what I am doing wrong but I sure can't find the crappie. After a failed attempt all morning, we decided to load the boat up and hit Brewer on the way home. Got on Brewer and bam bam, small crappie were caught. These were returned to the lake in hopes of some good eaters. Guess the fish didn't want minnows at the time we were out there. Even though we didn't catch good size crappie, I sure had fun with the new spider rig setup. I will attach a couple of pictures but I warn you the crappie are babies and hopefully they will grow for the next catch. Attachment 166528Attachment 166529

Beats sitting at home. :fish

Stay offa mah lake:Rofl

Looks like ya'll did good.

Works for me!

Looks like you all had a good time bigger minnows have been best of me. The cat bite can make it hard to catch crappie when it's that strong about all you can do is move on to another spot congrats guys and keep after them

Sounds like y'all had fun anyway. Brewer has some decent eater fish(10"-12",) with the occasional 14-16 incher. The trick is finding the brush that is holding them. If you pull up on a top and start catching dinks right away, you might as well move on to the next one. If you catch a keeper right away, then stay there because there will be more. Usually a lot more. The corps piles will always have fish on them, but the smaller ones that have been snuck in there by the locals usually hold better fish, and are less likely to have a boat sitting on top of them. Find those and you can catch a nice mess.

Oh, BTW. STAY OFFA MY DINK HOLE!!!!

Scrapers are good. GTT

Chris, I will stay off your dink hole only if you show me the slab hole. Ha

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Originally Posted by l_tedford

Chris, I will stay off your dink hole only if you show me the slab hole. Ha

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:dono I offered to take you on Conway and got no response.

sounds like a good start for you congrats

Good day on the water, guys. Sorry the big crappie didn't cooperate! Bet you got some good exposure to spider-riggin' though! :yikes Thanks for the post and the pics.

Fishing beats working, good job.

Better than no fish at all. Those drum and other trash fish make for good practice at getting them away from the rig.

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Better than no fish at all. Those drum and other trash fish make for good practice at getting them away from the rig.

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Oh yeah! They can really fulfill your thump jones in the Pool too when the Crappie "ain't biting." Gives you something to do while you watch CP catch the big ole slabs like nobody's business!!

No kidding. They have the touch.

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:dono I offered to take you on Conway and got no response.

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CMJ, if ur looking for a partner on Conway I wont stand ya up! :biggrin

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Originally Posted by LowePro

CMJ, if ur looking for a partner on Conway I wont stand ya up! :biggrin

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Aight. Tedford has since informed me that he accepted my offer, I guess I just missed it. :dono

Hey l_t, we had the same experience yesterday too at the Big D. We changed strategies a little and finally wound up with a total of 5 keepers. But could have won a bass tournament or stocked a catfish restaurant with those what we caught of them. Only had 1 big gar hit us but caused the usual mess with our lines, cut them loose and tie on new ones. Stuck with it till about 2:30. Better luck next time I hope.

Glad to know it just isn't me.

Good job Guys....Yes Chris we love the pool but it's like shooting fish in a barrel. I love this time of year matching wits with them in that big main lake in the summer. It's a welcome change I know you love it to.