has the crankbait bite been tough this summer at Sardis? Or is it just me having a hard time getting on the fish?
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has the crankbait bite been tough this summer at Sardis? Or is it just me having a hard time getting on the fish?
Been tough for me at Enid!
Water temps me thinks
Got a friend that fishes it 3 or 4 times a week. He's been catching 7 to 17 a day. Starting at daybreak and fishing until 1 or 2. The game and fish told us it was coming. Next year won't be much better, if as good, according to them. Enid is in the same boat.
The Okatibbee CB bite has been the pits also, think this has been our worst year since Scott and I started fishing together. Very few ironing board pics.
All the MS lakes have been raped! Ha well if you think the reservoirs are off, come fish the oxbows... Will teach you the definition of feast or famine. I think the weather has em kinda screwy myself... They must think it's deer season already
Just a opinion, lower than normal water temp and low current draw all summer. Both lower than past couple of years.
Too many fronts coming thru
There scattered. And very picky on there colors of choice.
There have been thousands of fish taken out of those lakes the last few years. They gotta have time to grow and reproduce guys. Think about it !!!
Global Warming !:biggrin
Yep that's it . The water has never gotten hot enough to push them into the deep water . Glbal warming yep
Fished with a guy today that was talking bout this. His suggestion or theory was that maybe a lot of the crappie were deeper than what the cranks will run. Sounds like a good theory. I don't know. I just keep going and enjoy every minute I get to be out there.
I fish sardis every week. Numbers are down for sure from previous years I have a good catch rate because I fish it every week for last 13 years or so. I have hot spots and techniques I use to catch them. If you can locate and stay on top of the majority of fish your chances are better. 20 mile long lake makes it hard to locate. Numbers are low for sure but you got to grind and find and catch. Trolling is lazy most people tie on there cranks and never change out colors. Run the same length and water depth all day also. You have to constantly adapt presentations all day unless you get lucky with the initial setup. That's fishing.
What does your friend do with up to 60 crappie every week? The new-found technology that allows a lot of folks to do that is the problem game and fish is concerned about. No lake can stand that kind of pressure year round.Quote:
Originally Posted by stormcloud
It's Speck's fault.
We're running out of 13 1/2" fish. Two years of bad hatches and low water. Year after next it will be own again.
He, his kids, grown grand kids, and his neighbors eat them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pops
Got 22 yesterday. Worked at em from 11-5. 150' back, and no rhyme or reason to color or location. We did catch better fish deep tho.
I blame the 11" thing for the relatively low numbers this summer. Needs to be moved back to over 12". JMO
Pops I understand where you are coming from but I don't spend much (if any) worrying about what someone else is doing with fish they catch legally, not my business. To each their own.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pops
I have seen the possum patrol more this year in any year I can remember, that's a good thing and always glad to visit with them.
If they changed Grenada to 11 inches how would u feel? If things don't change it's gonna be dink hole #2Quote:
Originally Posted by Rees Guide
Frankly I don't care, MDWFP sets the laws and I follow them, wont change what I keep either, when it was 10 on Nader we never even considered keeping one that small.Quote:
Originally Posted by bird down
Dropping the size limit down an inch did not create this problem, its just the cycle and added pressure. 99% of the fish kept before this year were over 12 anyway. These lakes have all cycled through good and bad years, well at least for the last 32 years that I have been fishing them. Kept 10 this morning and considered it a good day.
A lot can be learned from 32 years of experience. I try and listen more than I talk..... But I firmly believe the 11 inch rule is going to take its toll on Sardis. I believe we are seeing the results now. Yes, I agree with your cycle theory. I'm sure everyone here understands that the spawn is the main factor. But the other factors we are arguing over determines the actual quality of the fish. I may be comparing apples to oranges here but just consider Grenada this year. Would u consider Grenada being in the good part of the cycle or bad? Not many fish are being caught but the ones being caught are hogs.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rees Guide
Grenada is tuff but you are rite whats caught are good but I just don't see the size limit as the reason.
Sardis is been on fire and we all knew it couldn't last, folks have gotten to the point that if they cant limit out then they haven't had a good day. Heck I aint limited many times at all this year but I fish Grenada 90% of the time so I am used to it. Having to work for em some is fishing, been a lot of catching going on up there. As far as Nader is concerned we missed a spawn or 2, just very few 12 to 14 inch fish.:twocents
One of many reasons for Sardis is how they went from 10 inch to 12 inch and down to 11 inch. When it was 10 I rarely caught big fish. I had to wait a couple years to get the big ones and when they got to size they drop to 11. They should leave it alone make it 12" and let everything smaller lay eggs. Reduce the limit to 10 a day. There will be some nice quality fish in there for sure. Folks can brag about getting a limit and also feed a family on 1 daily limit. Ain't nothing wrong with that. Grenada problem is media and dollars and greed. Iam glad the town of Sardis doesn't throw money at tournaments to lure in revenue. And a reputation of having 3 pounders doesn't help much.
Agree with you bd. I'm seeing relatively few 12 to 13 inch fish coming out of Sardis this summer....seems to be a "hole" in the population. I believe this is because of all of the 11" fish that were taken out of the lake last year (2013). I'm seeing a lot of 11" to 11-1/2" fish and 13" - 13-1/2" fish this year; every now and then a 14" to 16" fish. With so much pressure on the lake this year, I'm expecting to see mostly 11" and smaller fish next year.Quote:
Originally Posted by bird down
The good fish are there....its just been tough this year.....not just Sardis but everywhere.....some days you do good some days you don't. That's why they call it fishing.
But this is the exact same thing we are seeing on Grenada, they just aren't there and we have a 12 inch length limit. That's why I keep saying missed spawn for whatever reason makes more sense. I don't doubt that a bunch of 11 inch fish have been taken out but I would be willing to bet that Grenada has been hit the same way, lot of them leave out in trucks and fourwheelers in the spring.Quote:
Originally Posted by CatchumDeep
Yeah, I know. But I prefer going catching over going fishing. :biggrinQuote:
Originally Posted by "G"
All fish and wildlife cycle. Often, regardless of the weather, it seems to be seven years. The only thing wrong with the big four is we are on the down side of the cycle. I think 2016 or 2017 is going to be another 2012. With 80 percent going out the spillway during the winter months, I don't begrudge anyone fishing legal, and working hard at catching fish to take up to their limit.
You typed a screenful there, almost wish they would pull em down early, like they did Nader last year, each year. There was very little snagging going on in the Nader spillway last winter.Quote:
Originally Posted by stormcloud
Wonder why they said Enid in the same boat. Does game and fish believe that Enid has been hammered like Sardis?Quote:
Originally Posted by stormcloud
Enid is not producing like last year so guess so.
There is a spawn missing. I threw back very few 11 to 12 inch fish at Enid this year. Those are next years keepers. Doesn't have anything to do with hammering. When we run out of these 13 inch fish, it's going to be slow. I will still go and enjoy my time on the water.Quote:
Originally Posted by CatchumDeep
Not too many left on the 4 wheelers and trucks out of the lake bottom this year in Grenada. I fished ALL spring, and only know of 2 legitimate limits coming out of that water. One limit came in early March and one limit came on Easter Sunday.
I am not saying that there were no more limits caught Grenada this spring, but the 5-6 everyday fishermen I know did little to nothing all spring.
I would sit on the banks of Redgrass creek with 25+ people fishing, and would not see a single fish get pulled in. It was pathetic. NO need to go fish a toilert bowl for fish when THEY AIN'T THERE NOMORE.
In my opinion, newer techniques, better electronics, and consequently better fishermen have taken their toll on this lake. I hope I am wrong, but I do not see things getting much better till the pressure on this lake subsides.
Sad to hear that bout grenada. I live 45 miles from there and never fished it. Sounds like it will stay that way for some time. I don't know how much truth to this story I heard but Iam going to put it out there. A guy on Grenada was cranking last week and snagged a hoop net of some kind and it had thousands of crappie in it. Don't know how true it is but that's what I heard. Could have been a gill net. Just know it was a net. Maybe somebody heard this. It wouldn't be good if it was true.
Yall should start Bass Fishing again i heard them things are good to eat
Are y'all talking about the Grenada Lake in Mississippi? The one where countless record stringers of fish were weighed in at the Crappie Master's tournament? Like 20+ pound stringers? Where the average summertime fish average 14"-16" like these?
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Is this the Grenada Lake y'all are talking about ?
Yep dats d one. And if people keep hammering it, pics like that will b a thing of the past.
I've never fished grenada ATM but if I did and there were fish to be caught I'd be catching. Iam going to give it a try when crappie masters come back. When is it you know?