First post here. Went to my local creek creek Saturday and jigged up some crappie. Had a blast. I'm new to targeting crappie but looking forward to doing it more!
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First post here. Went to my local creek creek Saturday and jigged up some crappie. Had a blast. I'm new to targeting crappie but looking forward to doing it more!
Nice catch!
Nice
Welcome to Crappie.com!!
Nice fish! I fished out of a small canoe for years. What part of the state are you from? If you don't mind me asking. I love seeing posts of river/creek crappie fishing, as that's mostly what I do. Most of the posts are from the big lakes so it's a real treat to see a fellow creek fisherman.
I'm Brian, from Wilmington.
I'm from between greenville and new bern. Caught these in a creek off the neuse river. This is a creek that gets almost zero fishing pressure where I fish it due to a dumpy little gravel ramp that doesn't fit much more than very small jon boat. I had no idea and I don't think very many other people know how good the crappie fishing can be in there.
Ya, I fish tidal, brackish water as well. It's not like fishing Lake Jordan or anything, but you can put a mess of crappie on the table whenever you want. There's on here, "Jack" who fishes the Trent river up that way and absolutely kills 'em. I've met him IRL and he's a real nice guy. If you ever run into him on here you should talk to him about the fishing up that way, he knows his stuff.
Cool! There is some great fishing on the trent!
welcome to crappie.com from Rockwell NC.
:welcome from Liberty
Thanks guys!
Oh yeah, seeing those crappie on a stringer reminded me of something that happened to a guy in a kayak down this way, in Town Creek. I guess the dude had a stringer of crappie hanging from his kayak, just like you did, and a hungry gator saw an easy meal. The kayak got tipped over and the gator made off with the fish. The guy went in the water, but the gator didn't mess with him. But still, kinda sketchy. Don't know if you guys have gators up that way, but they're everywhere down here. I've always fished from canoes and had plenty of gators within casting distance, but I've never had a problem. Still, it doesn't hurt to keep your eyes peeled!
They say there are gators in the neuse river and creeks but I haven't seen any where I normally fish. I think they would be pretty inactive by now as cold as it is.
Caught these today. Not many crappie but a nice mix of panfish. All fish cut on small pieces of raw shrimp. The best panfish bait I have found.
Welcome to C.C. I live and fish NE of Greenville and fish the rivers and creeks. The crappie have a lot more choices of location in those waters than they do in many lakes. You have to figure out their patterns every time you go. Where they were yesterday doesn't mean that that is where they are today. Just a shift in the wind that effects the water level can change the whole game, and that can happen in just a few hours. The flow in a creek can suddenly reverse and it's a time to figure out where they went. I love it; it keeps you on your toes.
If you're close to me, P.M. me and perhaps we can get together for a day on the water. B-
Ya, river and creek fishing is (to me) a lot tougher than lake fishing. Schools are smaller, no huge bait pods to look for, and like you said they move. Far and often. The one I'm fishing is tidal so throw that into the mix and it can be frustrating. Like "I caught 20 here yesterday, and not a bite within 50 yards of here today. What's going on."Quote:
Originally Posted by bhgammon