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Ive got a deer lease in Diana that the Little Cypress Creek is the actual boundary. Little Cypress is a feeder creek that feeds into Big Cypress which feeds into the north end of LOP. I am just wondering if anyone has ever caught crappie out of smaller feeder creeks. I bet max depth isn't no more than 12 foot. Would it be worth a try to walk down the bank with a jig pole or do you think it would be a waste of time?
I would definitely try it come Spring time.
We've got a small creek here about 1.5 miles from the house that we ride 4 wheelers down to and fish. It is good for bream fishing and crappie fishing. Not very big of a creek, but this time of the year we have caught the crappie ganged up under drifts of leaves or in the tops of trees that have fallen in. Might be that you fish 10 to 15 different places before you find them and they probably won't be slabs, but I bet they are there. Good luck.
Sounds worth a shot.
Sounds like a really good spring place, but maybe in fall too, but I have no idea if the shad run up into that area, but if they do I would think the crappie would follow.
Pintail I think you are mistaken. Little Cypress doesn't flow into LOP. It skirts the lake on the South side. It doesn't converge into Big Cypress until it almost reaches Caddo. I'm going to have to school you one day. JR
I'd take that Jig Pole and probe around come spring time! Should definitely hold some fish.
JR, we both know who does the schooling, even at fish camp. I figured out that it isn't even little cypress that boarders it, it's actually Glade.
Let's go fishing this week! I'll show you how to catch crappie.
Jordan
haha...now that IS funny!
wind 5 today and 10-15 tomorrow...pm your number Jordo
Gentleman, ( I use that term loosely) . I shall Intervene and shed light on the above subject.
The creek running West to East under hwy 259 just South of New Diana (thats going down hill, ya know sh**t dont flow up hill), Is Little Cypress Creek / Bayou. it goes on down crosses under fm2879 then continues on East under fm 450. WE owned 390 acres at end of Will Smith Rd ,off fm449, the creek/bayou was North boundary. We owned it for 40 years, sold it last year. In all those years Deer, Duck,Squirrel, Hogs, Fish, were abundant, We never took more than we would use for or family use , we could have had all we wanted all 12 months a year, but did not over hunt or fish. FLASH back about 2004 or 05 Tom McCool always visited us, he NEVER found any violations and believe me HE tried, even the Fed warden was impressed with or place and no violations. He hinted around to go Ducking with us but we not show off our hunting abilities .
Back to answer the PTs question, In January and February we fished the creek (when the water was up after some good rains)with any color jig on spin reels and one day we 4 of us caught and released over 300 crappie all alive and 9-12 inches The water flow was swift because lots rain use 1/4 to 1/2 oz jigs. Lots fun and good eating. Thats all I have.
Cool stary Monty!
So that was a annual event or once in a lifetime just happened to hit it just right?
WE had good fishin when water was up and running n the creek, that was when we had good rains and our Oak wooded bottoms flooded, maybe 12-15 times we caught it that way in the years we owned it. The ducks were also abundant then. WE would duck hunt from 6-about 9, then go start our camp fire which was a butane bottle with one those heater attached to it. we always brought pre-cooked biscuits and coffee and maybe a few shots of Southern Comfort, that made for a nice day. We would clean few fish for each one take home the return rest. The wives even enjoyed few times with us, we did not want them to get to involved and want to return every time we went. My father law really liked it, he was in early stage of Alzhimers and that made for his day and we all had fun.
JCT at Will Smith Road - Roadnow
This it?
410MAN simpler times are the ones memories are made of! Hate that the family property was sold and not held on to for future generations to enjoy.
I liked the part where you all carried the women to the camp, but didn't want them to like it too much and want to come back every time :)
They could have made fresh biscuits, gravy and sausage upon your return from the duck shoots.
THats the start of Will Smith, u had go 2 miles down to the very end of road and our farm house was there, small place 800 sg ft one bath room, but we enjoyed it. On 4 wheelers U could get to the creek. I had men from Dallas willing to pay $500 a day to hunt duck in morning and hogs in afternoon. I never took them up on offers, .
The wives wanted to hunt with us also but they talk to much, then they wanted to do all the fishing well its kinda hard to get a "backlash" in a spin reel but they could do it.
Before land was sold we had a family meeting and decided to sell, It was time consuming and U almost have to be doing something all the time to maintain the fences, barns, feeders and equipment. We bailed and sold hay to help pay up keep, My dad sold all the cows about 10 yrs ago, at 90 yrs old now he is tired of keeping it up and we, all us kids work so much we could not help enough, But when the money came in from the sell, it was VERY nice. We still have some land in the Judson area where we all live, we gave both our boys 15 acres each said here it is so do something one already built nice home and other one almost finished with his. Im still working to help pay my beer money and boat gas, I stop smoking so that helped. I hope my wife keep working another 15 yrs until she is 80 and get full social security and pension money, then I be set. HA HA HA
you cant catch them if you are not fishing for them. give it a try you may be surprised