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Thinking about heading down there in the morning. I was wondering if anyone has been down there recently? Anyone been catching any? Also was wondering about the water discharge. I know there has been a bunch of precipitation down that way and I figured they we letting the water flow and they might be biting.
Ducker posted a pic earlier today of it rolling!!
That doesn't sound too promising. So I apparently need to look for another option.
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Last week or so.
I'm in enough said!!!!
Was there the last two days. Saw a few small ones caught. A lot of snagging going on.
Those above were snagged by a friend of a friend. I think he caught the ones in the pic the week before last.
Bring a bass rod and some shallow running crank baits cause there is bound to be some 2 to 3 lb. whites that will stretch your string for you!Just in case the crappie ain't biting.Just my :twocents
Now did those come through the hole or up the river??Them some nice ones!Quote:
Originally Posted by BigRiverMarine
They came threw the gate a guess. I don't think those fish move up the channel. I think they go down stream never to be seen again when the flow stops.
Never heard the biologists say anything about those tagged fish with a transmitter on them at Enid last year say anything about the ones that went out the gates trying to get back up in the lake, think about half of then went through the gates too.
Gave it a try today. It was a**hole to elbow with folks. I caught some fish and others did to. Nothing special at all. Most were chips and with a couple in the 10 to 12 inch range. I gave my catch to an older gentlemen because neither one of us really had enough for a good mess and he really was yearning for a crappie diner. They wouldnt touch a minnow and we're being caught on a cork and jig of any color under the sun about 3 1/2 ft deep. Everyone said that there has been some hawgs caught and snagged as recently as yesterday afternoon. Multiple 3 1/2lb plus they said. None of which I seen today. You know how fish stories go. Gonna try and get back next weekend and I'm probably not gonna shower this week so I don't have anyone try to sit on my lap like Santa clause as was the case everytime I caught one today.
Did see one fellow that didn't speak a lick of English hook one that was 16 plus. He got it all the way on the rocks and let it get off. That's was the one sighting of a big mama on my part.
Been some Pigs snagged there for sure.
Yes some local named wayne said him and his brother snagged a limit at the end of elbow the Saturday before last that were all in the 3lb range with some pushing 4. I fished with him for while and he seem pretty honest and sure in the hell knew what he was doing catching fish from what I seen.
If Wayne said he done it he did. That fellow can flat out catch fish in that spillway.
It's kinda the vibe I got too.
When you fish somewhere as long as he has you are bound to catch em. Fishing the spillway or the lake the key is knowing your area. Those guys that are there everyday know every rock and snag in it. I've learned a lot from watching those guys the last couple of years. They make it look easy.
Was there again this morning. Nobody doing much. Saw about 10 caught. Nothing to brag about
anyone got any reports in the last couple days of catching any out on the lake. thinking about going sunday but not sure with all this fresh water and more rain on the way
gonna be tuff, be my guess.
Interesting reading in this thread. I'm in Va but very interested in what is being said. This spillway is below a dam? Are the crappie moving up to the spillway, swiming upcurrent?
Just trying to interpet all that is being said.
Mostly come through the spillway.
Bert, our dams have a tunnel spillway. The water from the upper lake enters the gate tower goes down a tunnel to the spillway. The spillway area is lined with stone called rip rap.
On this link the first picture is the gate tower. The second picture is the emergency spillway, overflow spillway.
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On this link to Sardis, you can see the spillway area in the 4th picture.
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Canebreaker,
Thanks for taking the time to post the links. Looks there could be a good amount of current at times. Most of our lakes are feed by rivers, wonder if our crappie move upstream the way yours do. I guess I'll have to go find out.
Well I tried to post the google images search results for, Sardis spillway but it did not seem to link. If you do the search you will find multiple pics and get a real good idea of at times looks like combat fishing.