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Short evening trip was a very productive one. Made the run to a location I was hoping to find some prespawn crappie. Water temp was 61 around 4:30 pm when I finally got started. Had my limit within 2 hrs and culled for the last hour. The 3hr trip totaled 43 crappie plus several yellow and white bass. 12 inches was about as big as it got. Best plastic of the day was a blue/white Crappie Magnet over everything else.
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Nice those Crappie Magnets work great.
Nice mess and some good eats.
That's what I am talking about!! Congrats
Great catch. Tellico is sounding good.
Good report
Very nice catch.
GREAT EVENING
Sounds good Tellico is turning on unless this cold spell shuts them down for a few days. I was wondering, if you caught 43 fish does that include shorts you put back? I was wondering if the keepers vs. throwback is getting better. Last year I threw back more than I kept but this year I kept more than I threw back and was wondering if that is the case with other folks hitting Tellico.
The keeper ratio has been averaging around 50% so yes 43 was the total number caught. Shorts and keeps.
Tellico has been improving the past few years but im not sure what has brought about the changes we are now seeing. Lets hope things continue to improve.
50% is getting better, but it still has a way to go. When we were there Tuesday we caught around 33 fish with 22 keepers so what you saw is about what we saw. I suspect the problem was loss of an age class due to something like lake level fluctuation or some other situation. Hopefully whatever caused the problem is past and Tellico is on the way up. Personally I don't think TVA has fishermen and fish population on their radar screen, but that is just my feeling. Glad you had a good day and thanks for the posting.