Sardis trip

Well it was a tough one but still managed to keep a few. Only caught 3 off the upper Lake and it was windy and rough the days I was up there. We caught 9 out of 12 keepers 13"+ out of the spillway. Spillway was loaded with tiny catfish and 8" crappie prolly caught 50+ but every now and then we would hook into a keeper. We could mark several fish but nothing was active. Every person we talked to there including the locals said this year Lake is dead and way to heavily fished and basically fished out. Still managed to have alot of fun. Attachment 199249Attachment 199250Attachment 199251Attachment 199252Attachment 199253Attachment 199254

Great Job!

nice

8"ers are legal in the spillway. No size limit there.

Nice catch. The fish ain't bad either. [emoji12]

That's just too small for my liking

Sounds like a great trip....Congrats!

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That's just too small for my liking

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Me to, but I like them 10"ers whole.

Never had them like that. There was people down there keeping everything they caught and I mean everything went in the bucket. No clue how you could get anything off a 5 inch crappie

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Never had them like that. There was people down there keeping everything they caught and I mean everything went in the bucket. No clue how you could get anything off a 5 inch crappie

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By whole, I meant scale em, cut their heads off, gut em, and fry em. Not fillet em

Gotcha

Nice catch! Looks like you had a good trip! Plenty of smiles in them pictures :ThumbsUp

Awesome job!!!

I have never been any where else besides Sardis and couple local spots here in stl. What other lakes produce and hold crappie sizes like lakes in Mississippi do? Anything in Arkansas or Illinois?

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I have never been any where else besides Sardis and couple local spots here in stl. What other lakes produce and hold crappie sizes like lakes in Mississippi do? Anything in Arkansas or Illinois?

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Nope, nothing that consistently produces big crappie day in and out like MS.

May have to try something different next time Sardis seems to of went down hill. To much gas, money ect to catch 1 or 2 a day. Had a blast but fishing wasn't like it used to be

Agreed, Im hitting LOZ and Truman the rest of the year.

I'm not a fan of taking our boat on loz but I've never been to Truman I may have to look that up.

What about Bull Shoals and Greres Ferry?

Never been before

Get away from the dam and you can fish LOZ out of a paddle boat. What size boat do you have?

21 Triton

Holy smokes I'd be at lake o every weekend til memorial day. To each their own

Nice catch!thanks for posting them pics for us folks that don't do nothing but work!