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Posting here looking to revive some old threads about Big Creek Lake in Mobile County, AL. I fish there often but don't really see many crappie fishermen when I am on the water. I understand most guys are tight lipped about the lake. I am not looking for information about your "spots", but would like to see pics and know what others are catching. I'll be posting here often with reports. These are from Saturday morning. 35 keepers.
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Wow! Nice catch. Thanks for sharing the fishing info and picture.
Thanks for posting!!!! Nice looking mess of fish!
Boy howdey, that looks nice. I haven't seen catching much over here in shepherds lake and around this way.
My bro in law came in town and wanted me to take him to catch a few crappie. My dad joined us. We kept these 41 and released a half dozen or so that were around 9 inches. Most of these were 11-13 inches with the biggest one measuring 14 1/2. Most of these came off the same structure as the ones I posted from last Saturday. We have caught over 300 off this one brush pile over the last 2 months. It just keeps replenishing itself. Only about 10 of the 300 were under the legal 9inch limit.
I have always wondered how quickly crappie can find new structure. We put out new structure 5 days ago and we fished it for the first time today. We caught 12 off of it. I can't believe they have found it already!
Hard to beat a day like today fishing with family and beautiful weather....thank you God!
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Nice mess of crappie
Boy howdey y'all have BCL s number :ThumbsUp
Man those are beautiful crappie- makes our BC look like a different species! Way to go and thanks for making the effort to post,
I used to live near the lake and fished there often with good results but the last three or four years have not had any success. If you don't mind, how deep was the structure and how deep were you fishing? Minnows or jig's? that is a very good catch and nice size. Most of the fish I used to catch were 9-10" and had to go through a bunch of short fish.
Nice mess of fish. That's the lake I fished growing up. Brings back memories.
looks like a bunch of fun to me ....very nice ....
I have been fishing vertical on structure that is in 18-28 ft of water all on main lake points. Been fishing 3 different points and all of them have had fish on them for the last 2 months. If the lake patterns hold true to past years, they should be on these spots gorging themselves until the water cools to below 60 degrees and they head for deeper water. Saturday water was 68-74 degrees. I understand the small fish you are referring to. Last year this time, literally every fish I caught had to be measured. This year has been a totally different story. Only had to measure 10 out of the last 300+. We have been releasing 10in fish lately. ALL have been caught on minnows. Some guys have luck with jigs at BCL, but I am not one of them. The only time I throw a jig is when they are shallow spawning. I tried 4 different color jigs a couple weeks ago. My 2 boys were catching them on minnows as fast as they could reel them in and I could not get a bite on the jigs.Quote:
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Real good mess of fish you've got there! Thanks for sharing.
Just had to go back again Saturday! Took my dad and a buddy Saturday morning. We caught 75 and kept 55. All of them under 10inches were released. Biggest one was 15 1/4. Got home around 10:30. Still biting when we left. I am still shocked that more folks are not fishing Big Creek Lake.
Most locals refer to Big Creek Lake as the "Dead Sea". There is definitely a learning curve but it is well worth it if you live in the area and like to catch crappie.
Been catching them like crazy lately at Big Creek and my little buddy asked me to take him....so why not? Got on the water at 4:30 and left at 6:15. Kept 35 releasing numerous fish under 10 inches. Biggest one was 14. Put out bamboo top a couple weeks ago. Decided to take some sonar and downscan pics to show difference. The downscan shows the bamboo top lit up like a Christmas tree. Notice the cylinder block at the bottom. The entire right side of the bamboo top is fish. A few above as well. Must be over 100 fish there...can't wait to go back! Fishing with my dad and boys is a gift from God. Extra special watching him reel them in. I tried to get his pic with one of the big ones. He wanted his picture with the small one he got to release. How funny!
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Took an older gentlemen who taught me how to fish BCL years ago and my 5 Yr old fishing pal. Kept 45. Released around a dozen or so in 2 hours of fishing. The bite was EXTREMELY good with lots of doubles and a few triples. Fish seem to be getting smaller as the water temps drop a little more. Now catching more in the 10-12 inch range that we were a couple weeks ago but the number of fish is holding about the same. Had 10 in the 12-14 inch range. I expect numbers to start falling off in the coming weeks leading up to colder water temps. Fish are super tight to structure. You can be a couple feet off the "spot" and won't get a bite. But if you are in the "spot", better watch all your rods closely.
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Took my dad Saturday morning. Very foggy with a front approaching. We fished from 6:30-11AM. 38 keepers and released a dozen or so undersize ones. Tried jigs for the first time in quite a while. Never had much luck on jigs, but got a tip from a guy at the ramp a week or so ago who had obviously had too much to drink. Otherwise, he would not have been sharing his "secrets".:yikes Caught over a dozen on jigs Saturday. Minnows were still the best bait, but it was fun trying something else.
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Dang looks like fun congrats