Change of Crappie Venue

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After running around on Watts Bar the past few weeks I've made my way back to Tellico to wet a line for a few hours. I visited a few familiar locations to try to entice a strike before dark set in. Verticle jigging is the only presentation I could draw a strike on. But this was only after bumping around in the strike zone for quiet a while. Swimming the bait was a fruitless effort. Water temp was 67. Lure was a 3" orange/chartreuse twitch tail minnow rigged on a 1/4 oz jig head.



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Good looking mess of Crappie! Were they sitting just off the bottom?

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Originally Posted by Kingfish1

Good looking mess of Crappie! Were they sitting just off the bottom?

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Yes sir Bob.
Right on the bottom in 12 to 14 ft of water.

Nice. Thanks for the report.

Way to figure them out. Great job.

Nice!

nice mess there, thanks for the report

nice catch glad you are on them

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Originally Posted by Pantastic

Yes sir Bob.
Right on the bottom in 12 to 14 ft of water.

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Thanks Geno, that helps confirm what I was thinking after my last fishing trip this past Sat. I caught some about 8' fow and most fish a foot or two off the bottom. I just was slow to pick up on what was happening before I had to leave.

Nice looking mess of fish.

Good deal. Gene!
Nice mess of sac o lait there!

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Looks like your dialed in for next club tournament! You'll be hard to beat!!!!!!!

Nice report, Geno. Fish on the Chick have been hanging out near bottom lately too. And swimming a jig has been a no-no as well. Dead sticking gets the most bites.