clinton docks

I've been fishing the docks at Clinton lately and having some success but one thing that has been surprising is how many black-nosed crappie are being caught. Of 20 black crappie caught more than half were black-nose....I've seen a couple caught at Hillsdale but I had never caught one myself.....I know Craig has said the black-nose is not a cross between a black and white crappie but a defect in the gene but then I also heard they can be raised and are good to put in ponds and small bodies of water because they don't over populate....don't know if this is true but there's a big population of em at Clinton. Attachment 220696Attachment 220697 strange looking skiesAttachment 220698 baked crappie is on the menu

Weird looking clouds

thanks for the report! Dock fishing must be better than the lake fishing.

Cool looking cloud formation!

Nice mess of 'specks' you got there Dougie!!

I see a couple black crappie in the pile, seemed to me all the blacks I caught over last couple years were small , glad to see them getting up to size. Nice catch Doug, hope they will still be there when I am able.

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Never have caught a black out of Clinton, they must hang around the docks the majority of the time. Even when Ice fishing in the cove off the marina still haven't.

DKV I have caught them up in the river and in Rock Creek all were dinks.

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Originally Posted by dkv

Never have caught a black out of Clinton, they must hang around the docks the majority of the time. Even when Ice fishing in the cove off the marina still haven't.

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I only catch the blacks when fishing the breaks or winter fishing. Dont recall even catching them in the spring or summer:juggle

Nice pictures and report. Black nose; interesting...

I have caught blacks in the spring up by deer creek arm, also rock creek. the marina cove,and boat dock 3

We catch em at perry but only during the winter and off the docks. It's kinda weird that's the only place anyone finds them

I was going to try fishing the marina docks this morning, but with all the freezing rain, I'm going to wait. I bet they are super icy. Those walk ways can get bad. Guess I'll work on the honey do list..

Yeah Rick when you get in the 'ol geezer category it's better to be safe than (fall on your a$$) sorry!!:pray

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Originally Posted by slabby joe

Yeah Rick when you get in the 'ol geezer category it's better to be safe than (fall on your a$$) sorry!!:pray

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Even worse would be to slip and slide into the lake.
Art and I may check it out Monday morning.