Speck-tacular Day!

Since Jacob is grounded from winter fishing with his Dad, I had the chance to meet up with Chris and take a road trip to a lake that we fished earlier in the year but didn't have much luck. This time was a different story. We were the first to launch and the last to leave. We spanked them early on with winds out of the east. As the wind switched out of the south, the fish quit biting. We picked up a few on our way back to the ramp and ended the day with 44 keepers. All fish were over 10". The unusually thing was that 41 of the 44 were black crappie. Most of the time I catch way more whites. It was a great day that resulted in 2 gallons of fillets. We never locked down a pattern because the wind level and direction and the amount of sunshine changed so much. We mainly used mid south tubes with some chartreuse on 1/8th oz jig heads of various colors. Jacob helped me take care of the fish since he couldn't go. Can't wait to go back!
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Matt, you know the ole saying "Winds from the east, they bite like a beast". That is an awesome fishing trip laying on that table.

Very Nice catch guys. Good Job.

Wow, I gotta quit hunting and get back to fishing.

Well pickles !!!!!!!!! Nice catch guys !!!!!! [emoji106][emoji85][emoji87][emoji85]

Double WOW!!!Good Report.I mean sample.LOL !!! (Dallas Cowboys) In Razorback Country!!!LOL
"wind from the east leave some for seed"!!!!

WOW....You guys are showing us little dogs how to do it. You guys are legends and hero's now....WTG

Man, look at those Hubcaps! :biggrin

I enjoyed it Matt. Hopefully they will cooperate next time. :Rofl

Look like you had a great day. I almost went and backed out . Wish I had now !

Dang... that's some good 'uns!! Way to go!

Nice catch guys.

Nice catch fellas, congrats!

Nice haul Matt. Pretty fish!!!

Very NICE!!!!! Love those big blacks!!

Boy howdy, nice haul for sure.

dadgum son you done good...keep a fishin'

Dudes, that was excellent. Thanks for sharing.

Man yaw spanked em!!!!! Way to go! Love those specks!

Very nice. Congratulations

congratulations on a very good trip

Good job Matt you boys ripped-em. It was probably the cowboy hoodie that made the difference. I am also the proud owner of some Dallas gear and maybe I should wear some on our next fishing trip LOL.

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Originally Posted by RLCRAPPIE

It was probably the cowboy hoodie that made the difference. I am also the proud owner of some Dallas gear and maybe I should wear some on our next fishing trip LOL.

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I dont know man. Romo wore his on Thursday and you see how that turned out! nonono

I've always heard "Wind out of the east fish bite the least". I guess the truth is fish bite the best when you're on the water fishing.

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Originally Posted by elkhunter

I've always heard "Wind out of the east fish bite the least". I guess the truth is fish bite the best when you're on the water fishing.

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I have had some great days while fishing in an East wind. Ive also had some bad ones! I think that what effects the bite is not the wind, but the pressure and frontal systems that are associated with it. I have found that when these conditions first start, ie. high pressure, North or East wind etc., the bite can really suffer as the fish try to adjust to said conditions. If it is a prolonged system, the fish can become acclimated and will begin to feed again. You just have to adjust with them. You would think that once that East wind stops, or changes to the South that it would help the bite. BUT they may actually shut down until they get acclimated to the changing conditions. Once they do, you may have to change with them, (color, depth, speed, location,) to stay on the bite.

The fish that were caught when the wind was out of the East wanted it dead still and right on the bottom. When it shifted to the South, we had to drift with the wind at over 1mph, which brought the baits up several feet in the water column!

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Originally Posted by RLCRAPPIE

Good job Matt you boys ripped-em. It was probably the cowboy hoodie that made the difference. I am also the proud owner of some Dallas gear and maybe I should wear some on our next fishing trip LOL.

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That "used" to be my lucky fishing sweatshirt. It is now relagated to fish cleaning sweatshirt. My new lucky fishing sweatshirt is a Crappieholic Thump Addiction. Even though I say that I'm not superstitious, I catch myself wearing the same clothes I did the last time I caught a good mess. I guess it is from my old baseball playing days. I had a lucky undershirt that I wore under my jersey for 4 strait years! It wasn't much of a shirt the end of my senior year!