still feeding hard

been hot crappie action since early nov. and dec. its still on fire. i got to the lake this morning at 9am, and was limited out on big fat 12-14"ers by 11:15! (20min boat ride out n back). yesterday at the same spot we pulled 2 limits in 3 hours. fish holding in 10-12 fow. catching most on 2"twistertails and a few on minnows under floats. they are way back in a bay away from the main lake. this has been one of our hot ice spots for many years. getting about sick of filleting crappie and ice isnt even here yet. i have bagged up 9 limits in the last 3 weeks alone. loads of fun + fillets for everyone i know. lol

ill load up some pics here later maybe.


still 2 weeks of open water at least im thinking. get those boats out and cash in guys!

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50 fillets wont fit in gallon ziplock
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Where you fishing if you don't mind saying

Your tearing them up river scum....WTG

Nice river scum!

that will make a nice Christmas dinner

great time

Nice RS!! Have I been to that place with you?? LOL! I bet I have, but it's a long way from GA these days! When you get tired of the ice, come on down for some open water!

no ice her yet kok. and no its a different water.

its close to Michigan line ricky83

went back out this morning in the wind and snow. craps were still there and had one on first cast. took from 9-12 to get our 50 keepers. only had to tossed 5 small fish(under 11") back. big one went 13-3/4"
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doing the count midway
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good average size
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high 25 friday so i think im done for a few days. we will see what next week brings from the weather man.

lmao, the wife just came home and went in the kitchen! i heard her go P U it smells in here. i hope i didnt miss any scales. :biggrin

this is what was in there 20 min. before she got home
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You got a keeper in her RS. Hahaha! Good job.

Great pics Great times

yeah JP, i havent tossed her back for 20som years,(or vise versa) so i guess ill keep her. believe me, fish in the kitchen has been the least of her issues with me.


i set here on saturday morning, wondering how many boats will be there today and tomarrow. i try and stay off the waters on weekends. im sure glad i took my buddy out last sunday though. it made for a hellofa week.

They were still hitting good on Saturday. Im frying fish for our Christmas party, so I slipped out for a few hours and boy did they have some fire in their butt! Some nice fighting pigs right now!

nice pile congrats on getting out. love that firm crappie meat from the cold waters! i mite have to try the "gill cocktails" with the next batch.

RS, is that also referred to "poor man's shrimp"?

same thing yes. a guy can really put them away like that!

todays catch-
i though the cold front and the rain would put a damper on the bite for sure. found out thats not the case. we pulled another 2 man limit of crappie this morning. fished from 9-12 to do it. those things were as hungry as ever. casting jigs and soaking minnows same as before. all fish blacks between 11"-14" tossed 4 runts back today. seen 5 rigs at the ramp today. didnt see any all last week. lol

had 4 or 5 cars stop watching, and 2 guys and a kid got out and walked down to take pictures and stand there and watch.(50yrds away!) wth is wrong with people? lol

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Originally Posted by river scum

same thing yes. a guy can really put them away like that!

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How do you keep the fish from falling apart when you remove them from the boiling water?

Them folks were just wanting a photo of a crappie guru.

but howd they know it was one? lmao

im just real careful with them when i put them in the ice water. wish i had a basket type deal. i dont remember ever trying it with crappie, mite not work so well, because of that. ill find out here in a couple hours. i thought of maybe poaching a couple back straps in butter too. old ladys gone for the night so experiment time. a few ideas, margaritas, and fillets........ you know how it goes. :)


my half the take today
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one of the big ones
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http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/i.../ham12--15.jpg14.5" pinched out. finally one white crappie in the bunch today too.

Thanks RS. Enjoy your evening and if you do the crappie let us know how they turn out.

thank you, yeah ah dont do it with crappie. lol too soft. i ended up doing some like i do halibut fillet.

glass dish with lid.
lay fillets in a single layer
pour melted garlic butter over them and season how you like
microwave till flaky done

let cool a bit, fork some shrimp sauce over them and devour.

still to soft (and too mild flavored in my opinion), for most people. im easy to please though and pretty full now. :biggrinburp

I have always rolled the fillet's up and put a tooth pick through them. Drop the rolled up fillets in boiling water for about 3-4 min's, then take out of the boiling water and put into an ice water bath. That cools them off quick. Then keep on ice until you serve them with cocktail sauce. They taste a lot like salad shrimp when fixed in this manner.

I need to try this sounds good! Good job on the fish catching river.....

thx fire.

yeah tater, thats what we were talking about. thats grub! ill do that often when i only keep a few. makes for a fast easy lunch. pretty easy on the ice too.

well i found out this morning, the party is over. :dono the storms yesterday must have been too much for them. we only had a doz., if that ,come home with us this morning. oh well, thats fishin eh.