Jordan Sat 11-5 2016

Fished our first CCA tournament and was very happy with our effort. We had 7 nice fish @7.95 lbs and was 3 and a half lbs short. That tells me we have a lot of work to do to be competitive buts that's okay to maybe one day we will get there.My point though is that this lake is back and back big. 9 lbs use to win this thing but not any more. If you want top notch crappie fishing Jordan is your lake. Most of the fish were caught in 16 to 20 ft of water except for the winner and I think they we're up the river shallow maybe.

Good job glad you got on the fish


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Charles and I had 9.49 lbs., but that was only good enough for 16th place. Whew--there were some nice crappie caught on Jordan yesterday and yes, the lake is back. Only two other lakes, Santee-Cooper and Norman have yielded higher winning totals for a CCA tournament. We all weigh in 7 fish and all but the 25th place team (6.92) had weights over 7 lbs. Thirteen teams had 10 or more pounds and hat's off to those guys. It was quite exciting at the weigh-in because all the teams caught good fish. I'm glad I can call Jordan my home lake!!

I DON'T FISH JORDAN BUT IT LOOKS LIKE ITS ON FIRE FOR BIG FISH,HOW WERE MOST OF THE GUYS FISHING,LONG-LINNING,PUSHING OR BRUSHPILES,THE REASON ASKING IS WE HAVE A TOURNAMENT ON KERR ( BUGGS) THIS SATURDAY,AND WANTED TO COMPARE STYLES OF FISHING

We were long-lining jigs, but the majority were tight-lining minnows.

Do you mind if I ask what depth you where long lining in?

14-15 foot water.

Thanks. I like long lining just don't do it much. We caught 60 today and had 22 that we kept but we didn't keep any under 11" we had 4 that where 14.5" and the rest where between 11-13" had a great day. We were tight lining minnows.

We had six over a pound yesterday morning by 8:00, but could not get those big fish around 2 lbs. Looks like you had a very good day was well.

Dennis how much weight did you have to use ?

We use a two-jig setup with a 3/16 or 1/8 on the bottom jig and the top jig usually a 1/16 or 1/32 at .8 mph. Use the electronics to see what depth the fish seem to prefer and then either vary your speed or jig weight to get you bait in the strike zone.

Saturday was interesting because the majority of competitors were tight-lining minnows while three of us were pulling jigs. There is no right or wrong, just what do you prefer and what will catch the big fish. One thing I know for certain, when you are throwing 1.2 lb. fish back in the water because they are too small, it's a good day to be crappie fishing.

Billynitten i agree with Dennis speed and the strike zone is the main thing. I use the 2oz trolling weights off the front on the crappie max rods i got from Monk but i tight line.


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THANKS GUYS FOR REPORT,IF BUGGS IS ANY WHERE LIKE THAT THEN WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO

Great report, really impressive weights with 13 teams having over 10 lbs. Any idea are the tight liners fishing over brush or more fishing certain type areas, not looking for anyone's spots as I don't fish Jordan, just trying to figure out where some of the larger fish are staging.

Roy, we had 10.19 lbs, and all of our fish came off the channel ledge from 10-18' deep. I think some of the bigger fish came a little more shallow than we fished. I caught fish in the area where some of the top teams fished at this year, last year during practice. I was just concerned with the wind, I wouldn't be able to fish there on Saturday. With the water temp in the low to mid 60s , I should've focused on some shallower areas.

On Jordan it is all about following those massive schools of shad, not fishing brush. There is a window of opportunity in the Fall in which the shad move into shallower coves to stay in warm water. At some point in November a cold spell will hit and lower the water temperature enough to run all the shad down towards the dam in deep water with the crappie following. Like Jack said, the water temp on Saturday was in the mid-60's, so plenty of bait out in the open bodies of water with crappie around them. I think some of the winning teams were able to find some locations in which some big fish were moving into some shallow areas.

thanks guys, appreciate the information.

does anyone know if the ramp is open at ebbanizer(sp?)

It was open last week.

JACK,I SEE YOU FISH IN WATER UP TO 10 FEET AND YOU SAID YOU SHOULD HAVE FISH SHALLOWER,AT JORDAN WHEN YOU GO UP THE CREEK DO YOU STILL HAVE A CHANNEL DROP OFF THAT SHALLOW,ON KERR IT IS FILL IN THAT SHALLOW BUT IT IS MUCH OLDER THAN JORDAN,ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT GOING FARTHER UP THE CREEK? JUST TRYING TO TEST KERR TO THAT WAY OF FISHING.SOME CREEKS STILL HAVE SOME DROP OFF IN CHANNEL AND OTHERS DO NOT