Christmas + Neely Henry = Hungry Fish

Made it out 2:00-4:00 hit my usually deep dock, used my chartreuse/feather and caught 3. Fished about 20 mins , thought about making a run, then I changed to the olive/feather, and never left. Kept 18 all around 10" , have no idea how many 8-9" fish I caught, literally every cast. Then the current change, and I moved up to the dock to drop shot them . I caught around 10 shorts doing that, then noticed the current slacked up and moved back off. Back to every cast you would catch one or at least have a tap. Fun afternoon on the water.
Water temp was 49.3 , clear, lot of leaves and pine needles to fight, but well worth it. Merry Christmas to all. Happy holidays. Headed to guntersville in the morning to hook up with slabprowler , wish us luck.

Great report ! Bring lots of luck you will need it fishing with me . Probably will plan on a trip to captain d's afterwards so you can say you didn't leave empty handed ( lol) :Rofl

Thanks for the mathematical formula in the title. In math the answer is right or wrong. You seem to have proven your formula correct. Congrats on the catch and having fun. Thanks for sharing. I haven't been since Thanksgiving and going through withdrawal. So I am going tomorrow.:fish

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Originally Posted by Slabprowler

Great report ! Bring lots of luck you will need it fishing with me . Probably will plan on a trip to captain d's afterwards so you can say you didn't leave empty handed ( lol) :Rofl

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Lol what ever it takes. Doesn't matter if we catch any, you know it's all about the adventure, and the comradery .

You guys enjoy it and Good luck. Send us back a report on the fishing and not the shenanigans!

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Originally Posted by GTDFisherman

You guys enjoy it and Good luck. Send us back a report on the fishing and not the shenanigans!

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Lol will do.

Post a pic of those two jigs. Thanks!

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Originally Posted by usafret99

Post a pic of those two jigs. Thanks!

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There is a good pic of the chartreuse/feather jig on my post THER a couple of days ago. The other jig olive/feather I posted under TIED A FEW NEW ONES a couple of weeks ago. The second jig from the left, not a good pic, and having problems with the computer. Soon as I figure what's up, I'll post some real good pic.

Sounds like a great day of trying out the new stuff. Way to find them stacked up and get after them. What were you doing/how did you drop shot? Heard of doing that for bass w a worm but not crappie?

Sounds like a fun afternoon for sure

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Sounds like a great day of trying out the new stuff. Way to find them stacked up and get after them. What were you doing/how did you drop shot? Heard of doing that for bass w a worm but not crappie?

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I just tie a jig on the line with a tag end about 3-4" . Then take a 1/8-1/4 drop shot weight and attach to tag end. Drop in brush, let sinker hit bottom, left jig off bottom but not the weight, get line tight and let jig fall back to bottom. Watch the line for a little tick, 90% of my fish I see hit but don't feel.
On ledges that method is deadly here when there is to much current, to use just a 1/32 or smaller hand ties. But I don't jig them per say , I swing the ledges with my rig when there is current.

Also it's finesse fishing, I'm in 16-30' of water and using 2 pound line and a 1/64 hand tied jig. Lots of fun.

That sounded fun. Good luck to you and Slabprowler.

Thanks Cowboy, very cool technique, will have to give that one a try.

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Thanks Cowboy, very cool technique, will have to give that one a try.

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you'll find on days they are holding tight to the cover, very deadly. Just have to play around and find what weight will work best for you. Main thing, must be able to see your line. I recommend people on the two pound hi-vis or the 4 lb . A lot of people I've tried to teach this to have a hard time with it, they can't see the line. I grew up trout, and sauger fishing and have combined a lot of techniques in to my crappie fishing. My method is a very slow presentation in the winter. I'm from kentucky we used to have to break the ice at the ramps, that is if you could. Did a lot of ice fishing as a kid to .

GreAt thread!!!

Cowboy, I grew up trout fishing too from the NW. I've incorporated a lot of those techniques into my crappie fishing too. Seems to work out pretty good on these picky buggers at times.

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Cowboy, I grew up trout fishing too from the NW. I've incorporated a lot of those techniques into my crappie fishing too. Seems to work out pretty good on these picky buggers at times.

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Yep , gotta fool them sometimes, just like a trout.