Just goes to show you got to take the good with the bad!!!

Well last week I posted how through not quitting and keep moving and trying new water it paid off with nice catch and good finish. We'll this week we fish one of my favorite lake to crappie fish Lake Greenwood, we like it so much we've over the year rented house for our summer vacation to get to play and fish on this lake. We'll in the last 3 trips to greenwood we've caught a total of 1 crappie including our past Saturday's SCCA tourney were we zero'd cant tell you when the last time we've done that and never have we not caught fish with 2 day of pre-fishing to boot. Only caught spotted bass and stripers (2). :banghead:banghead:banghead:mad:

All I can say is with the finishes I saw they are in a funk and don't know if they should be on brush, river ledge, or head to back of creeks, so they (the crappie said) we just ain't gonna bite. That's my story and I'm sticking to it for now. But I will make them pay one day dearly for this weekend. :pray:pray:pray

Do not get wound up, not good for your nerves. You will wind up like CBNC if you not careful. Become one with the crappie!

It stinks I know Been there.

Been there, done that. One week it is in the forties, the next week it is in the seventies. I don't think the fish know where they are supposed to be.

Fished there myself Saturday. Needless to say 20mph winds and 24ft pontoon don't mix! I did manage 2 good fish and 1 largemouth. I really need to start checking out these tourneys!

Sorry for the bad luck. I have not fished Greenwood since sept last year. Hopefully one of these days it will get straightened out. Going to try Clarke hill Thursday with Searay to see if we can locate a few willing to bite. Thanks for

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Do not get wound up, not good for your nerves. You will wind up like CBNC if you not careful. Become one with the crappie!

It stinks I know Been there.

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Yes please dont fret over it. You will end up like Brettw taking meds, writning articles where not to fish. Still love ya Brettw. :highfive

Thanks for the report. Even a bad report fishing is a good day on the lake. It always encourages the rest of us when those days come to us and just get back on the horse and fish.
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Eddy I feel for you, been fishing Greenwood all my life and have never been skunked on crappie there until I fished the Shriners Tournament last summer.


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Hate to say it, but as a newbie it feels good to see some one have the same experience that I have form time to time. Everytime I go out I learn something to try or not try.
That's why they call it fishing and not catching.
Thanks for the honest report, it gives us newbies hope.

Fished there myself Saturday. Needless to say 20mph winds and 24ft pontoon don't mix! I did manage 2 good fish and 1 largemouth. I really need to start checking out these tourneys!

Did you happen to be in Hidden lake @ 11pm or so, if that was you we were right behind you in the red and white ranger that was longlining.

Hate to say it, but as a newbie it feels good to see some one have the same experience that I have form time to time. Everytime I go out I learn something to try or not try.
That's why they call it fishing and not catching.
Thanks for the honest report, it gives us newbies hope.

scooperdude, I don' know if I'd call you a newbie but we don't mind not catching, We, my daughter and I know we can catch fish, we've learned a lot fishing with some of the best crappie fishermen and women in the state we all have days when the fish don't bite. The only time I get worked up is when I'm the only one not catching fish and from our weigh in I wasn't the only one the struggled, better days are on the way we all know that.

Stump hunter, that was indeed me!

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Stump hunter, that was indeed me!

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My daughter seen you catch one when we were up toward the top of hidden lake and I thought I'd never get her out of there. I told her it was probably a perch. We didn't get a bite in there this time.

Great post Eddy! Me and Ray were right there with y'all. We managed to find 3 fish to bite and caught a 4th that was too short. As hard as I pulled I couldn't get him past 7.75" LOL

It was just another one of those days. Seems like it's been that way 3 out of the last 4 years we've fished Greenwood in January too. The fish are definitely there, but they sure weren't interested in our offerings. And the wind and cold didn't make for an enjoyable day on the water either LOL I have never seen a weigh-in like we had Saturday and we might not ever see it again. Normally, when you have 12-15 boats fishing someone is gonna find them. That was not the case Saturday. O well, we'll get our chance again in a few weeks on Murray. I expect that one will be a struggle as well though...it sure is fun trying to figure them out!


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Me and Ray were right there with y'all. We managed to find 3 fish to bite and caught a 4th that was too short. As hard as I pulled I couldn't get him past 7.75" LOL

Yeah I hear you with murray coming up We know we're fishing for big fish if lucky cause I can name the teams that finish ahead of us on that lake, but likes been said you never know, that why we keeps fishing.

One of my buddies said the winning boat had 4 fish with a total weight of 7+ pounds. They also won big fish with a 1.9# (I think).
That was indeed a tough day.

It was a crappie I caught in hidden lake. She was around 1.5lbs. Caught another similar fish up the lake near river fork and caught a largemouth in he back of cane creek.

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One of my buddies said the winning boat had 4 fish with a total weight of 7+ pounds. They also won big fish with a 1.9# (I think).
That was indeed a tough day.

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you were told right.. just under 7lbs total 4 fish big fish was 1.90. Longlining.

What did 2nd and 3rd weigh?

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What did 2nd and 3rd weigh?

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I'm not 100% sure but 2nd had 7 fish @ 6.50lbs and 3rd had 6 fish @6.40 but I'm guessing but they were all in the ball park.

At least someone caught a few.

I believe there were 33 fish caught during the tournament among all entries. It was definitely tough marking fish that you knew were crappies but could not get them to bite. My partner and I fished Thurs and Fri prior to the tourney but got skunked Thurs and only 1 Friday. We did manage to boat 3 during the tourney, but 4 fish in 3 days of hard fishing makes you wonder what's going on. After that debacle, I can't wait for Murray.

Yall tight lining or long lining with jigs

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Yall tight lining or long lining with jigs

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As Radio would say BOTH, only difference for us is the kind of jig we use from tightlining to long lining