Any tips on crappie locations and techniques for conditions this weekend march 10-12
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Any tips on crappie locations and techniques for conditions this weekend march 10-12
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BRM
Biggest tourney of the year will this next weekend, doubt you will find much help out in the wide open in the forums.
My tip would be fish another lake ..not that they will be much better
To be honest I have not heard of a 3 lber coming out of Grenada yet, I'm sure there has been but I have heard of several coming out of Sardis.
PM me when you get down and I will steer you in what I think will be the right direction, at least give you an idea of what to look for.
I don't think Grenada Lake is the big crappie lake that it use to be a few years back. I think it has seen it's better days. It's just to much pressure on it, and the fish don't have time to grow before being caught, or flushed down the spillway with the draw downs.
In the spring time there is a tournament every weekend. This is imo...
Lot of pressure for sure. The sport is growing, more people enjoying it. That's good. Build a few more corp lakes and take some pressure off....Just a different approach to supply and demand.
We need to practice more catch and release instead of catch and the grease. Lots of people catch way more than they need just to take pictures of them and throw em in the freezer. And NO, I'm not against eating or keeping fish. If ya need em Eat em. If not, put em back.
BRM
Agreed Bill...It's the only way our sport will survive..
I love coming to Grenada to fish for the great crappie and have done so for about 15 years but I have only brought 1 fish home from there that I had mounted. We catch plenty of eating fish at home so no need to keep the ones over there for me. See yall next week.
That's the way to do it, if you wanna mount the fish then keep it by all means, but we don't have to keep all these big spawning females. I've been guilty of throwing everything over 12 in the livewell for awhile, it's almost became an automatic reaction. This year I'm keeping the scales in the boat, so I can catch, picture and release. Mentioned this to my fishing buddy and he laughed and said he was keeping all his, if he catches any, well hey that's his choice, I won't think anything less of him for it.Quote:
Originally Posted by RogerA
Can you launch a glass boat at South Graysport at the present water level?
You can't launch a kayak !!!!!
Same thing happened to other sports..I bass fished in the early days..with a ten fish limit..anything over 10 lbs might win..today after, education, catch and release, three fish limits have to be over 20 lbs to have a chance... .turkey and deer hunting the same way..Crappie are a great resource...but it is not unlimited.
Pictures and replicas are great options. Personally,I do my best to take pics of females and release males to the grease. Its that time of the year where it is pretty easy to tell the diff. I live on some of the best trophy catfish water in the country and see a huge amount of 40-70 pound catfish being kept to eat. Hopefully, Missouri will put some trophy regs into place to preserve this resource.
It was a little slow this weekend but we managed 26 Saturday and 15 yesterday in a couple hours! We did have a great time for the first rodeo!
What method were you fishing?Quote:
Originally Posted by Crappie wizard
FIN
I'm just as guilty as anyone about keeping crappie, but I'm slowly changing that. I'm starting to get back into the bluegill fishing. I know some of yall will say I'm losing my taste, but I've always thought bream taste better than crappie...:yikes I love catching those rascal's, and they put up a good fight too. This year is gonna more bream fishing for me...:fish
The average life span and mortality of bass is greater than crappie.Quote:
Originally Posted by KnightShadow10
I understand about releasing fish, and have been releasing fish more since purchasing my new boat and having a livewell, BUT if we want to increase the population then we need to release the smaller legal size fish and keep the older and larger. Reasoning is because these younger fish will be going into their prime and live longer meaning they will see more spawns than the larger older fish.
It's a different thought process with some biologist information backing with the data to support. Our states biologist has been speaking to a mississippi state biologist about this topic, growth rates and growing season lengths.
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Older females will lay more eggs..hopefully pass on superior genetics..I have no problem with anyone that wants to keep what they need..I personally will throw back what I don't need...I will throw back the larger females that I catch this time of the year...that's just my personal preference
Big fish hatch big fish, been proven time and time again . To each there own, I don't care one way or another. we will be releasing all of our fish this week other than our weigh in fish, hopefully they will make it as well
RiggingQuote:
Originally Posted by FIN
There is an interesting read started by a Kentucky Lake bilolgist in the following link. It discusses Mississippi growth rates VS Kentucky and Barkley growth rates.
The one thing I think that was left out of the equation was genetics. The Florida strain bass were located to Texas, California, and other lakes .... and they grew larger than the native strains.
Another thing discussed by the biologist was the number of spawning fish required to give a successful spawn and downplayed catching and keeping spawning females. This info kind runs counter intuitive to the way I have always thought.
http://www.crappie.com/crappie/kentu...barkley-lakes/
I am no biologist but I agree with you John. Big deer produce big deer. That's why people who manage their deer herds selectively harvest inferior racked deer and manage number of does. I see fish the same way. Superior genetics are passed on. that is just science.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rees Guide
Take a pic and put her back! JMO there are plenty of lakes you can catch 10 to 12 inch fish to eat I fish the river for the freezer and thank God he gave me another day to do it
The only way to get big deer, no matter genetics, is with age. On public property the only way to do this is with size, take, and harvest limitations. With deer, increasing the antler size before taking is one way to make sure more mature deer or shot. Another way is limiting a person to using a primitive weapon or bow to reduce harvest numbers. In fishing this could be done by increasing fish length and reducing creel numbers and number of poles per person. This along with strict and expensive enforcement is the only solution considering the amount of pressure some lakes receive.
Bahahaha..... this is the I don't want anymore goobers plugging my ramp response! Folks been catching 3+lb fish on Grenada everyday for weeks. Ain't no fish in Sardis.[emoji23][emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]Quote:
Originally Posted by Rees Guide
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Originally Posted by feelay
I'm sure I'll get crucified for this but here we go again. First it was bass. used to keep a few for sandwiches and then the tournaments and money got into it and you were taking your life in your own hands keeping fish to eat. Now it is in the Crappie world. Tournaments and don't keep crappie. It is into Catfishing also. What ever happened to letting biologists run a fishery and those of us who are Prison guards,welders,electricians etc, do our jobs not theirs.
Because I watched a TV show, bought a boat, jig poles, super extremely sensitive ultra hi-viz yella line, and some slabmaster jigs and minners. That makes me a professional, no? hahaQuote:
Originally Posted by Boa3
I sure hope your right on this one, it is me and my husbands 26th anniversary.. I wanted to suprise him with the perfect gift. He loves to fish, but no one is claiming to be a pro here. I have always heard Grenada Lake to be the gold standard for crappie fishing and that is why I decided it would be the perfect trip. From Indiana and must say we have never seen crappie the size of ones on your lakes. Weather forecast isnt looking too good, just praying for a nice weekend on the lake and if that means fishing in the rain but catching.. I'm good with that. Just want him to enjoy the trip. Thanks for the little nudge of confidence. Rees Guides comment had me in a bad way..lol
Rees told you right...It is going to be a mad house..With a wife as thoughtful as you, I bet he will have a good trip, no matter what the conditions are. Hope y'all have a great anniversary, with many more to follow.
we are totally unfamiliar with the lake, the best ramps, public restrooms (thats for me), cleaning stations, bait shops, etc... Hope we run into some friendly folks to help us out. Internet searches have been zero help with all this.
I think you will find most everyone friendly, and helpful. Give Rees a p /m. He offered to help..lives close to the lake, guides part time, and will help anyone he can
There are only a few ramp usable at the moment. Grenada landing, wolf creek, choctaw, and torrance. Grenada landing is where all the tournament stuff will be so I would avoid it. The good thing about coming down to his area is if you do not want to deal with the tournament and grenada you can run up the road to enid. Enid will more than likely be crowded with the people who do not want to deal with the tournament but either way good luck and I hope you have a safe and fun trip! Yall should try and make a trip back down this summer and pull cranks!
Where are y'all planning on staying kat? I can shoot you a pm with some helpful information and I'm sure after reading the reason for the trip, some other guys will too. We all talk tough, but all these guys and gals are good as gold and all heart. Just don't put a lot of info out publicly, especially during a tournament week :)
I was just funning around. Seems like a good number of folks watch a show and become pros. I am still learning. I guess my comment would have worked better for a duck hunting forum as everyone seems to be the next Phil Robertson after watching their TV show. I'll be up tomorrow through Saturday. Hope this weather holds off. Good luck
Kat, don't worry about finding nice people in Mississippi. I would think you would have to really work at it to not find them. I hope you have a great anniversary weekend and catch a boat load. The first time I went my wife and I caught 17fish and they filled a 5 gal bucket. Being from Ill. I know it would have taken 4times that many at home to fill one. That is what I like about going down there you don't need a limit to get a bunch of meat and have a good time.Hope you have a good time.
no, it just means you musta stayed in a holiday inn express :RoflQuote:
Originally Posted by Predator861
Kat, call me when you get here, number is in my signature, I'm fishing the tourney Friday and Saturday but if yall have not or even if you have got on fish I will take yall out Sunday morning, Happy Anniversary.