High Rock are on fire!

Took a good friend to High Rock today. Due to health issues, he hasn't been able to fish with me for quite some time. He actually told me he was out of fish in his freezer. We remedied that in short order. We got started about 8:30 and it was fast and furious, every jig got bit almost immediately when it got to the 8ft mark. The culling began at 8 inchers and we were putting 9 1/2 inchers back by 11:00. We didn't count but I'm certain we caught over 200, maybe even 250. At the end of the trip, around 3:30, we had 78 in the livewell.
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Sweet, nice catch !

Way to go y'all. Congrats on a great looking cooler full.

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Wish HR were closer to me! I'd hit that lake a few times a week.:biggrin
You did good thanks for the info! :popcorn

Were you trolling? Any tips for high rock? I've fished the goodman lake side of high rock and have done well in the past. I appreciate any info you can give me.

JM, we were single pole jigging the shady areas around docks. Docks with pontoons tied to them were really good! Every single dock that was at least 10 feet deep had fish on it. Lots of hits on the falling jigs. (watch your line)

Chris

I want to be your new best friend! :twocents
Take me!:popcorn

great job guys! you kept 78? what is the limit there? wow, that is a lot of crappie to clean.

High rock has no limit at the moment.

They removed the size and creel limit about 2 years ago to help the size problem. Prior to this year, the lake was full of 7 1/2 inch fish with an 8 inch minimum. The rule change has definitely made a difference.
Yes that a lot of crappie McNuggets to process a we're thankful to have them.

They removed the size and creel limit about 2 years ago to help the size problem. Prior to this year, the lake was full of 7 1/2 inch fish with an 8 inch minimum. The rule change has definitely made a difference.
Yes that's a lot of crappie McNuggets to process a we're thankful to have them. We normally wouldn't keep that many, buy my friend had a empty freezer and a wife and kids that love em!

When they are in the creeks during spring and fall I love to pull jigs on HR. Unless it is a very bad day easy to catch between 100 and 200. A lot will be small, but they are getting bigger and bigger. Thanks for all the info NCKenner. We may try them Saturday and hope the cold front does not shut them down.

way to go! and thanks for the report.

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Originally Posted by NCkenner

JM, we were single pole jigging the shady areas around docks. Docks with pontoons tied to them were really good! Every single dock that was at least 10 feet deep had fish on it. Lots of hits on the falling jigs. (watch your line)

Chris

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Guessing it takes a while for the 1/32 oz jig to sink 10 ft, right? I'm so used to using 1/16 oz on high rock

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Depending on how fast you count, it's about an 8 count. Once you get the feel for it, you'll know when the jig should still be falling and it's not. Then you'll know to set the hook! When in doubt, set the hook. If you see the line twitch or "act different" set the hook. A big help in jig fishing is using high vis line. You'll be surprised at how many unnoticed bites you get when you're not paying attention. I've tried to teach this to many of my friends. Some get it some struggle. Good luck!

Chris