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Attachment 285897Not many people out yesterday due to the cold, but you could catch as many you wanted to catch. Nothing big, but most were 10 to 13 inches. Bonked a few small ones on the head and made a new fishing buddy.
Almost forgot, water 37. Fish on edges, ledges, piles, wood, bottom, rocks, suspended and just swimming around. From 15 to 30 feet deep in 15 to 40 feet of water. Best concentration of feeding fish were at 18-22. Kind of boat shy, but you could just follow the school around if you pushed it off the pile or whatever they were stuck to, they were still willing to bite.
Like your photo of the Eagle and thanks for the post!
Thank you for the report. Always relaxing to be out by yourself in nature and see those gorgeous sights.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fishers
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What ramps you use or are they all open.
south end was all open, may not be after this cold snap next 2 days
Lots of people out yesterday for a "winter" day. Lots of people going to and fro, trying here then trying there. I dont think they were catching much. The fishermen I saw didnt notice that the crappie are mostly schooled up and suspended. If you have decent electronics, you can see them around the masses of shad. Most of the schools of crappie that I saw are between 20 and 40 feet wide and about 15 to 25 feet deep. The shad are in much larger schools (or layers if you will), 100 plus feet or more in size. The shad schools start deep and kind of creep up to about 20 feet if the bottom contour is pushing them up, making points that extend out into the deeper water prime places. The schools of crappie are just lazily meandering around the points slowly, not moving away from the point they are on, even if you are pushing them around with the boat. I watched one boat go down a shoreline scanning piles looking for fish from the point all the way back to where the ice started. They drove over several schools of suspended crappie looking at the piles that were void of fish. They left without dropping a line. I went over there and caught numerous fish right after they left. Every point that I checked that extended out to deep water had schools of crappie, only 2 piles that I checked had schools of crappie. Water was 35 to 37, vis was 3 or 4 feet. I ended up adding 6 feet of 6 lb fluoro leaded to my braid. It really helped add more bites. I settled on a small 1/64 ounce hair jig that was grey, black and sparkle chinnille above a small shad imitating spoon. Caught as many as I wanted, even left early LOL.
Nice report Fishers! Enjoyed it while I sit here drinking coffee, watching 2 eagles have breakfast.
Would have went fishing, but I listened to the weathermen!
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Thanks a lot for the detailed tutorial Chris. I have found the same patterns as you mentioned-never seen fish so boat shy as they are right now, especially when they’re on brush but that’s ok- just makes it easier to work my jigs through them with the wood out of the way.
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Thanks Fishers
Does anyone have any recommendations for a fish finder? I’m looking to mainly do some crappie fishing. My budget is $1000 or less.
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Bow hunter, Helix would be my recommendation.
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Took a guided trip with Doug Owens "Odie" today. Learned a lot but tough day fishing. He is a very educated fisherman and a very nice guy. If you want to book a guide on oolagah I would definitely suggest him!
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Attachment 287084 Lowrance Gen 2 HDS. That is an older model but I still have not seen any improvement in actual resolution by any manufacturer. They have made all the ancillary functions better, but the most important things are good resolution and capability to GPS your stuff.Attachment 287085Attachment 287086
Timber and I followed Fishers advice. We found open water crappie feeding on shad. Timber tied his own jigs this week. His mother came back and picked out the classiest colors she could find. He tied them up, and we took them to the water. I fished with some of Big sky we traded for in our swap last week. We quit fishing for crappie at 11, and then went cat hunt. Timber also caught his biggest fish to date at 35lbs.Attachment 287205Attachment 287206Attachment 287207
Very, very, very nice! That is awesome TC. Timber is blessed to have such a great Dad!
That's awesome TC. Nice day with the youngin!
Lookin' good, TC. I hit CB this afternoon, and used your gray/black and white feather tail jig and the black/chartreuse. I expected the black/chartreuse to get them best, but the gray one killed 'em (until I fed it to the brush). My hard green chenille/grizzly hackle tail worked well too. I'm looking forward to using some of your other jigs next week. Glad that you and Timber had a great day.
Kept 57 today. I want to thank Odie. His guide trip helped me catch over 130 fish today. Fish were suspend in 12 to 15 feet in 30 feet of water. Once again thank you Odie for teaching me to read my lowrance! If you want a good guide to take you fishing call Doug Owens "Odie"
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Nice job Ledge, Timber is going to be whipping you before long! Thanks for posting.
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Where should i put in a boat at oologah now and when level is normal?
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The lake is only a few inches low so you can put in anywhere you like.Quote:
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Any recommendation of a good starting area?Quote:
Originally Posted by Crappie ciller
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Lots of brush, bait and fish around Goose Island. Could put in at Spencer- check it out then head across the lake to Goose.Quote:
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Thank you. First time on the lake for me.Quote:
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Watch the flats out there if you head from the island to WinganonQuote:
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Been there done that on eufaula. Not fun trying to push boat off mud. Especially in this water/wind temps.Quote:
Originally Posted by crappiepappa
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Had a Super Bowl Sunday Funday. 50 good ones between me and a buddy in Blue Creek this morning till about 2 o’clock. Windy but worth it.
52 good crappie this afternoon. Fun times! Attachment 289100
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Beautiful afternoon. Sure wish I would have made it out there. Cold front is gonna change the pattern here real quick!
How did you fish for them drmdr? On brush or ? Way to go-look like good fish!Quote:
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12-15 foot suspended over 30 foot. Chasing them around. No brush involved.Quote:
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Spider rigging or cast and dragging?Quote:
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Not spider rigging. I guess you would call it cast and dragging. Not really dragging but dropping it into suspended fish.Quote:
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Were they following schools of shad?
No I don't think so. I think they were trying to get away from me? But I don't know that for sure.Quote:
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I know earlier in Jan I was pushing them around with the boat. They were pretty much stationary until I got right over the top of them, then they would scootch off. They wouldn't go far so you could kinda follow them around. If they broke up cause I pestered them too much, I would fish somewhere else for a while. In an hour or two they would be back where they were before. I just got four 16 foot rods and I have a spider rig for them. It will be interesting to see if I can get baits on them without pushing them around.
Thanks, That would be interesting. Let us know how it works.
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2.5 pound Oologah stud.