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Jeff and Johnny's home!
Must be tearing them up while I sit at home. No one even has time between setting the hook to let me know I should be there too!
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Finally got to get on the water for the first time this year and use my Clemmens Custom Rods dock pole and some hand tied jigs by James Davis and Slab Syndicate! Thanks Steve Clemmens Chris Muschalek and James! These crappie didn't stand a chance!!Attachment 285953Attachment 285954Attachment 285955Attachment 285956
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Nice, how deep were they?
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Redge they were all caught about 6-8' deep. It was a pretty rough day. We were there about 5:45 till 12:30 and only 8 keepers. my buddy did not catch any keepers just 7-9.5" . lots of bass and bluegills for us both. They dropped the lake about 4-6" while we were there.
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Don't believe I've ever seen an oblong fish basket like that.
Callmecamo it is a vintage Mallinox brand fish basket made in France in the 50s. the oblong top opening sure makes it easy to slide slabs into! And they are very sturdy as well. when I get home I will take a better pic of the basket for ya!
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Can't get that one at wally world, lol.
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Flooding Update - Feb. 26th, 8 am.
from Long Bay Marina
Received a call from the Corp this morning. The lake will be going to 570ft by Wednesday (16ft above normal - paved road in front of the store will be under water). This is not being called the crest as of yet because we have additional rain potentially coming tomorrow and Wednesday. They will be increasing the discharge from our dam to 40,000 ft3/s, but didn't know if we will be seeing an increase discharge from upstream coming to us.
Final crest will be based on if we see additional rain.
Great day yesterday on Gibson....get up in the creeks...water temp is 54 deg. I caught about 40 under 10" and these 15 keepers. Attachment 293903
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Originally Posted by QUIG69
Great to finally see some action on FG, what was your water depth, minnows or jigs?
I was in 7-8 fow catching them at 5' below a small float. I was using Mayfly Bobby Garland Baby shad. The water was about 2' visibility. I would have been using a darker color in the murky waters. I have been hearing of good number in the creeks where the water temps are in the low to mid 50's. The warmer the better. Find the shad and small minnows and there will be crappie.
Mayfly color bobby garlands?
Yes, Mayfly BG baby shad....I also caught a couple on Monkey Milk but the bite was slower so I went back to Mayfly.
Where at on Gibby?Quote:
Originally Posted by QUIG69
I bought some of those mayfly BGs, but haven't used them yet. Will give them a shot tomorrow at CB for sure (Good Lord willing and the water don't rise).
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Originally Posted by Bigskyfisherman
Let us know how you do!
I was back in flat rock creek past the old railroad bridge. You will find schools on side image and just follow where they go...I have been hearing that Chouteau, Brushy & Pryor creeks are doing well also.
Thanks QUIG69!
I wont be in the boat, so it'll be more of a challenge, but we're gonna try and get it done!
Well......I used the mayfly most of the time, while switching out the other jig on my two-jig rig. The mayfly did zilch, but chartreuse/pink and black/chartreuse did pretty well. Got about 15 fish and brought home 5 up to 12 1/4 inches. Eggs really well developed, but no fish near the banks.Quote:
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Does anyone happen to know the water temperature on Gibson?
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This site will help on water temp anytime of day. Temp of water and temp of soil under 4" under sod are very close.
https://www.mesonet.org/index.php/we...il_temperature
Interesting. I just looked and it was close.
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Looks like Gibson will be on its way up again.....how long will it be there??? That is the question? Glad I am going to TX next weekend to fish with my brother and his friends on Pat Mayes.
I lived on that lake for 28 years. I bet 50% of the years the spawn would be messed up. Water high, water falling etc.
i loved fishing that lake, but finally gave in and moved north..
Redbuds and dogwoods booming is the real deal...Quote:
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Finally got Crappie on the menu for later this week. To windy to take the boat out so spent a little time on the dock today. Caught a bunch of shorts but managed to pull out five that went up to 13 inches. Itty Bitty BG, with Fle-Fly bubble gum flavor in 15 fow about 2 feet off the bottom, cloudy with air temps at 45 degrees.
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Lonnie, did my eyes deceive me, or is that jig rigged belly-up? Good pics.
I used to rig my BG's the same way. Never effected me. I did switch though when i noticed it was wrong lol.
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Ahh....the cats out of the bag now! Yes it is .... gives them something a little different and as you can see it works. :biggrin
Lonnie, I do mine that way often as well. Otherwise, since crappie feed from below, all they're seeing is the belly color, which is often the same as every other shad/minnow in the water. I turn it upside down sometimes so it will look different and they're seeing the "color".
Good point, Lonnie. Who says that doing it the "right" way is always the right way?
Big wind today but still got fish in the bucket!
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Depth?
still 8 to10 fow.Quote:
Originally Posted by callmecamo
Bite was next to nothing today, they've been pulling water out in front of the impending storms it's drop about 1/2 since midnight and 1 foot since the day before. These were 3 males with 1 female they were a little higher today around 4 to 5 fow and caught all but 1 on BG Bluegrass and Eclipse. As of last check the turbines and gates were closed so with the water getting ready to go the other way hoping tomorrow will be better.
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Paired up the Beaver Bottoms baits with ProBuilt Jigs today, first time for me using the jigs and I must admit when they first came out I was thinking "just another jig" never doubted that it wasn't a good product but figured it would be about like all the rest. So this morning when I was picking up some new baits out of convenience I grabbed a bag of jigs that were hanging close by that would do the trick, but I noticed the eyes were all painted and plugged, not really that big a deal but an extra hassle none the less. Then I seen the ProBuilt display, nice looking package, good looking jigs with clean hook eyes and with 8 jigs per packaged they were less money than the other brand that came with only 5. Now all of that means nothing unless they they can fish and I must say after fishing the ProBuilt Jigs I was impressed, first of all the 1/8th just felt good on the end of my line and it seemed I could feel or visualize the jig better than other similar jigs that I have used, I'm not sure if this has anything to do with it but it may be more balanced than the other jigs. In addition to that with more than 2 hours of fishing the same bait I never had to preposition or push the bait back into place, once it was on there it was there. So to sum it all up it was kinda by accident that I bought my first pack of ProBuilt Jigs but the next time it will be on purpose!
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Hey Lonnie84 I bought some down at the boat show at Grove this winter in 1/4 oz. Talked to the people that make them and they seemed like really nice people.They definitely hold a bait good.