I have been working way too much and haven't been able to go much. We've Been to Cypress three times over the month, it was slow and no size at all. Word is its pretty good on Cross, up in PawPaws. Anyone done any good on Cypress or Cross?
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I have been working way too much and haven't been able to go much. We've Been to Cypress three times over the month, it was slow and no size at all. Word is its pretty good on Cross, up in PawPaws. Anyone done any good on Cypress or Cross?
Been getting skunked on Cypress lately. Yesterday was no different. I went to Paw Paw today. Caught a few but the wife was ready to go about the time the big ones started biting. Today was the first time in a long while that I wasn't pulling cranks or spider rigging. Sure was nice to feel that thump!
Back to Cypress today. Fished with jigs only. I only caught five, lost two. All on the same black w/chart head and tail. One of my tied jigs, which was the last of the batch. Couldn't get a bite on anything else. Saw several others fishing with shiners, not doing much good either. I think I should have been on Lake o the pines with everyone else that was tearing them up.
Dang! I was thinking about going Tuesday.
Last time I was on Cypress, I noticed all the cattails are gone (I think thats what they are). They sprayed them.
Even the ones way back there that dont bother any skiers or boaters. Dang.
My spring Cypress fishing has been destroyed. :puke
http://www.bio.brandeis.edu/fieldbio..._many_full.jpg
You could always come to the dark side. Buy some crankbaits. :biggrin
Pretty sure that messed the spawning cover up. Why would they kill the cattails, helps with erosion.
Someone complained they ruined the View of the lake
I noticed a bunch of dead cattails. Saw some homeowners burning them off. I didn't know they sprayed them. Might explain why the fishings been goofy. Many years ago, I lived in a neighborhood with a hydrilla problem. It had taken over. We all met many times with specialists to weigh the options of spraying to kill it. After months of study, they gave us a poison to spray that "wouldn't affect the fish". After spraying the entire bayou, we didn't notice any fish kill, but for several years, you couldn't hardly catch any. We assumed the poison had run most of them off. It may not have anything to do with Cypress, but it sure has been a noticeably tougher year to catch them compared to last year.
I was waiting early one morning to get a sticker at Cypress and talked to one of the lake ranger.
He told me exactly how much salt to 50 gallons they sprayed one nite, with almost instant results and
no danger to the water. Salt water kills salvina and its cheap.
I went Wednesday, from 1:00 til 5:00 and caught 6 good ones and 6 whole fryers. I haven’t heard any good reports this year. Maybe it’s is the cattails
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just started fishing cypress and i can't find fish anywhere. spoke to a man the other day said he caught some under the boat docks. went back yesterday fishing under the docks (nothing)
anyone here doing any good or should i drive further
oh and im new to crappie without a yo'yos
Try spider rigging off the creek by the beach and before long the crankbait bite will be on
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Ok thanks. Umm, Where is the creek by the beach? Just to make it more difficult i dont have a depth finder either. lol
If you launch at the park, you won't even have to crank big motor. You will see the beach (mid lake). Across from the beach, other side is waggoners pocket, before you go in waggoners, that whole area is a big mouth off the main lake. The river channel makes several S turns in that mouth. Depth is 13 to 17 ft over there, Saturday we caught em there from the time we got there, and left em biting. Spider rigging single jigs, 10 ft deep, .4 mph. Try to stay close to Channel. I have a GoPro vid of it, don't know if you can load them on here.Quote:
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Good Luck and get a depth finder, hard to fish without one.
It's already on. I caught a mess of slabs yesterday. Caught a ton of dinks too. Got out late around 9:45. Headed home at 2:30 and left them biting. Pretty much had to make myself quit. It was fun! Taco Salad on 50ft was killing it! Hotty Totty was ok. Mad Cow produced lots of dinks and catfish. The bass were hitting Spring Craw.Quote:
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At the risk of sounding dumb, what is Taco Salad on 50ft?
Its a crank bait with 50' of line out to get it to the depth he wants. Glad to hear a cranking report now that I'm back from the TB Gathering I'm going to rig up for pulling cranks. First crank bait fish of the year for me.Quote:
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I've been doing a little of both jigging and cranking the last couple months. I started a little early when my jig fishing wasn't going so well. Managed to scrape up a few small messes, but Sunday was a good bite on cranks, so I stuck with it. It dawned on me while I was cleaning them that I only took one pic early in the day. Wasn't even the biggest one either. I need to mount my GoPro sometime.
Excuse my ignorance, but are you using bass rods or jig poles when pulling cranks? Do you hang them off the side or back of the boat? I've never done it just curious how y'all do it.Quote:
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I fish cypress a good bit. Havnt been lately due to work, I'll be in a camo gator tail and prolly have my chocolate lab with me.
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You can use bass rods and most fish off the back
Go to the Mississippi board and at the top of the page you will find cranking 101 check it out lots of info
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You're gonna scare him with that picture. Lol
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That just a big ball of funQuote:
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Looks like fun....can you teach me how to do this......LOL.....Quote:
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Oh boy.. I can teach you all about getting tangled upQuote:
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I have seen lots of those, but aint it fun. rotfl
That's my life everyday lolQuote:
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I had enough fun...now I limit the number of lines out.....i have "fun" at work....I want less "fun" when I fish....:)
If it weren't for the Arkie, I'd swear you managed to get a pic of my lines.
Easy. When your last bait gets to depth, turn very sharply.Quote:
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