Down and Dirty

Pulling into the ramp I was somewhat surprised to see how many trailers were in the parking lot for late January. I actually had to wait to launch my boat for the first time in a while. I noticed several boats were long lining mid Creek Channel without success based on overhearing conversation that carries so well over the water. The water temperature was 39 degrees so I chose to head closer to the river and search for crappie in the deepest parts of the channel. I was fortunate enough to place a waypoint on a few new spots with good cover that held fish for the moment. 3 inch baits vertical jigged in green orange white black and gold were all effective colors in catching fish from 22 + feet deep. I didn't run the clicker counter but would guesstimate catching over 30 with a limit of keepers up to 12 inches. A few fish had difficulty getting back down after being pulled from these depths but I think only one did not survive the ordeal.

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Cool, thanks for the post.

Gene, thanks for the report. I have used powerbait nibbles on other plastics, but never have tried the powerbait minnows. I have recently thought about buying a pack or two and trying them. You have now encouraged me to do it. Great catch, by the way.

Congrats on a good day out.

Great report! Glad you were successful!

Good report! Congrats on a good day on the water and putting a plan together that worked!:ThumbsUp

Nice job Gene. Thanks for the report.

Good day on the water. I miss the cold days I enjoyed up there.

Nice report.

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Nice job! Love catching them deep.

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Gene, thanks for the report. I have used powerbait nibbles on other plastics, but never have tried the powerbait minnows. I have recently thought about buying a pack or two and trying them. You have now encouraged me to do it. Great catch, by the way.

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Let me know how those chunky black crappie like them down there on your home lake Dickie. I started experimenting with them when I saw just how big of a bait fish a crappie would eat. I have mainly just used them for verticle fishing in colder water.

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Let me know how those chunky black crappie like them down there on your home lake Dickie. I started experimenting with them when I saw just how big of a bait fish a crappie would eat. I have mainly just used them for verticle fishing in colder water.

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I have caught lots of Black crappie on the 3" BG Daddee Shads and also the 3" Slab Slayers. This is a summer time off shore deep water go to lure for sure. I'll let you know when I try the 3" powerbaits.



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I have caught lots of Black crappie on the 3" BG Daddee Shads and also the 3" Slab Slayers. This is a summer time off shore deep water go to lure for sure. I'll let you know when I try the 3" powerbaits.

Enjoyed the report. Thanks for sharing both the report and pictures. :)

always good to try sumpin diffrent:cool:

Great report. Nice catch

Good report

Who will have the best selection of colors on them baits grizzly jig shows out of stock.


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I grabbed mine at the bass pro shop in sevierville.

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Gene...a crappie is going to eat anything that swims by it that will fit in it's mouth. White crappie will eat 4-5 inch drum. I was a little skeptical of that until I found a 6-inch drum wedged in a white crappies mouth in Harrison Bay. They were both still barely alive on top of the water. I pulled the drum out of it's mouth and it swam off but the crappie didn't survive. In this case it bit off a little more than it could chew. It was eye opening for me as to what size fish a crappie would try to eat.