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A small victory
Fall can be hard to find the time to get out fishing around here. Too much time gets spent getting ready for winter and hunting season. However this year I got my wood stacked early and my final project of the summer accomplished back a while so I have made it out a few times in the past few weeks.
Unfortunately the few times over the last few years that I have tried fall fishing for Crappie have not been that successful. It seems the stuff I read or watch on YouTube doesn't apply to my local bodies of water. Where to find the fish this time of year isn't where others say to check. Recently I found an article online that among all the other tips, one stood out to me. "Look for them where they are in the spring at that particular water temperature". I referred to my journal that I keep and had a light bulb moment.
So I set out this morning for the spawning area, the one place I hadn't tried. Mostly because I have never seen them there except in the spring.
The air temp was a chilly 38 degrees this morning. Water temp was 49 degrees. The wind was blowing a little bit so I had to mostly fish with a controlled drift. Sure enough I found them in shallow between 4 and 6 feet of water near fallen in trees. It was tough to stay on them with the wind but picked up 7 and kept 6. Wasn't able to fish for too long as the wind picked up significantly. Off the pond after only an hour and a half of fishing. Good to finally find the fish again though. Fish fry tonight after the football game.
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Those are beauties!! :ThumbsUp
Glad you made it out and found 'em. Those little pearls of wisdom that pop up now and then are great, aren't they?
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My feet got cold just looking at the pics. Nice mess o fish.
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Good job...nice fish...good color to them
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Nice cats have and fine eating
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Way to hang tuff in the elements! Great catch and beautiful fish!
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Nice recovery on the fall trips not paying off! :HandsClapping
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This will be my first falling fishing for crappie. Nice job. Thanks for the tip
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Excellent job up there! Those are some beautiful fish indeed. You've got them dialed in.
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yes sir ….it is true ….lots of times in lots of spots I find the reversal thing to be the ticket
post and prespawn crappie frequently are in the same areas as fall crappie …and vice versa
congrats bro ...:highfive
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A very good trip, albeit short. Good job paying attention to the details and figuring them out. That is one of the things that keeps me coming back. I too have spent many unproductive, frustrating days. Very cool when it comes together.
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Thank you for posting. Enjoyed the Pic.'s and thought the info very helpful. Like the idea of a fishing log to refer back to. I will need to start one of my own. Thanks.
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Thanks for the nice comments everyone.
As for the comment about cold feet. Here is another part of the story. There is no dock at the boat launch there, so I have to wade a little bit to launch the boat and beach it. Hadn't been an issue before this latest trip, however I have been in the market for rubber boots as my old ones leak, and hadn't gotten any new ones yet. So I only had a pair of Crocs on and swim trunks launching the boat. Instant cold and achy feet. Had a towel, wool socks and flannel lined pants in the boat to put on but never really warmed up.
As for the journal and attention to details. I usually try to write down all the important stuff in a composition book dedicated to individual ponds. It comes in pretty handy. I remember most things in general, but it helps to really go back and see for sure specifically what was going on and connect the dots. I recommend it for anybody.
Thanks again everyone.
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