Fort Gibson 2019

Put my Christmas present to use today and practice a little dock shooting with my new Huckabee Six Shooter what a nice rod it's so sensitive you can feel the slightest bumps; managed to catch a few nice slabs along with some throw backs but still enough to break out the filet knife. I came across a pack of black/char glitter Li'l Wasshoppah I had tucked away that needed to be used, they worked great never even tried another color. Not sure of the water temp I would guess in the mid to upper 40's. The bite came on a steady hand or just slightly pulling along the front of the boat slips in about 6 to 8 fow. Didn't start until 3:00, probably could have limited with an earlier start but the late evening gave way to an awesome sunset!

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Nice post, glad the fish cooperated!! Speaking of wasshoppahs, I miss talking to Larry.


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Nice post, glad the fish cooperated!! Speaking of wasshoppahs, I miss talking to Larry.

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I never got the chance to meet him but from what from what I've read online Larry and his wife Janice were quite a treasure to the crappie fishing world with there Crappie Pro company.

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I never got the chance to meet him but from what from what I've read online Larry and his wife Janice were quite a treasure to the crappie fishing world with there Crappie Pro company.

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Yep, Janice was a sweetheart.


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With the temps going to reach the mid-60's for Saturday I just couldn't resist heading to the lake, had a few other obligations to do first so didn't get to the water till noon and though it was nice nestled up in the cove the wind was consistent enough to maintain some steady caps out on the main lake. We fished the docks but with the nicer weather so came a lot of dock dwellers whom brought with them a lot noise, beaten and banging, needless to say we didn't do any good dock side so we decided to pull some lines (troll) from the back of the cove out to the bridge. Still no crappie but as we turned out over the main channel we did pick up a nice 2 lb. blue on a BG Stroll'R Green Banana, so in the spirit of making some lemonade from lemons we set a few jug out in the area which lead to going ahead and spending the first night of the year on the houseboat which we normally don't do until closer to April. After a late evening run followed up with an overnight soak for a morning run we ended up with several perfect eaten sized blues, about 20 to 25 lbs. The wind was like ice and 2 foot swells kept us from re-setting after the morning harvest but still a good weekend none the less.

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Those kitties eat nice!

How is the crappie bite? My first time on Gibson will be this coming Friday. A friend invited me on a guided spoonbill trip in the afternoon so I thought I would try to find some crappie in the AM.


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How is the crappie bite? My first time on Gibson will be this coming Friday. A friend invited me on a guided spoonbill trip in the afternoon so I thought I would try to find some crappie in the AM.

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I've heard pretty good on the lay downs in the Mazie to Mission Bend areas, be sure and give us an update on your trip.

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I've heard pretty good on the lay downs in the Mazie to Mission Bend areas, be sure and give us an update on your trip.

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I am just now seeing your replay. That is the area we fished. Current was strong but found a lay down out of the current in 18 FOW. Had our two man limit in a short time and spent the rest of the morning looking around. Fish were caught with single pole single jig. Also did well on the spoonbills, boated 17 that afternoon.

How's the crappie bite? Did they start moving up before this cold front?

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How's the crappie bite? Did they start moving up before this cold front?

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The bite has been tough the last couple of weeks around the chouteau bend and mazie landing area, for me anyway, don’t know about anyone else.


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In anticipation of the heavy rains they've pulled the lake down hard and fast, not been able to stick no more than two or three keepers each day over the past three days. Seems most of the Crappie have pulled back off of the bank in the Sequoya area, this being a flood control lake is always a tough time to fish in the spring, either fighting high water or low water conditions three feet is like 10 feet on the banks water difference.


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Caught a few nice crappie this evening shooting docks while a tornado was making it's way just a few miles to the north-west of us. Was fishing 1/8th oz Mo Glow chart jig heads with Bobby Garland Baby Shad Patriot color in 3 to 4 feet of water along the sides of the boat slips.

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Had just enough time on Friday to wet a hook, caught fish on first cast, well really was not a cast since I was just dropping the jig down to some brush that I put in a couple of years ago. Did not catch a lot but that was do to the short time about 30 minutes maybe to fish, did catch a variety of species including bass, sunfish, red ears and crappie. I posted on the main feed one of the crappie's I caught it had some kind of fungus on it.

All fish were caught in 10 to 12 fow using the "Monkey Milk" it'sy Bitty Swimmer this video is really good info regarding using that bait and he talks a lot about fishing here on Fort Gibson.

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Lonnie that fungus comes from green cedars put in the lake