Early Spawn

I've been fishing the Bayou Chene Blanc area just outside of Maruepas just about every weekend since Christmas. Each weekend I notice more and more fish showing up in typical spawning areas. They're still 6 to 10 feet down but back in the dead end canals. Through December I wasn't catching many bigger ones but as each week goes by I'm getting more and more in the 12 inch range. The ones I caught yesterday were loaded with eggs. One of the biggest ones didn't have eggs or sperm sacks. I'm guessing it already spawned out. Spawn it coming. Get ready. Attachment 327303Attachment 327304Attachment 327305

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I'm glad to see somebody's catching. Nice fish. The water is high and muddy up my way.

Ever throw those in the grease. I haven't tried it myself but some people like 'em.

Nice looking fish!
I'll fry a few crappie eggs each year. Doesn't take many to go a long way for me though.


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We fight over the eggs at my house. When cooking them split the egg sack with a knife to keep them from popping in the grease.
"gene"

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Ever throw those in the grease. I haven't tried it myself but some people like 'em.

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That's why they aren't in the gut bucket. I didn't have enough to eat for myself so those went to the cat but most of the time I'll fry them fresh out of the fish.

Prettiest water I’ve seen in a while.


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Prettiest water I’ve seen in a while.


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That's the first thing I noticed...

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Prettiest water I’ve seen in a while.


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The fish aint bad either! You aren't the only one that I heard talking about an early spawn this year. Thanks for posting.

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Prettiest water I’ve seen in a while.


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That's the only clean water I can find around there. Everything else is chocolate milk.

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Very nice fish thanks for the report. Helpful stuff, also are you tightlining them?

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Very nice fish thanks for the report. Helpful stuff, also are you tightlining them?

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Yes. 1/8th ounce jighead through the grass mats and in submerged treetops in the middle of the canal. No jigging required. Juat drop it down really slow. When it hits the bottom bring it back up really slow. If I don't get hit I move to the next spot. Ill keep going back to the same 4 or 5 spots all day.

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Noticed some trees in north la real “red” last few days. They are trying hasn’t been normally cold for time of year!!!


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good info ----- It's been awhile (like 4 yrs) but usually in mid Feb where the Chinquapin Canal runs into Bayou Chene Blanc had some good catches but the sacs run on the small size. Also in May / June it's a great bream / google-eye flyfishing area.

Thanks Stickem for the details on your technique I'm learning to fish a jig pole and that helps.

[QUOTE=Stickem;3757454]I've been fishing the Bayou Chene Blanc area just outside of Maruepas just about every weekend since Christmas. Each weekend I notice more and more fish showing up in typical spawning areas. They're still 6 to 10 feet down but back in the dead end canals. Through December I wasn't catching many bigger ones but as each week goes by I'm getting more and more in the 12 inch range. The ones I caught yesterday were loaded with eggs. One of the biggest ones didn't have eggs or sperm sacks. I'm guessing it already spawned out. Spawn it coming. Get ready.

Now this is a real fishing report! Thanks Stickem.

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I'm glad to see somebody's catching. Nice fish. The water is high and muddy up my way.

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Water went down a bit the last two days Skip hopefully this will continue. I don’t the this will mean an early spawn for our area though.


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That's the only clean water I can find around there. Everything else is chocolate milk.

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How's the water in black lake? Any grass in it? Blue boy canal? Haven't fished that area for a few years. Bin stuck on the ticfaw and Tfunky.

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How's the water in black lake? Any grass in it? Blue boy canal? Haven't fished that area for a few years. Bin stuck on the ticfaw and Tfunky.

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Black Lake is usually pretty clean. If we get some east wind for a few days it'll dirty it up a little. Lots of grass in it. I'm not really sure what you're referring to when you say Blue Boy Canal. I usually don't make it past Black Lake from Chinquapin Canal. I haven't needed to go much further than that to find fish. Is that the canal off the Blind River just before you get to the lake?

Yes, Last one on the left before the lake. House boats and camps at the entrance. Usually stays pretty, especially at the back.

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Yes, Last one on the left before the lake. House boats and camps at the entrance. Usually stays pretty, especially at the back.

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I'll go check it out tomorrow. I have some Christmas trees to put out. The end of that would be the perfect place for a couple.

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old post Almost three years to the day

https://www.crappie.com/crappie/loui...lake-maurepas/

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old post Almost three years to the day

https://www.crappie.com/crappie/loui...lake-maurepas/

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My last few trips to black lake have been the same way. I usually only catch them back there between the spawn and summer.

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