Shearon Harris tomorrow 2/2/19

Ok guys....and gals.... need some advice. Heading to Harris tomorrow and giving the slabs a try. Only second time fishing there and just learning to deep water winter crappie fish. Gonna do the usual bottom bumping with minnows and jigs. Could really use some advice on depth and areas of Harris to try to focus on. I have Side View and another down scan with structure scan. Looking areas to focus and colors so that I don’t have to run all over the place so that my wife doesn’t get frozen out. Thanks in advance. If your there and see my boat then feel free to give us a shout and I will share any knowledge I collect..... Blue Alumacraft 18 Pro

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What ramp are you putting in at??

Holleman Rd.... figured that is middle way. All of the ramps are about the same distance from home for me.


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28' was what was working for me a couple weeks back.

28-35' feet a couple weeks back. Water temp is probably still the same.


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According to my best recollection: late January and early February marked the beginning of when I recall the crappies beginning to scatter somewhat and begin easing back toward the coves and creek arms to begin the transition towards spawning areas. I would guess, therefore, that covering a little more water; working your way along the creek channels in the main lake... finally toward the coves and creek arms while favoring the sunnier exposures as the day goes on might logically be as good of game plan as any. I would still bet the bottom bouncing a minnow on a Carolina Rig (25 - 28 fow) (two or three turns off the bottom) would be productive enough to get a quite respectable mess.

Let me know how you do thinking about trying it Sunday. I usually look look where other boats are positioned just to get an idea where to start looking

Will do pPowell.... slow right now. Cats are chewing though


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Any size to the cats? (Blues)

I think I passed right by you today. I was in the black Tracker deep vee. Things were crazy slow until late in the day toward dark. Ended up with around 28 fishing 15-20 feet. Kept my minnows about 2 feet off the bottom.

Thanks for the report...any size to them?

Most were between 8 to 10 inches but 4 were pushing 2 pounds. All were released to fight another day. I do agree about the cats too. Seems like they've been feeding a lot more lately. Caught 3 today and 6 or 7 the last weekend. Biggest was around 3 pounds, so nothing to brag about.

Sorry for the late report. We got a call and had to leave before the bite started evidently. I started fishing in 25 ft of water and watched the depth finders closely. We worked some ledges and finally started seeing good bait in the 32-38 ft range. Never saw a fish caught until we got into a group of 6 boats that were in 43-45 ft of water. We never caught any crappie but did end up the day with 2 blues in the 6 1/2 lb range and one white perch. All of which will be honored for the great fight they gave by giving them luxurious bathing in a sweet brine and then smoked for a couple of hours.

The blues are starting to turn on right now. Gaston has produced some huge catches in the past couple of weeks. Won’t be long and fishing is going to bust wide open. I just made some underwater lights for night time fishing this year and have always been a cat fisherman as well. I think Harris is going to be fun for us this year. Would love to get up with some of you guys and do a couple of night trips. Never fished for crappie like that but looks like a blast.

Night fishing with lights is a lot of fun. Less people and boats at night. I crappie fish and catfish at the same time and both are very productive. The biggest cat I've ever caught on Harris was about 12 pounds. Just don't think they get very big in that Lake for some reason. Gonna head East this summer and chase some of those 80 pounds cats in Tillery.

We fish the Nuese here at home and catch some really nasty Flatheads. My wife and I just love fishing period. Will be fishing Harris for the crappie spawn and then the bass, then head to New Bern to start chasing the shad and strippers up the Nuese and then down to Snead’s Ferry for flounder, reds, and trout......

Goodness man. You are living the dream fishing for all that. Stripers on the Roanoke is always a lot of fun too. Catching flatties is my favorite. Growing up that's what my dad always did with us at the river. Spent many many many nights on the river bank reeling in flats on rod and then on trotlines.