Slow day on Secession

Went to Secession to try long lining jigs Thursday. My Grandson made me a friend to keep me company when I fish solo.
Named him Wilson. He did catch one longer than him by the way.
Saw these two oldies from the past on way to lake.
I pulled from 9AM til 2 with 6 crappie and one channel cat for my efforts. Only 3 of the crappie were over 9" so really slow. I went up river from landing for about a mile then came down and past landing another mile. Never cranked the outboard til
I left at 2.
Several boats were out but no one had done much on crappie.
Still a good day to be on the water. Attachment 339821Attachment 339822Attachment 339823

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Nice catch. How was the boat traffic on spring break week on Secession?
I'm going to have to look for calmer waters as Greenwood was like the ocean yesterday trying to shell cracker fish.

Catching sometimes is slow but you new buddy looks like it had a good time, smiling faces :Rofl:Rofl

Ray that is about the luck we been having on the hill. Fished Wednesday and only brought home 9. Gar are a mess right now. Hope you have better luck next time

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Originally Posted by Herewego

Nice catch. How was the boat traffic on spring break week on Secession?
I'm going to have to look for calmer waters as Greenwood was like the ocean yesterday trying to shell cracker fish.

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Very little boat traffic. Only saw one jet ski. OK all you gurus,opinions please. The reason I drove 90 miles to Secession is because it is a long liners paradise. We've always done well. The water looked good, light stain and 68-72°
So why so slow? It seems I caught more than the other 2 boats that were crappie fishing so it wasn't me. (though quite often it is)

Gotta take the good with the bad Ray. Looks like Wilson enjoyed just being in your presence with a fish or two a bonus.

Sorry it was slow Ray but look at the bright side at least you get to go and try. I'm sure Mr. Wilson had no complaints.
Sincerely, Peg Leg Mark
Lol!!!

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Originally Posted by Inkdabber

Gotta take the good with the bad Ray. Looks like Wilson enjoyed just being in your presence with a fish or two a bonus.

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By the way Tim,Henry is doing well onShellcrackers. I'll be down next month around the full moon.

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Originally Posted by SeaRay

By the way Tim,Henry is doing well onShellcrackers. I'll be down next month around the full moon.

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Got several just under a pound and a couple over a pound. Attachment 339908Attachment 339909

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Nice looking crackers, the bite has been mostly slow from what I’m hearing. The local pros seem to think the new moon is going to be the hot bite this year.

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Originally Posted by SeaRay

Very little boat traffic. Only saw one jet ski. OK all you gurus,opinions please. The reason I drove 90 miles to Secession is because it is a long liners paradise. We've always done well. The water looked good, light stain and 68-72°
So why so slow? It seems I caught more than the other 2 boats that were crappie fishing so it wasn't me. (though quite often it is)

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I would like to know the answer to this question too. I longlined Thursday evening and caught over thirty crappie from 6-8 pm. Only five were over 9” and none were over 11”. In fact, I haven’t caught a decent mess of crappie on secession all year. Happy Easter.


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Were you above or below the bridge? That's a heck of a lot better than I did. Refresh my memory, aren't there spotted bass there too? Been a couple years since I fished there but seems like I caught several of those as well. None this trip which I found odd.
I was using jgs, though I did stick minnow on for a while to no avail.
Mind saying what you used?

And more important Happy Easter in remembrance of the Greatest Fisherman.

I typically use minnows, but was running behind so only used jigs. I was above the bridge. I fished the channel all the way to the left hand bend. Best colors were chartreuse and green, white and chartreuse and brown and chartreuse. Didn’t catch a single spotted bass.


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Maybe the bigger fish are spawning on the banks, little ones are not old enough yet so they stayed accessible.
Casting minnows under a float near deep shady banks and trees to find out.

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