08/10/19 Chickamauga Crappie

Put it at 5am at the dam and headed up river. Fished for the trashy green fish for a while and then decided to try to get some dinner. Hit 3 brushpiles in around 20ft that were loaded with fish, but again could not get them to move. I decided to look deeper. I scanned for the next 2 hours and found a new spot in about 25ft. It was the mother load. I am still not sure what the cover is. It is large, 5 to 6 ft high, and I could drop on top of it and not get hung up. The fish were fighting for the bait. I got me 8 quick ones to eat, and went to look for more spots. No monsters but all 8 were right at 11 inches. Felt good to catch a few. Caught all them with a ice BG with a split shot and a 1/24 jig. I have found that putting a split shot makes it really stand out on the livescope. Water temp was almost 90 at noon when I caught the fish.

Good job! Hanging in there with it! Time on the water pays off for sure!

Interesting post.

Got a livescope pic to share ?

Me thinks you may have found one of DK’s Bamboo hotels :biggrin. But anyway, good catch, and we do like pictures, especially the Speckled Bellied ones. Green fish are optional!

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Originally Posted by StantheMan2567

Me thinks you may have found one of DK’s Bamboo hotels :biggrin. But anyway, good catch, and we do like pictures, especially the Speckled Bellied ones. Green fish are optional!

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Stan, there are fish on some of the bamboo hotels that I have opened. Grin. Nice catch Crazy.

Dont think it is bamboo. I have found several bamboo hotels and this is completely different. Went back last night and they were still there. I think it could be a sunken dock. It is very large, but i have yet to get hung up on it. Pulled 6 off of it last night in about 15 minutes and then went and chased the greenies.
I dont have any LS shots of the crappie yet. I will try to get some. I do have several of bass.

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That livescope looks like a lot of entertainment. Thanks for sharing. Has it taught you a few things about fish that you didn't know or thought you knew but was mistaken?

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Originally Posted by Tev8514

That livescope looks like a lot of entertainment. Thanks for sharing. Has it taught you a few things about fish that you didn't know or thought you knew but was mistaken?

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It is unreal what can be learned. My HDS down and side will miss alot of fish, especially on brush piles. Sometimes a brush pile will have a few fish on it, and the school will be 30 ft off to one side. There are days where the fish just will not react to anything. I have been tempted at times to drop my anchor on top of them, just to see if they will move out of the way. :biggrin. I need to get better at just moving on, instead of trying to force feed fish that arent active.

Getting em down deep. My favorite.

Scouting around is time well spent. :ThumbsUp

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