Some Screenshots From Today's Tournament on Jordan

The annual shad migration for Winter has happened and the crappie have followed them. Some very nice crappie were caught today and a lot of them. For us, today was more about quantity than quality. We caught a lot of 1-1.5 lb. crappie, but that doesn't win tournaments. You need several in the 2 pound range to get near the top when competing against the quality of teams that were out there today.

Here are a few shots that may give you some ideas of where to fish. The lighter "clouds" are schools of shad. Second picture shows lot of fish around. The guys using Garmin Livescopes said the crappie were quite picky and I can see why with all this bait.

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Somebody is getting a snack!

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Lots of shad and lots of crappie. Some of the shad in the bottom of the shot are up in the water column because of the shadow. Others are down low with no shadow.

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For you guys with a Livescope, be interested in knowing if those are crappie in the small school to the left of the boat trail in the middle. Also, the brighter area in the upper left is shallower water--no fish!!

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Busted baitball!!

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On Friday while pre-fishing, drove under the 64 bridge with a number of people fishing. Even saw the Chief out there. Got some interesting screenshots of the old 64 highway and bridge. Have a question for some of you that fish the 64 bridge--are those hickory shad in the bottom of the screenshot? The threadfin are obvious, but there was a huge mass of some kind of fish in this area on the bottom.

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I state in one of the center screenshots that the shallow water is in the upper left--wrong. In the upper right.

Thanks for the very detailed report from your trip. Some very useful information.


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Any shots of the weighin board showing teams participating and numbers/weights of fish caught???

Thanks for the great screen shots. It's nice to compare others to mine and learn more.

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Great screenshots for sure with good detail information. Very impressive weights yesterday. How did the teams with Livescope do as compared to those without it?
Yes it looks like crappie to me in the shot you were asking about. Guess you can't complain too much with catching a bunch of 1 to 1-1/2 pound crappie, :)

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Any shots of the weighin board showing teams participating and numbers/weights of fish caught???

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Check out the “Fish the Carolinas” Facebook page for all the details, it took 13.4? To win

Jordanlimit, in the first pic. is that horseshoe islands ?

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Any shots of the weighin board showing teams participating and numbers/weights of fish caught???

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A photo of the board is posted in the “Jordon” thread.

I thought I knew every inch of Jordan Lake, but am unfamiliar with Horseshoe islands. Don't know if the top place team (SC guys) has Livescope, but the second place team does not and told us they never will have it. But, and this is a big but, those two guys are very experienced and good fishermen. Would be interesting to know how many of the top ten teams has Livescope.

From the DI shots, you can see a consistent amount of bait and fish around 15'. We long-lined after them and caught so many that my arms ached last night. Got a lot of good fish that are perfect for the freezer, but not winning a tournament. Even with the rain, I just love fishing this time of year.

Horseshoe is in the new hope. Passed Johnson bridge going to s -curve

What island are you showing is it big Island. Off from Johnson's bridge ?

I usually fish once a week because I work out of town and have been crappie fishing since I was four or five but I don’t I would ever use or buy live scope. I agree with the second place finishers of the tournament. I guess being able to see the bait balls, the structure and know the bottom contour is enough.


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I usually fish once a week because I work out of town and have been crappie fishing since I was four or five but I don’t I would ever use or buy live scope. I agree with the second place finishers of the tournament. I guess being able to see the bait balls, the structure and know the bottom contour is enough.


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Go with someone who has a Livescope, it may change your mind or it may not, :)
It wasn't that long ago people were saying that side and down imanaging was going to ruin fishing.
I beleive people not technology determine the future of fishing. Some have and always will abuse resources.
To each their own, that's what makes America.

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Go with someone who has a Livescope, it may change your mind or it may not, :)
It wasn't that long ago people were saying that side and down imanaging was going to ruin fishing.
I beleive people not technology determine the future of fishing. Some have and always will abuse resources.
To each their own, that's what makes America.

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Valid point. Guess I should at least see it.


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Valid point. Guess I should at least see it.


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Come on up to Kerr sometime and I will be glad to take you out and show you my Livescope and Humminbird setup. Fishing is really good right now.

Wow, that's a one of a kind offer. Would love to see one myself instead of on Youtube:biggrin
Where is Gaston compared to Kerr ? I have friends that have a lake house up there. Have never freshwater fished north of chowan river

Gaston is the next lake down from Kerr. It has some very nice crappie in it. Good thing is your NC fishing license is good on both these lakes. I live near Clarksville, give me a holler if your ever up this way.

Will do

How many fish per boat ?

Kerr has a 25 crappie per person limit.

Wow , Roy that's alot of fish

Was asking how many fish per boat at last weekends
Tournament.

7 per team in the tournement.