Still beat up are the fish

During the winter carnage and the ever present Cormorant onslaught at that time , fish that are beat up and cut is the norm in lots of spots .yesterday i managed several fish with different amounts of beat down on them .
i think one is even a gar strike , go figure right ....poor lil crappie fisheez , barely surviving and along comes mister let me add a ripped lip to that scare pattern :Rofl
crappie are on the menu it seems for just about all the species :cheers2

Not to mention their tails still haven't healed!

thank goodness they are so prolific that they can stand the predation.

Neat pics.:ThumbsUp

Those cranes for sure put scares on several fish during the spawn while the crappie are shallow..... That is the ones that are lucky enough to get away from them...... If you want to call that lucky......

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Originally Posted by SKs Crappie Catching Adventures

Those cranes for sure put scares on several fish during the spawn while the crappie are shallow..... That is the ones that are lucky enough to get away from them...... If you want to call that lucky......

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beat up tails in july ....hmmmm , crane strikes in the back in short water .....hmmmm
the things i might have in mind .....hmmmm rotfl

I wouldn't think any bird would get tot he crappie in July, but seems your fishing as of late has proven some of them come shallow when we think they are all deep!

Know for a long time I have seen guys fishing the standing timber on the shady side and doing well, but that usually is an early morning thing.

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Originally Posted by skiptomylu

I wouldn't think any bird would get tot he crappie in July, but seems your fishing as of late has proven some of them come shallow when we think they are all deep!

Know for a long time I have seen guys fishing the standing timber on the shady side and doing well, but that usually is an early morning thing.

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one thing i have learned about crappie that stands out is that just because everyone says they are not in a certain spot at a certain time of year just means that those particular individuals either didnt go to that spot at the right time and or didnt look hard enough when they did ...just saying :cheers2

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Originally Posted by Ketchn

one thing i have learned about crappie that stands out is that just because everyone says they are not in a certain spot at a certain time of year just means that those particular individuals either didnt go to that spot at the right time and or didnt look hard enough when they did ...just saying :cheers2

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I believe that is some truth your talking here! I do believe if you go early and fish standing timber or most any kind of shade, you can sure find them 10' of water or less. Mid day you probably need look deeper.

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Originally Posted by skiptomylu

I believe that is some truth your talking here! I do believe if you go early and fish standing timber or most any kind of shade, you can sure find them 10' of water or less. Mid day you probably need look deeper.

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at noon yesterday they were 4 foot deep in 14 fow and hammering in the bright sunshine my friend and i aint just fooling around

I do know them fish will do strange things!

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