Winter time creek crappie

I sure love to wander the creek in the winter time . Creek crappie ketchn under a float is about some great entertainment . Now mind you accurate casting is a must and you best take extra floats and jigs in a fair supply , but in the end when the float goes down and you rip a lip .....
Priceless is the word that comes into my mind . The fish were tight to cover in water depths of anywhere from 2 plus feet deep to about 4 or 5 feet deep . They wanted it really slow and or just lightly twitched .
There were no large fish in the mix and they numbers were so so , about 75% black crappie and 25% white crappie and one lone bluegill .
They seemed to like the new limits tackle tear drop in a blue with sparkles the best out of the multiple jigs I tried .
I also did pretty well on a pearl color slightly larger plastic as well
It was really chilly and a little rain drizzle and I jumped at least a half dozen deer in my wandering .
The fish were all released and it was my lunch break and back to work I went .
As an avid outdoors person I can truly say it was bigtime good stuff for totally sure :highfive
KABOOM was the word :cheers2

You certainly had fun for a lunch break. :ThumbsUp But I've turned into a fair-weather fisherman in my old age so it takes a week or so of cold before I can get myself back on the lake. Then cabin fever takes over enough that I can brave the cold to catch a few. :Rofl

Man yeah. Think I’m gonna try me a new creek tomorrow. Hope I have as much luck as you.


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don't have any obvious creeks to hit with any water deep enough close by me but this sure makes me want to explore more and find some. Good time for sure and WTG Outlaw.

Nice catches. Small stuff on a float has been the most productive method around here in recent days. The bobber would go under very slowly and I would have to let them take it for a bit before setting the hook. Even then, several were just barely hooked. I've caught nothing on moving lures. Too cold recently.

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I'm heading directly to that tree right yonder..... Not :Rofl....
Nice catches.... And bank fishn tha crick is a lot of fun.....

Nice catches !

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I'm heading directly to that tree right yonder..... Not :Rofl....
Nice catches.... And bank fishn tha crick is a lot of fun.....

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that tree .....them trees ....:Rofl
the one tree did hold some better fish , all kidding aside .
but to be sure it was around a mile off the road before i found any with some size on them .
the first 3/4 mile of the walk were potato chippers on every tree ....:Rofl

Beautiful fish, congratulations

they might not be very big right now in that creek right now because the world has descended upon them up in there and any thing big enough to keep has been kept ....:yikes
but the good news is they are beautiful , spunky and in numbers even if they are the mostly
leftovers and under sized fish :highfive

Forgive my ignorance but what is the brand name of the speed clip in the first pictures. I would like to try those. Thanks

not sure myself . i found some years ago in stainless and tried them a bit .
kills good jig action like a silver bullet on a werewolf though .....btw :Rofl

Gotta love it, congrats!

The older I get the more avid about outdoors I become. Great report. It ain't the keepin any more that blows my skirt it's the Ketchen. Kaboom

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not sure myself . i found some years ago in stainless and tried them a bit .
kills good jig action like a silver bullet on a werewolf though .....btw :Rofl

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OK. I'll slid down this slippery slope. In theory the speed clip should work as well as a loop knot. Either way should allow the jig eye to pivot the same as opposed to a jam style knot. Maybe it's the friction of metal against metal instead of against the mono that makes a difference. It's to tricky for me.

Mike

Great trip, especially for a lunch trip!


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Well in winter I tied my jigs off hard to the eye and center the knot before every drop in the water. It catches a lot of fish!

Nice! You winter fishing guys are an inspiration!
Bob

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OK. I'll slid down this slippery slope. In theory the speed clip should work as well as a loop knot. Either way should allow the jig eye to pivot the same as opposed to a jam style knot. Maybe it's the friction of metal against metal instead of against the mono that makes a difference. It's to tricky for me.

Mike

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I've used them with success in the past. The reason I stopped using them was loss of bigger fish during the fight to get them on board. Sometimes the jig would come off the clip during the process of landing the fish. But I have the same problem with the loop knot. Sometimes the jig will slip out through the slight gap in eye of the jig.

They look like a useful accessory when changing colors till you find the right combo. I never fish hardware attached to my baits if "Seriously" fishing. I tend to bounce around before 12pm with the jigs then knuckle down till the sun is on the trees.

I find anything between me and the jig other than a loop know to be a hinderance .
No split shot , no clinch knot (to unpredictable),dont like tandems much and only use the float because sometimes i have to .
i want my jig to do as i want, not as it wants .....
there are some real good crappie anglers that use the fast clips though
and most of them do it with hand ties from what i remember to change colors quickly
just not my speed , more terminal tackle to deal with and keep up with and more stuff to carry slows me done