Some might say

they are starting to move up .
some are waiting for it to happen .
my thoughts on that are as follows .
when the majority of the them are pretty small .
And the males are in solid colors
and in high numbers ratios to the girls .
it is my general opinion it is about to slow up soon with fish on the bank .
now mind you every lake seems different, but typically ,the past has shown me that the big fish go first and the smalls follow them .
case in point , numbers of them shallow
every cast and or drop in some spots .
lots of 9 to 10 inch fish
a few real solid keepers in the mix
equals FULL spawn and the action will wain pretty soon .
that and a few bluegills here and there in the mix and it spells
soon to be gone to the deeper water
hope i am wrong about that spot ,but dont think so in this case .
2 to 3 weeks is what is left on the numbers of them shallow there is my prediction .
none the less it was really fun and i hope to go soon again
they bit non stop for the most part from 6 pm to 9 pm
bigger fish were in a bit deeper water .
such is the spawn

Agreed!

Yes
I’m seeing the juvenile males coming in now along with some thumper red ears.
If I could just get one more rain to raise the lake by 1-2 feet. I think there would be one last push with some big fish moving in for a 3-4 days then the brims would take over the shallows


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this is how it works , there is a final push and in that mix are some egg eaters and early to the party other sunfish
i done seen the carp up on the nests eating eggs yesterday at one spot in numbers
of course some will say it aint so ....but to be sure it is what it is

I only made it through line 1 of chapter 1 of 5.....LOL
Nice report and some fun catches.....

SK ,we have a trip today ,
only the regular crew invited ,
some will run late i bet ,
but it should be fun hopefully

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Originally Posted by Ketchn

SK ,we have a trip today ,
only the regular crew invited ,
some will run late i bet ,
but it should be fun hopefully

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I'm for sure gonna try'n make it.....

You guys have fun and try to not rip any lips off..... :Rofl

It was fun and even a few crappie were caught. :highfive

Thanks for the invite and it was very nice to have a lil bit of our ole normal good times together..... Enjoyed every second.....

real good times for sure , even got a basket of fish to go :highfive
thanks Ez for the invitation , good to get most of us together again .
Ernie's allergies got him messed up again , off to a specialist for a shot he said .
kinda wish Steve could a made it , but sometimes we are just to busy to get it done .

It was a fun time for sure. I'm glad the crappie cooperated as they had been on strike the day before.

It was good to see and talk with SK, as it had been around a year since he was last able to join us. I also wish Steve could have made it but he said he had too many orders he needed to get out so he had to take a rain check. Said he would make the next one, hopefully, the weather will allow another meet-up next Tuesday.

SK said he would do his best to come next Tuesday, work permitting. I am fairly sure H will make it, hopefully, your schedule will allow you to make it as well.

The only thing that would have made it better would have fish tacos. We can have crappie taco Tuesdays to replace the crappie taco Wednesdays we were having last year. But I'll have some hot dogs ready just in case. :Rofl

Thought the hotdogs were for the fish, just saying.

Or as security just in case we can't catch enough crappie or bluegills to make fish tacos. Or everybody is too lazy to clean the fish that day. :Rofl

hear tell the bite was real good in the rain the last 2 days
H said it was stupid good yesterday

Wasn't that good. Didn't catch anything over 14 inches. http://crappieforum.com/smf/Smileys/...t/peepwall.gif :Rofl