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Started at S. Point. Water temp 42. Checked S. Fork. Water temp 39. Bailed on that!! Kept going south and the water was getting warmer, but not finding fish. B. Allison was the warmest at 49-51. Only managed to catch 9 crappie and one bass. All the crappie were over 10 inches. Had one 14 3/8” Bass was 3.96. Attachment 417239Attachment 417240
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I bet that bass was alot of fun on light tackle. The water cooling off so fast must have shut 'em down on Wylie. Today I saw 62 degrees. They'll be back biting full swing again very soon if we can get a few days that warm back-to-back. Stay after 'em.
That bass identified as a crappie so that means I got my 3+ pound crappie.
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That lying bass! :Rofl Glad you caught some fish you did the same as Remus and I did. :highfive
Nice bass! Thank you for sharing your day with us
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Watched MLF on lake wylie yesterday. I think they fished back n September. (bass) they struggled to catch any bass over 2lbs. Mostly all dink spots. Whats happened to that place? Used to be famous for nice largemouth.
I was there that day, yes it’s not the lake it use to be. I don’t see the bait I use to see. I catch more Spotted Bass than Largemouth when crappie fishin. I blame it on the perch but other lakes have them and they are still good. Just my guess.Quote:
Originally Posted by KHNC
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Perch is part of the problem. Bass fishermen have to many tournaments both day and night. Lots of stress and when you pull them away from their young and carry them off to the weigh-in they never get back to protect the young ones, so they become a food source for all other fish. My co-worker bass fishes, and he has for a long time been saying the bass were gone in size. I hope it comes back for the bass guys, but it may take a while like it did for the crappies. JMO
I think you're right on the perch and lack of bait. Spots aren't going to help matters either, especially, if you see the population explosion like you have on lakes like Norman. Doesn't help fingerling recruitment either when you have Wake boats now pulling 2'+ wakes throughout the lake, washing out beds and damaging laying sites for fish starting in March and April.Quote:
Originally Posted by tackleboat
The No limit and no size restrictions on Spotted Bass tells what the Biologists think the problem is, same with perch. I’ve been eating the spots from Norman. They are tasty, I actually prefer them over crappie. Don’t think I’m hurting the population.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fullthrottle
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I agree with you. On Russell, which used to be a phenomenal crappie lake, the rise in spotted bass and decline in largemouth and (apparently) crappie numbers coincided. Brush often holds way more spots than crappie now. So the good eating spots have had to become the "crappie fillets" of the past.Quote:
Originally Posted by tackleboat
I dont know if it's hurting the crappie population on Russell or not, but those gaint stripers are eating something. And it being a trophy lake aint helping to decline their numbers either.
crappie took 10.38 to win in TOUGH conditions on Jan 8th. I'm sure it wouldve been good for another lb had we had stable weather that week. Still don't think it's what it was. I used to love Wylie. I did see a lot of bait though. Most of what I saw was in the river channel.