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Found a few in a creek, shallow. Red wigglers on little jig heads. Man do these fight. I forgot all about spawning crappie. Took 5 home for supper, released the rest. Biggest was around 11", 0.9 lb. Used my little 6'7" JDM AG Realfinesse eradicator Slow taper special ultralight rods and 3 lb Varivas TM line.
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Awesome haul! Congrats and thanks for posting your adventure.
I’m jealous! Love them Ga Crackers !
Very nice
Good looking fish! I know that's a lot of fun.
Regards
Nothing beats getting into a mess of good shell crackers.
mmmm dinner time :cheers2
and KABOOM :highfive
Looks like I missed dinner. Good looking mess of fish and glad to see you posting.
Does you Garmin actually show the beds? I can't seem to figure mine out on perspective view. Everything looks the same.Quote:
Originally Posted by jawjatek
Good fish there Jawja! Makin me jealous. Hope you can stay in em. I might have to break down and throw some meat at these local ones.
Nice. Congrats. Tell me how do you find them....just casting to the bank? Just a jig or cork and jig? Etc.?
Yes, but these fish weren't on beds; they were milling around in shallow water (5-6 feet) where a creek runs into a lake. I was actually casting to them, aka sniping. I can see bream beds very clearly, though, the beds I've found don't have any fish on them yet. The females were full of eggs, so it should happen soon.Quote:
Originally Posted by bwilso
I cruise flats and shoreline in perspective mode and can see beds pretty clearly, as long as the depth is under 15 feet or so. I use it more than side view now. I did upgrade to the LVS 34 transducer, which is quite noticeably better than the 32.
They weren't on the bank; I tried that first because that's how I usually find them when not on bed, but no dice. I noticed fish on screen out in the shallow middle of the creek, tossed out a worm, and very quickly caught the first one when he almost yanked the rod out of the boat. Seems they stage in shallow water as the full moon approaches, something my friend Scott aka @ultraslab noticed last year. Just a jig and a wiggler - I almost never use a cork.Quote:
Originally Posted by gabowman
Great looking batch of filets, and that combo you were fishing with has got to be about perfect.
Bob