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This year the dock hasn't produced nearly as well as in past years. Is this one of the low years in the "7 year crappie cycle" I've heard about? Please let me know your thoughts...
Also, Butch, are you ok? I haven't seen the longlining posts I've come to enjoy..... :dono
Chris
I would think your presumption has merit....everyone that I've talked with, including full time guides and tournament anglers, have agreed this has been a down year. I think the lack of rain (clear water conditions), weather variations (very cold with very quick warm up following), and fishing pressure in general made for a tough spring season. Last year was a banner year (big class of large fish & numbers)....maybe we were due a down year.
My catch rate is down this year too. :dono
My catch rate is WAY down course I aint been fishing near as much as usual. When I do get some time to go, and after finding some quality fish, there's always stuff that comes up that keeps me off the water. And I agree with everyone.....fishing for crappie is down from what we are all used to. Still bringing home enough to eat but finding it hard to fill the freezer.
It has been a rough year for me too. The water temp came up to 60 real fast and i thought game on. But this has been a bad year seems like. Not near the amount of boats in pistol and cooter creeks as normal.
The good news is the Stripers and Hybrids have made up for it. We've caught our limits at almost all outings. One day last week we caught and released 77.Quote:
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Ive caught alot more of them buggas than I wanted to myself!Devil Icon:Rofl:Rofl:Rofl
Chris, how far in miles (by boat) is it from your dock to the dam?
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Wylie spawn is about over. Cleaned some yesterday. Egg Sacs were about half size, pale yellow and the egg size had decreased and starting to be absorbed. Only had one that had a full sac of big bright eggs. They are starting to migrate back to brush in 12-20 feet of water. I been catching 50 a trip to get 20 keepers.
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I'm gonna have to stop replying from my phone... I guess that's what's making the crazy looking posts.Quote:
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Lets try again from the PC....
I’ve never measured it but I’d guess 4-5 miles. The point at Bobby Brown park where the broad and Savannah meet is about half way.
I'll be back down this weekend and see if it's improved with the spawn about over. I'll let ya know.
It has improved. Last night we caught 11 or 12 in about an hour. Most were keepers.Quote:
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I caught about ten on Friday night. [emoji[emoji6[emoji640][emoji638]][emoji640][emoji639]] were keeper size but released. More good news is the mayflies are beginning to hatch. There were a few around the light at the dock. It won’t be long until the mayfly bite will be on!
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