Anybody been out to Thunderbird recently? Maybe this past weekend? Found any shallow crappie yet? I havent had the chance to get out in while but will be wettin a line somewhere this evening after work. Any info is much appreciated.
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Anybody been out to Thunderbird recently? Maybe this past weekend? Found any shallow crappie yet? I havent had the chance to get out in while but will be wettin a line somewhere this evening after work. Any info is much appreciated.
I can tell you that on the 7th, from 6-10am I almost got skunked at Twin Bridges. Caught 3 dinks on jigs. Had a minnow in the water almost 3 hrs w/o a bite. Fished from 1-12 feet. The dinks were around 8 ft.
Fished this morning 3-17-09 for a few hours at several different spots, including fishermans point. Didn't get a single bite the two hours I was there. Doesn't look like they have moved into the real shallow water yet. And I don't know of any cover at 4-8 feet so I couldnt tell if the fishing report was accurate.
I am going this weekend and will post a report.
Fished there this morning and evening... by the marina off Almeada street... Very slow fished minnows and jigs early in the morning caught 4 bass one 13 inches all the other dinks... this evening i caught 3 sand bass and 1 crappie that was about 9 inches in like 5 ft water fishing maybe 3 feet deep...anyone have any hotspots for bank fishermen?
yea i had about the same luck this evenin. those crappie need to hurry up. dont they know its time?
That's one of the main ones. You can also fish around Fisherman's Point, "Zoom Beach" (just West of Hog Creek boat ramp), and Twin Bridges. That's pretty much it for this side of the lake.Quote:
Originally Posted by Crappie_Jowell
Let me bounce something off of you guys. This year I'm noticing something I haven't experienced before at T-bird. I've been there 5-6 times in '09, and I'm not catching anything in the 10-12" range. I've caught plenty of crappie under 8" (obviously last year's spawn), and the keepers I've seen are 13-14" hogs (likely 3 yrs old), but almost nothing between. Based purely off my experience this year, I'd say we had a lousy spawn 2 Springs ago. That would be when we had 40 days and 40 nights of rain (which I thought would make for a good spawn). Those of you who have been fishing T-bird so far, do your catches support or refute this theory?
i havnt caught a keeper size crappie since january back in the little river. i would catch dink after dink then a few 10 to 12 inch fish would come by. havent ran into any of the hogs u speak of in a while. but i think your theory is accurate. we will find out soon if they would ever spawn
I'm not sayin' I've seen a ton of them, but they are there. I've had two break 8# line after I got a good look at 'em at the surface; I've caught two that went 1 lb 5oz and 1lb 7oz. And I had a buddy bring 4 over (to use my digital scale) from T-bird a couple weeks ago that were all between 1 lb 7 oz and 1 lb 10oz. All in the 13-14" range, but very few in the 10-12" range. I'd try 6-10 ft deep in staging areas of 10-15 FOW. That's where all of these came from. Although I'll be looking shallower soon... :)
Just a guess or a thought. The year that the rains came to end the drought everybody and their brother was catching 11" to 13" fish with lake levels low. Fish were spawning at levels that were normal for the time, big water came in and could have had hindered the hatch. Since then there hadn't been a decent spring to have a good spawn - as far as catching fish. And here we are. Have a good feeling that this year will be different...may not be the number of quality fish you expect , but there should be some good fishing with what weather there has been so far. it's to early to call it a loss!
Thanks for all the advice and where there is to fish. It is greatly appreciated as for your theory I have yet to catch a big one but in dew time! everything think i've caught has been a dink like 8 inches max... i go basically everyday to the marina area and see very few being caught still... but i've been tearing up the baby large mouths ... had a 2.5 lbs the other day but i threw it back
It's still a little early to be catching them right on the bank. I would either bring my waders and wade out as far as possible and then cast out further, or I'd go to the pier at Fisherman's Point. They'll be on the banks in 2-4 weeks.Quote:
Originally Posted by Crappie_Jowell
I went to the pier at fisherman's point on Monday night and saw 2 small bass caught and 1 crappie from about 6 - 730. Didn't fish myself, was just watching but looked kinda slow to me.
fished this morning caught 2 crappies that were dinks and 3 large mouth in like two and half hours
guys before the cold front hit i was doin real weel! i brought home 14 about 2 weeks ago... i would say about 8 -10 were in the 10-12 inch and the others were hogs! one over 16 in.
Anyone happen to hit up the lake this weekend i went back home to texas and fished back there for bass caught a nice 4lb the spawn is going great down there if you get a chance to go... anyways how was it this weekend?
I gave it another go Sat morning. Only caught 1 keeper and it was tiny. My buddy caught 3 keepers; 2 were little, but one was 1lb 13oz! You know what they say about East winds...