Eufaula Crappie

Leaving for eufaula in 2 days does any one know what the weater has done to the spawn. Will be fishing eufaula cove and #9. I am new to the site and been planning this trip for 4 wks. Need Help.

It certainly slowed it down and the crappie are not in the shallows right now. People are still catching them, but they have to work at it. Good luck on your trip and I hope it picks up during your stay.:)

Look for crappie to be staged in 8' to 12' of water in the creek channel leading to spawning areas. If you find them, and they cooperate, you can load the boat. Especially check any sharp bends in the creek chennel. Nature is telling those fish it's time, and they're just waiting for the correct water temperature to make the move.

I'm pre-fishing for a guide trip Friday, thats where we will start in 10' away from south banks with a little wood, then by evening cork & jig 3' of water to see if we can locate some males.

Gambliman is right!!! The fish are waitng for the right temps to make there move. But keep in mind that Eufaula is a like 7 lakes combined!!! I have caught spawning fish in March and in June!!! Also remeber that the females only stay on the nest for a 36 hr period where they lay there eggs and leave!!! But they don't always lay at one time they will lay and leave several times until they are done!! If the weather conditions or lake level aren't right they won't lay at all!! They will hold there eggs!!!How often do you catch females that are on the bank spawning? If I am catching spawning fish 90% of them are males not females!!! The females are with in a 2ft depth of where they lay there eggs and are real close in open water to the nest!! I have caught the females out from the banks when my partner was beating the buck bushes catching the males!!! Any thoughts? EB

Hey EB; You made it back from Arizona? Have you got on the shallow males yet? They are running bigger on average this year!! Yeah, I agree on the females being fairly close to the bedding areas, exactly why I like to work an area with cork / jig or a closespin spinner/ roadrunner anything to cover some water till you find them grouped up....then its on!

Do the males and females reach the same size ? Or are they like LMBass, where the female grow much larger ?

Oh the females are bigger in crappie too. Most 3lbs crappie caught are female and man do I love females in any fashion. LOL

Thank you gamblinman for the advise. I definitely need it. May be old in years but young in fishing.

Yes we are back from AZ. What a great baseball trip. But wouldn't want to live there not enough water for me!!! But two good crappie lakes like Lake Roosevelt. Sad to say I have been out fishing one day for about 4 hrs last sunday!! Only kept four over pound on the north end!!! For me the males have to be hittin it hard on the spawn for me to come off spider-rigging. But i love to catch'em with a jig and a cork it is my favorite way!!! You know I fish with the lake Eufaula crappie master ( Mike "Slabman" Reynolds). So I have a good Idea when those fish are full blown spawn from gaines to mill creeks!!! As far as male to female size . There has never been a crappie tournamnet won in the spring on Eufaula with males caught off the bank that I know of, I have won three, and they were all female fish,spider-rigging!!I love to catch those 14 inch class fish!! EB

:confused:E.B., Your right on winning a torn. away from the bank, I follow the results pretty close and they are usually won off the bank, but this years going to be an exception on big fish, I had 7 males that were 14" all in 1.5' of water! If you hit it right when the big boys are there...well tounament or no I've rolled up enough big fish early to win a dozen of e'm if they fell in right, not everyone likes to fish in that thick brush, plus just about weigh in time is when it's just gettin hot! I hope you win e'm all E.B. just wave at me when your goin to the weigh in!!!:eek:

Is their a tournament on eufaula sometime soon if so date and time please and where is the weigh in gonna be at please and thank you.

no major tournament in oklahoma this year except Kaw a crappie usa one

Hey EB I have to agree Mike "Slabman" Reynolds knows how to crappie fish. He taught me alot when I was younger and still would if I was around Eufaula more. He was ahead of the game many years ago. I can remember back when we would fish the city lake culvert along 69 and sack up the crappie at night. He was hammering them one night catching at least 5 to 1 of crappies we were catching. I asked him hey what are you doing so different. He responded in that high pitch growl "Boy" you gotta move that jaw less and watch that cork for the slightest twitch. You young whipper snappers are here to talk, I'm here to fish. When Mike and Dumbo are out on the water you better be trailing them.

Ive Fished Alot With Dumbo, And He Can Slay Them Slabs, We Done Alot Of Night Fishing With Generator And Lights, Fished Alot With Will Scott And Dumbo Both.

Mike and Dumdo are Lake Eufaula legends!! I have never fished with a fishermen who was more detailed about catching fish on a jig than Mike. I tried to get him to tournament fish with me 2 or 3 years ago but it just wasn't his cup of tea!! But in the last 7 years I have learned as much from him as I could even took his knowledge to some different lakes and it paid off!! So if any off you guys see or hear two older gentlemen cuzing each other and about to fight right there in the middle of the boat then you have met two legends. By the way they are probaly catching the hell out of them too. AKA "Slabman" and "Dumbo". If you ever met them or fish with them it is almost garenteed your sides will be hurting from laughing so hard!! EB

Does anyone have Mike Reynolds phone #, I have lost it? I fished with him last year and I just wanted to check with him and see how he is doing.
Thanks
Jim

Hi Jim this is Brian, Mike is working down in Texas for the next two weeks. Call him in a couple of weeks his number is 1-918-577-5517. He will be fishing then!!! EB