LOP Today (11-16-08)

[Quicksilver1958]

Caught a limit in about 3 hours, but no big fish.. Biggest fish of the day was 1.6 lbs... The fish are still in 20-25 fow "tight on brush"

And here is where they were hiding (Cedar tree)

[radtexan]

Nice report Quick !!If only LOP wasnt 500 miles away

[WhitePerchJerker]

That unit really does a great job.

[phrito]

So, here's a potentially stupid question. I've just started fishing for crappie and most of it has been around bridges or utility poles where we tie up. I've done a lot of drift fishing for catfish, but not much else. When the crappie are in deeper water on this brush, when you find a location (I assume by trolling) how do you stay on top of it? Do you anchor or just keep into the wind with the trolling motor, or circle it or what? I assume with the winter winds on a lake you'd blow right over brush in no time.

[Quicksilver1958]

So, here's a potentially stupid question. I've just started fishing for crappie and most of it has been around bridges or utility poles where we tie up. I've done a lot of drift fishing for catfish, but not much else. When the crappie are in deeper water on this brush, when you find a location (I assume by trolling) how do you stay on top of it? Do you anchor or just keep into the wind with the trolling motor, or circle it or what? I assume with the winter winds on a lake you'd blow right over brush in no time.

I have GPS coords on most of the stuff that I fish. That gets me on initially. Then I drop a Marker upwind of the actual spot, then point the nose of the boat into the wind and fish just downwind of the Marker (watching front locator to know when I'm dead on top of it).. Yes, with heavy winds it can be tough to hold on a productive spot

[Spiderman]

I see the water is 25' deep. How tall is the cedar tree on the SI unit? Just wondering how tall a top would need to be to hold good numbers of fish in 25' of water.

Thanks,
Spiderman

[jmack]

Good catch quicksilver, glad someone is getting to go. that looks like the 16' cedar tree i put out last year. cut a really big one from my lot. it didn't stand up like i had hoped for, and is laying down like that.

[phrito]

Thanks for the info Quicksilver. I think I need to practice that skill. Not as easy as it might seem. We need a system like they have on deep water drill rigs that uses GPS to keep it positioned. $1M electronics on a $20K bass boat...but it'd be cool! Thanks again!

[Quicksilver1958]

I see the water is 25' deep. How tall is the cedar tree on the SI unit? Just wondering how tall a top would need to be to hold good numbers of fish in 25' of water.

Thanks,
Spiderman

At it's highest point it appeared to be about 8-10' tall. The tree is not standing straight up. It's leaning. The fish were "stacked up". I normally spider rig with seveal poles out... I couldn't even keep one in the water.

I don't know that the height of the stucture verse the water depth is a set variable. I catch fish on structure in 25 and 30 fow that's only 1 foot tall sometimes.. Sometimes is the key word here.. Structure such as shown in the pic will hold feeding fish at various depths Alot of times. I like stuff that fits the 50% rule.. (The structure is at least 50% as tall as the depth of the water). Just seems to produce the most fish for me (but not the biggest fish, that's another story).

My keys to structure placement are,,,,
1) "location" -- adjacent to dropoffs, channels, points etc.

2) Areas that meet the criteria of #1 that are void of cover.

Just my .02

[Quicksilver1958]

Good catch quicksilver, glad someone is getting to go. that looks like the 16' cedar tree i put out last year. cut a really big one from my lot. it didn't stand up like i had hoped for, and is laying down like that.

Hmmmm. Could be. This one is about 1/2 mile ENE from "Atlantis"..