Report: North River Crappie*

[Idunno]

I went fishing on the North River last Friday, March 18. I arrived at the ramp plenty early, motored out to my spot, and had my lines out by 8:00 a.m. The water temperature was up to 63 degrees at the surface.

I got lucky, caught a lot of fish, and was packing it up by noon. I kept 17 crappie for the table. The biggest was a little over 12”.

My strategy was to start where I left them a couple of weeks ago, and then move to shallower water, until I found them. I located some in a cove that was about 6 feet deep. I had my baits set 2’ to 3’ deep. The fish were located on the points at the mouth of the cove, throughout the cove, and all the way in the very back of the cove. I used jig/minnow combos for bait.

During the four hours I fished, I also caught a few big fliers, a Grendel, a cat, and a couple of gars. The gars were conspicuously rolling all over the surface, as is in some ritual. I tried hard not to catch them, but they were there in numbers, all around.

I only saw one other boat on the water that day…what a great way to spend time.

Good luck, everyone!
Id

[JET4]

very nice

[fishead001]

Very nice. Fish are definitely biting.

[VaCrappieMan]

Wow the fish around you are colored up nicely... I am going tomorrow when I get off work at 1 so I'll report back... Nice mess of fish!

[Roy]

Great report and pictures. Really pretty colored fish.

[Kevin M]

Nice catch. I like to see the fish in their spawning colors.

[tahoe 50]

Great report Dean.

["D"]

Super nice report, pics and fish. Thats the way to report!!

[Flatwater]

Great Report!! love to see them dark black crappie.