Post up the reports here.
I'm going out tomorrow for the first time...its been cold so we'll see.
I'm going out tomorrow for the first time...its been cold so we'll see.
I typically catch most of my crappie in January and February.
Unfortunately, we have wife's FIL in memory care, and we spend most weekends and some days during the week traveling back and forth. Its cut into my fishing time tremendously.
In the colder months, the crappie congregate in deep water up to 30' deep around structure and submerged trees.
Right now with the water warming and the spawn approaching, they have left the structure and are in open water, not always at the same place day to day. From now to spawn, it's the toughest time of the year to find them. Quality electronics certainly make the difference locating them.
Good news is that the sand bass and hybrids are making their spawning runs. The hybrids can't reproduce, but they have a false run along with the sandbass. Time to fill the freezer.
You folks on the eastern part of the state with all the high water have my sympathies.
Unfortunately, we have wife's FIL in memory care, and we spend most weekends and some days during the week traveling back and forth. Its cut into my fishing time tremendously.
In the colder months, the crappie congregate in deep water up to 30' deep around structure and submerged trees.
Right now with the water warming and the spawn approaching, they have left the structure and are in open water, not always at the same place day to day. From now to spawn, it's the toughest time of the year to find them. Quality electronics certainly make the difference locating them.
Good news is that the sand bass and hybrids are making their spawning runs. The hybrids can't reproduce, but they have a false run along with the sandbass. Time to fill the freezer.
You folks on the eastern part of the state with all the high water have my sympathies.
We hit the ponds at the lease yesterday. We landed enough for a fish fry. About half of them had eggs but looked premature. I'd give it a couple weeks for the ponds crappie and they should be hitting hard.
Very slow today. 1 15" female and 1 3lb largemouth. We need a week of temps in the 70s
Forecast for the latter half of next week looks to be just that. Fingers crossed!
Time to be night fishing in shallow water in the backs of the creeks using Minnows or jigs.
Under a cork
Nada today. A few bass on jerk baits but 0 crappies.
We are not far away from the crappie spawn Have A Blessed Evening flashover08 PHIL 4:13
Water was 58° today. Found some crappie. Caught 12 in about 45 min. Not great....but I bet in the next week or so it will get good. Smallest fish was 13". Biggest was 16.5". Almost all of the fish were males.
