Looks like that Livescope is paying off, nice catch!
That young lady was on Oologah and there are numerous places on it where you can fish successfully from the bank. Take an SD card to the USACE office by the dam during business hours and they’ll download all the locations of brush piles they’ve sunk for crappie habitat. See which ones are close to the bank, then use Google Earth to pick which ones you can get to easily on the shore.My phone must have acted up. I didn’t get your invitation
In all seriousness, are there any opportunities for bank fishing in winter time, other than the trout areas?
Got an email today from the ODWC and a young lady was holding up some really nice crappie. I assume she was fishing from a boat but it didn’t say
Crappie can be accessed from banks or docks right now if near deep enough water and cover. Many fishing docks have brush and fish habitat sunken under and nearby. The crappie congregate in the habitat in the 10-15' depth range. Depth varies with different water temps and lakes. Walleye/Saugeye are also within reach from the bank right now.My phone must have acted up. I didn’t get your invitation
In all seriousness, are there any opportunities for bank fishing in winter time, other than the trout areas?
Got an email today from the ODWC and a young lady was holding up some really nice crappie. I assume she was fishing from a boat but it didn’t say
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Nice catch Dennis!
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Heated docks on some lakes and the riprap under bridges are always good places to bank fish for just about any specie. Spent many winters bank fishing from the Washunga bridge riprap on Kaw lake. Never realized why it was so good until getting a boat with some electronics to scan the area. Apparently, there is an old concrete platform that supported a crane during the construction years off the bank.
A 1/8 oz jig thrown and let sink to the count of 10 usually produced fish if they were there. Count of 11, you got hung up. Probably on the edge of the concrete. Left a ton of jigs there over the years until finding the pattern.
It still produces.
A 1/8 oz jig thrown and let sink to the count of 10 usually produced fish if they were there. Count of 11, you got hung up. Probably on the edge of the concrete. Left a ton of jigs there over the years until finding the pattern.
It still produces.
I see folks on the interwebs catching crappie is shallower water. My last 2 trips, I didn't see a fish in less than 40 fow. I suck at this fishing so I'm probably not looking is the right places.
Sometimes on those Jan and Feb days when it turn into the 70’s for a day or two, the baitfish will move onto the back of the coves to take advantage of the shallow water being warmed by the sun.
The predator fish follow them.
They do change colors because of the water clarity and time of the year. We caught a fishing tournament cheater many years ago because he brought in a bass that was almost white from a muddy farm pond when all the other fish turned in was a nice bright green because the small lake was clear. He was out of the money though, so nothing was done.
It was a 2-man boat tourny among company employees, so he had to live with the ridicule of those that saw him every day.
