Sac River Jim

was above turnback bridge about 7:30 this morning and caught several short crappie and the same in peach orchard cove but the fellows in our club that went down from the long bluff just below the west cape fair ramp and down to piney did really well. first place for best 5 crappie was 6.95 lbs. will post a report with pics as soon as i get the pics from another member of our club.

thnx for a good report.

scrub this post we decided to go to cape fair instead. tight lines and hope everyone has a good weekend.

i'm crappie fishing out of Viola in the morning and not sure whether to head up to sweetwater creek or head down towards needles eye. i.ve heard its pretty muddy and water temp in low 40's at viola. I.m not sure if the strong winds and the warmer rain yesterday would have helped the conditions up above or not. Any advice would be appreciated.

dan i made it to bps today and picked up some flicker shad. thnx for the advice on the colors.

thnx for the good report.

Welcome!!!

i like to dip mine in egg/lemonjuice/pinch of dill/and a splash of beer or water to thin it up then roll em in 50% corn meal 50% finely crushed garlic flavored mashed potato flakes then deep fry em.

GOOD DEAL!!!! I'm glad hes home. my bernese mt dog got out the pen last week and was found 6 miles from my house and he had fell in a swimming pool and almost drowned. ive had him 9 years and it would have tore me up if i would have lost him.

i found an okuma crappie high performance im8 graphite spinning rod in 5' light action for 64.99 and they have it in casting models too. http://www.okumafishing.com/product/view/rods/freshwater/crappie-high-performance

i see your long drive was well worth it. congratz on a very nice mess of slabs and whites and thnx for a good report

thnx for a good report and congratz on a nice mess of fish.

is the #015 purple tiger the other one you guys were using

thats my very favorite place to fish this time of year. i wish if our crappie club wasnt going to kings next saturday i wudda liked to have met up with you guys.

ive got a good friend that grew up right up the creek from 39 bridge and i'll find out whats going on up that direction from him later on in the week and send you a pm. mutton creek is a nice camp ground i hope you all have a good time. hope we have some warm weather and a good warm rain wouldnt hurt either. fyi that stringer im holding in my profile pic came right off the 39 road bed a couple years ago.

glad you and phil got into some good fish . i need to get up to bp next week and pick up some purple tiger flicker shad i hope i can do as well on it next saturday on the kings as you did up there. thnx you and phil for the tips and a good report.

good luck ducky 39 bridge should be hot next week theres a little ramp right there but it gets awful crowded this time of year. word gets out pretty fast when the crappie and whites move up on that flat at the old road bed. pretty good eyes in there off the channel too.

great information thnx for posting

taylor hole is just below the first bend going up from rolly blunks. its not too bad a hike up there and can be well worth it this time of year.

welcome to the site and will keep you posted i'm going up tomorrow and putting in at CC and fishing the flats at the old road bed then working down toward the rock fence if i dont do any good there.

Riprap, also known as rip rap, rip-rap, shot rock, rock armour or rubble, is rock or other material used to armor shorelines, streambeds, bridge abutments, pilings and other shoreline structures against scour, water or ice erosion. It is made from a variety of rock types, commonly granite or limestone, and occasionally concrete rubble from building and paving demolition. It can be used on any waterway or water containment where there is potential for water erosion. maybe when i referred to rip rap i used the wrong term but i lived in greenfield and was a manager at the grocery store for several and fished Stockton almost daily after work and think i know the lake pretty well if i wasnt fishing i know someone local who was. i just try to be helpful on here and share my years of experience and relay info from the locals who fish it daily. i apoligize if i used the wrong term i used it as a generalized term for the areas on and around the bridge embutments.

talked to a friend today that was on the lake around ruark bass fishing and water temp was 45 deg. i;d say they'll spawm whenever the full moon of the month at the darn but really not sure whats going on up the creeks i havent heard of any the locals reporting anything yet.

if we get a couple good warm thunder storms between now and then i'd make the run all the way up sons creek to the 39 highway bridge and fish on the channel side of the island just off the old road bed. theres also a good hump off the downstream side of the end of the old road bed that will hold eye especially late or early in the day. if the water doesnt warm up depending on the weather i would probly run down the lake and fish the rip rap at the 215 bridge or hitting the old quarry, eagle island, orleans trail and then on down to the darn. I hope this helps but Bob Bennett would be the one I'd think would be able to answer your other questions. Also if you dont know the channel running up sons that run can be a little on the hairy side you have to be really careful through there and watch for the channel swings and stay in the main channel.

I agree with wrench on the original Bill Lewis Rattle Trap and my go to color is the blue/chrome but i like the red eye in the red shad color I believe they call it. I throw a 1/2oz War Eagle Trokar spinner bait in the mouse color with the nickel over gold willow leaf blades with a white split tail trailer w/blue tips.

ive ckd out the rods phil uses and they are quality i wish i'd had the money to buy one when i was down there on vacation last week.