Lance34

Drove over to Mississippi to visit and stay with some friends. Fished on Saturday... Knew fishing wasn’t going to be the greatest but catching a few monster crappie would be worth the effort.. Big fish for me of the day was a 15” long 2.34 pound... That’s still considered a pup for these parts. The other pic is a 15.5 inch 3.05 pound that a neighbor up the road caught Good Fishing and God Bless

Tough two days crappie fishing... 10 Friday and 10 Saturday... WT hovering around 45-48... Green stained water color... Big fish were glued to the bottom just not wanting to budge... Exciting moment snagging a 5 foot spoonbill... Felt like reeling in a log... Got to the surface when it rolled over and straightened my hook... Saturday turned out to be the better day once deciding to change course and go find fish that haven’t been bothered... Had to cut it short to get home... Left them biting... Friday Saturday Ready for these things to get mad... More inconsistent year than previous but man the quality makes it worth the effort God Bless and good fishing

Tough bite yesterday but something I’ve said a lot this year when I’m out there.. With all the fish I’m seeing there’s gotta be 15 down there that hasn’t ate yet... Just gotta keep working it over slowly until you put the bait in front of a nose of one that hasn’t yet... WT 43-45 and dingy... Minnow rigging in 20-22 fow and most of the crappie are hovering around 15 feet down. Just above or just below that depth... God bless and good fishing- Lance

Didn’t have high expectations this weekend fishing but it beats sitting around the house wishing I was fishing.... Just went on past experience fishing in the mud. Figure they would be much higher in the column than what they have been. That seemed to hold somewhat true.. Also from past experience fishing other lakes is go to where the fresh water is coming in... That seemed to hold too... The bite was difficult. A lot of short strikes and fish caught just seem to suck on a minnow enough to get a hook in their mouth... Out of the 12 fish caught this weekend only one was caught deep at 16ft in 18fow. The rest were 6-8 feet down in 13 fow. Just never could get on a consistent pattern. Bites were many minutes between. Was adjusting baits up and down constantly by what’s on the graph. More rain tomorrow and several days next week . No hope of it settling anytime soon God bless and good fishing Lance

Just getting to this... Got started about 11:30am Friday... Water clarity was a little dingy and 42-43 WT... The wind seemed to be more than 5-10mph. More like 10-15mph and a day where precision, boat control was a must to get bit it made for challenge. Marked fish motoring and scanning close to the bottom in 20 feet of water. I started putting baits down 15-16 feet down to see if they gonna come up or not. Gave that several minutes and knew right then they ain’t active to chasing. They gonna want it on their nose and very slow. So went 17-19 feet down in 20 fow and got bit right then back to back.. Right on edge of a hump. So I slowly work that edge and kept getting bit. The challenge was staying on that edge. The wind would swirl and blow me off every time I caught a fish or had to bait up again. Basically every time I had my hand off the remote... Made for a long tiring effort... They seemed to really be concentrated on the edge of a hump and where the channel meet... Must of been pulling water or something but that’s where I caught most of my limit. Boy felt the efforts the next morning after this. Was physically and mentally drain afterwards. Pics below.. God bless and good fishing- Lance

Got started about 11 on Saturday... Water temp 40-42 and murky. Started seeing fish right out the gate in 20 fow and hovering around 15 foot mark... Started putting baits out at 15 to 12 feet down. They seemed to want it right on their noses and move slow. 14 feet down had to be the most consistent hit. The bite was steady. You would get 2 or 3 right back to back and then a lull for about 10 or so minutes... They work in small packs, school up some shad and then attack... I’m trying to maneuver my boat right in the middle of em. Shut it down a little before 2 with a limit. It was one of those days I didn’t want to get off the water. Light wind and just needed a hoodie shirt... But, don’t get many hall passes on a Saturday... Figure better keep the boss happy God bless and good fishing Lance

In open water. I never fish brush, docks, trees etc... never any cover. I look for rises, edges along the channel, swings. Basically how the bottom of the lake lays out and how they relate to it... These fish are just roaming and eating. So basically find them on the graph and adjust depth to where I see them... Then follow the contour they are on and work em over until they quit. Then go to looking again by my map. Then repeat. Water fluctuations ain’t gonna move them out. It more likely moves them up and down in the column but not out. They ain’t gonna leave where the food is staying concentrated. With current I like looking for areas where they can get out of it. Like a rise or channel line were they can lay and not have to work against it.

Finally back on the water Sunday after church. Got started about 12:45 and fished to about 4:00. Water temp was 43 and stained... Looked perfect Didn’t really know what to expect after this lake has turned upside down in a weeks time... Up, down and up again... Geez They bit pretty fast at the get go. Got 8 in no time and then they came in spurts. The wind got to whipping which might of been why. Got tossed around a bit... Best bite was rigging about 13 feet down about 18-20 fow. Caught a few at 10 feet down but more consistent at 13 feet. I quit about 4ish with a limit and headed for the house... Amazed by health of the fish this year... Pics below... God bless and good fishing Lance This post has been promoted to an article

Looks like they just reopened them at noon... 6 gates open at one foot. 7,950cfs

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Got started about 9:30ish Friday. I didn’t really know what to expect with all the water being released. I just went on a idea knowing crappie don’t like current and if they want to get out of it they would find shelter from it. Like a channel bend laying on the side of the channel where they are protected from it. Or rises off the bottom and laying on the side that gets a break from the current. So that’s what I did. Looked at the contour map and positioned the boat on the protected side of rises. Moved at a snails pace and just picked them off all along it. Stuck 10 in the first pass and flipped it back around punched it back to the starting mark. Put the bow back into the wind and stuck the last 5 shortly after. WT was 43-45. In about 18-19 fow about 16-15 feet down. Moving about .2mph. Got em quick and shut it down about noon. God Bless and Good Fishing Lance

@Johnsfolly It’s Parmesan crusted baked crappie... Top favorite around our house... Seen the recipe on Instagram. I screen shot the recipe and attach it here

Tough day yesterday... Started about noon and went to dark. WT 42-43 and 14 fow to 13-10 feet down is where we caught most... Took along another local crappie angler yesterday and sure wasn’t expecting the bite to be that horrible. Ended with 10. A lot of short strikes and slow pull down on the rod tip but they then would just let off. Just didn’t fully take it... Just not active... Don’t know if drop in WT, pulling the lake and current or what... Oh well plug at it again next Friday... God Bless and Good Fishing Lance

Yes. They gorge on shad.. Very healthy fish. Wish I would of took a pic of this little 11.5” crappie. It was wide as it was long. Never seen them look like this on beaver.

Got started close to noontime and right when dropping the TM started seeing everything hovering around 15 fow. About two hours later had a limit. They bit mad for about an hour and then they shut off. Always think I pushed them down or pushed them away. So basically I’ll turn go deeper on a couple more rods and make a pass several yards from what I made the first couple passes. That usually seals the deal. WT 48ish, 20 fow 13-15ft down. They bit real lite. Like they were just sucking on the minnow. Wouldn’t even known you had a fish. Went shallower after that 12-14 fow and about 10-13ft down. Pretty steady at that depth too. Very surprised with the belly girth this year. Said to myself lots of times these are looking more like Dardanelle fish🤣... They just roaming and eating. God Bless, Good Fishing Lance

Thanks Mr Lilley

Geez... Beaver hasn’t changed since leaving it in late July... Lot of water out there... Hopefully it’ll get right at some point... Haven’t crappie fished on Beaver in about 4 or so months... It’s become routine through the past few years to go to other lakes until December... Suckers live shallow on these lakes and just addicted to catching them that way... It’s a grind every time but its worth the work for the quality. Yesterday got started about 12pm and fish till dark. Just going on past experience of where to go and just see what happens... Wasn’t expecting much, just wanted to locate crappie. After getting set up, made one pass and caught four keepers. They were just squeakers on the legal size. Gave em back.. Other than those it was just catching dinks... Flipped the boat around and said let’s go on shallower to find bigger fish... More of a water level I’m usually catching them in this time of year... Usually in the past it’s 6-7 feet but that’s in the bushes right now... Went from fishing in 20-22 feet to about 14-12 and about 6-8 feet down and started slowly getting into them then... Took home seven good ones that’ll make good tacos come Tuesday... Somewhat successful trip... Never fished this lake this high this time of year. Having to adjust and find that right water... Anyway got something to go on for next time and It’ll get better... God bless, God Fishing Second to last pic below is of yesterday catch and then the past few months... Sorry pic overload.. Trying fit 4 months of fishing This post has been promoted to an article

Got hall pass after church Sunday.... WT 65-68 dingy/mud mix and look like a slalom skier running up... Trash scattered... End with 10 before daddy duties called... Too many shorts to count 16 FOW 6-7 feet down rigging straight meat All the fish I’m cleaning most of their eggs look this the past two weeks.... Brown... Think they are transitioning to the main channel now... God Bless and Good fishing Lance

Got started about 10:30ish yesterday and after last weeks gale force winds I’ll take 5-10mph winds any day 🤣 Water temp went from 65-70 by the time I pulled out. Clarity was dingy in the area I first started at. Caught 5 really quick and thought okay gonna get em quick today.... Then took any hour to catch 3 more 😬... Was rigging in 16 fow about 6 feet down along pea gravel banks... About 12:30 I pulled out and made a move. Water clarity was much clearer... Probably the clearest I seen it since getting back on Beaver Lake.... Got in about 12-13 fow and best bite seemed to be 7 feet down. Boy was it a frustrating bite. A lot of bites they would just come up and lift up on the rod tip... Hard to pierce a nose that way... Went through several shorts. About 3 shorts to every keeper. But at least the bite was better... Ended with a limit of females about 2:45. Then culled the 3 squeakers I had and pulled up at 3:30. All the females belly’s didn’t look bloated like previous trips but look more post spawn... Didn’t realize it until I got home and clean the first fish... Most of everyone of them are reabsorbing their eggs... They looked pale like a brownish color... Low water year I guess and not having favorable conditions. These fish will won’t be there in a few days... Gonna be lull time before they start eating aggressively Good fishing and God bless Lance

Yes... That’s all I do... haven’t single pole in over 4 years probably 😬

Generally would of stayed home but full moon and spawning crappie... Just couldn’t set at home... 12 fow, 6ft down... 60 degree WT... Mud

14 ladies and one player 🤣 Rigging along pea gravel banks for suspended staging females in 16 fow, 6-8 feet down. WT 58 degrees and a pea green water clarity. Steady bite the whole trip. God bless and good fishing... Lance