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I have noticed a few posts about time for float n fly, I know generally what it is but would like to know more about how to set up to the rig and when is the best time to use it. I would like to use it to catch crappie if possible. thanks Rusty

Went Saturday, it was supposed to be windy so o chose to go to wooly creek instead of the main lake. Water was 54 deg . . Put in about 730 and fished to 11. I caught 13 and a couple of small bass but only had 3 that would keep ( had several that would barely touch the line but I didn't keep those). 1/2 way back in the creek on pole timber or brush in 17 foe on a char/white tube is the only way I could get bit. The 3 I cleaned were all males. Guess I should have went and tried the main lake. Had fun. rusty

I'm glad you posted this when you did Hughsey, changed my game plan and wound up with 5 keepers today, didn't find them like you did but had fun. Thanks again

tied for crappie tuesday also @ the flat/james , i didn't do any good either, i hooked 1 crappie and it flipped off at the boat.

alittle over a year ago at highpoint, me and a guy from my church went fishing. he backed me in and parked the truck, he said that he got the trailer a little crooked, when we got back my trailer had been turned completely sideways, so he straightened it out and we loaded the boat and headed back toward springfield on 123, there is a sharp corner before you get to 215 for morrisville and my trailer came unhooked. thank the Lord for safety chains..i found my pin that was locking my hitch in the back of my truck..

does anyone know if the ramp at cape fair or bridgeport are open and not iced up? was looking to go thursday this week.. Rusty

i do this on the side along with upholstery, if any of you decide that you dont want to tackle it , i would be honored to earn your business..i have not been blessed with a heated shop yet so i would have to wait until it warmed up alittle before i could install carpet..just let me know if i can help

was wanting to try to find out what the water temperature was around buck creek, if anyone has been lately that info would be helpful..also i was wondering when bullshoals usually turns over around buck creek???

mike how do you find out at what depth the thermocline is??

when i was inquiring about this not too long ago i was told that it started after the spawn and lasted all summer..

was there friday night and had my first success with fishing with a light at cedar ridge, wound up with 21 total, had 2 whites and 4 short crappie and a limit of crappie, had a good night and alot of fun

were you fishing over brush or catching them on the ledges..

the 12 ft beds were the best tried the deeper bed and could not get a bite

my dad and i went to high point area friday, was allitle bit windy but not too bad, we had 12 keepers, we were catching them one brush piles 9-12 ft deep, fish were scattered you would only get 2 or so keepers at each stop. i was going to move out into deeper water to see if they were suspended but stuck with the brush piles. all in all it was a great day to be out but would have liked to have caught more fish..

smoker welcome..300 bandits are crankbaits that alot of people troll for crappie in the summer..you can find them at bass pro or cabelas.. Rusty

well it wasnt too bad..we wound up with 4 crappie, one bass and one drum..2 of the crappie were keepers..didnt find the fish until about 10 or 1030 and we were leaving at 11 or 1130..finally found some on a flat in about 26 fow running the bait about 15ft..didnt have time to get any new colors so the only color i had that they would bite was white ..just a word of caution when i was loading the boat i think i over heated myself, so all of you take care in this heat..thanks again for all you input my son had alot of fun and he caught the biggest fish which was the drum, he was bragging about that.. Rusty

well if i dont catch any fish it wont be because of bad advice thats just the way my luck goes, the important thing is that i will be with my son and enjoying the great outdoors and doing something that i love to do..so i will post when i get back and ill give it my best shot..thanks again to all of you guys for your advice.. Rusty

streamer that is awesome that you got into them just a couple of hours before the tourney ended. i have been fishing the hight point area and just wonder if i need to move back toward cedar ridge for deeper water..the video that i watched said that this should last all summer, do any of you guys agree with that..do they usually hit the crankbaits better early in the morning or late in the afternoon?? Rusty

thank you for all your replies, looks like i need to get a few more colors and troll over deeper water..as for knowing my speed i put a gps on my graph and it tells me mph..i watch a video on midwest crappie about fishing crankbaits on sardis lake, he fished bandit crankbaits 200 and 300 series said to troll about 1.5 to 2.0. but you know how those fishing videos go they dont tell you everything that you need to know.. will this work all summer or do they quit at some point?? thanks again everyone. Rusty

looking for some info on how to troll for crappie with crankbaits, tried running some bandit 300's for a little while this morning about 12 to 15ft deep, saw alot of fish on the graph but didnt get any bits..i am just starting to try to crankbait and was wondering if there was a certain color that works good on stockton, what speed that you like to troll at and what kind of banks do you usually do the best on or if you just get way out in the middle ..any info would be a great help on learning a new tactic..also fish brush in the high point area and only wound up with 4 keepers but did catch alot of small fish.. good fishin to all Rusty

LAST WEEKEND WENT DOWN TO K-DOCK AND WAS FISHING FOR CRAPPIE AT NIGHT , CAUGHT 4 SMALL ONES AND THE GAR SET IN AND THATS ALL WE COULD CATCH AFTER THAT. DIDNT KNOW OF ANY OTHER BRUSH PILES CLOSE SO WE JUST QUIT..IS THAT THE ONLY THING THAT YOU CAN DO WHEN GAR SHOW UP IS MOVE OR QUIT?????

i was wondering if anyone went down to beaver thursday evening to fish, i so is the water muddy..was asking because i was going to try to go down after work friday or maybe saturday evening?

looks like i did go up far enough, the last report that i read was that the whites were on the channel drops at snap..they are moving up faster that i thought..havent fished out of k-dock but a couple of times, i have a lot to learn about this area..my dad and i had a good time anyway.. Rusty

went down to k-dock monday was fishing the channel drops, did alot of graphing and could find anything, went back south past k-dock and finally caught a 15" walleye on a wind blown point on a smoke swimming minnow.. that is the only bit i had all day..talked to some other guys at the ramp and they said they went up to beaver and didn't do any good, said that friday they graphed fish everywhere but nothing monday..sorry its not a better report.. Rusty

thanks stone i appriciate the info, good luck to you for friday.. Rusty