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I'VE BEEN MANY MANY TIMES TO LAKE FORK, TEXAS TO CATCH BASS. THAT IS IN FACT A TEXAS BASS.

MARTY I HAVE A GUIDE QUESTION OF THE WEEK. UNLIKE YOUR GUIDE TIP OF THE WEEK, I GET TO PICK THE TOPIC. I HOPE YOU WON'T MIND WEIGHING IN ON THE SUBJECT. I HAVE HEARD (FROM SOMEONE I WOULD THINK SHOULD KNOW) THAT CRAPPIE SPAWN 2 TIMES A YEAR. NOW, WE DO SEE EGGS LATER IN THE YEAR. SO THIS IS MY QUESTION. DO THEY SPAWN TWICE, OR DOES THE EGG PROCESS START ALL OVER AGAIN FEW MONTHS AFTER THE SPAWN? I ALWAYS ENJOY YOUR REPORTS. WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO OUR NEXT 3 TRIPS THE YEAR. FEEL FREE TO REPLY ON YOUR NEXT REGULAR POST. THANKS

BOB THESE JERK BAITS ARE THEY STICK BAITS LIKE A ROUGE OR PLASTIC LIKE A BASS ASSASIN? IF STICK BAITS ARE YOU LETTING THEM SUSPEND THEN JERK-JERK THEN SUSPEND OR JUST CRANKING THEM DOWN DEEP?

I HAVE HEARD THAT ANY POINT CLOSE TO A DEEP CREEK CHANNEL WILL PRODUCE WALLEYE'S STARTING 2 HRS. BEFORE DARK. MOST SEEM TO GO TO THE LOWER PART OF THE LAKE. THIS REPORT COMES FROM SEVERAL SOURCES. ME AND MY BUDDY PLAN ON THIS SOON. CHECK OUT THIS ONE. ON THE FIRST PAGE AND UNDER MR. BAKER THIS IS HIS TRIP. I KNOW JR HE KNOWS THE LAKE VERY WELL. http://www.crappie.com/crappie/missouri-cr...ke-walleye.html GO TO PAGE 2 AND THREAD #20 TO SEE THE PICS. NICE CATCH. http://www.crappie.com/crappie/missouri-cr...loz-week-2.html

SORRY FOR LEAVING OUT THE BASIC INFORMATION. WE CAUGHT CRAPPIE AND FISHED W/ JIG AND MINNOW(THIS IS WHAT WE CAUGHT THEM ON), ALSO SINKER AND MINNOW. WE ALSO THREW SPINNER BAITS AND CRAINK BAITS AT THE BANK WHILE FISHING STRAIGHT DOWN OVER THE CREEK CHANNEL. WE EVEN TRIED TO TROLL CRANKBAITS DEEP TO CAUSE A REACTION STRIKE. IT'S TO COLD FOR TROLLING WE WERE JUST TRIED SOMETHING DIFFERENT. I CAN ONLY ASSUME THAT CRAPPIE IS WHAT WE WERE SEEING ON THE TV. SOME FISH WILL SCHOOL IN PATTERNS DIFFERENT THAN OTHERS. TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH I'VE SEEN WHITE BASS (IN THE SUMMER MONTHS) LOOK VERY MUCH LIKE WHAT WE SAW THIS WEEKEND. WE ALSO MADE A RUN TO CEDAR RIDGE. AND LOOKED FOR ABOUT AN HOUR AND THE TV WAS EMPTY.

WE FISHED HIGH POINT TODAY. THE TV WAS FILLED WITH FISH ALL DAY. EVERYWHERE WE WENT THE FISH WERE STACKED IN 20 TO 25 FOOT OF WATER. WE JUST COULD'NT STIR UP A BITE. WE GOT HOME WITH 2 ONE WEIGHING 1 LB - 10 OZ.

Dec. 7th Surface temp. 48 DEG Wind from the south @ 16 to 26 MPH We put in @ Old State Park and fished all the primary points and drop offs on that side of the lake to the dam and back. Scoped and fished the dropoffs where we found fish holding on the bottom in 25' of water. TV fished brush piles and found movement around most of the them were the waves weren't bounding us around. Making placement of a jig and minnow an easy task. We found a few shad balls and fish them as well where we could locate them. Seemed to be in plenty of the right places but still came home empty handed.

MARTY SORRY ABOUT YOU FISHING BUDDY. AS MUCH AS I HAVE ENJOYED DIFFERENT HOBBYS THE PEOPLE WE DO IT WITH MAKE IT WORTH WHILE. SAM

I WAS JUST WONDERING HOW THE SATURDAY NIGHT CARPPIE TOUNRAMENT WENT. I SAW LOTS OF BOATS AND LOTS LIGHTS. BUT NO INFORMATION ON HEAVY FISH, HEAVY STRINGER OR HOW MANY WERE WEIGHED IN. DO THEY PUBLISH STATS?

I HOPE THE TOURNAMENT DID BETTER THAN WE DID LAST NIGHT. WE FISHED 3 PLACES AFTER DARK. QUIT @ 1:00 AND COULDN''T GET THE MINNOWS TO LAST MORE THAN 10 MIN OR SO. CRAPPIE JUST DON'T LIKE DEAD MINNOWS. THE WORST NIGHT FOR FISHING I HAVE EVER HAD. WE ALWAYS ENJOY A NICE NIGHT ON THE WATER JUST NO FISH TO GO WITH IT. SO...... WHAT WAS THE FINAL WEIGH IN?

I THINK I CAN TELL YOU WHAT NOT TO DO. SATURDAY EVENING AND NIGHT WE FISHED MASTERS. WE WERE HEADED FOR BIGGER WATER BUT THE STORM THREAT KEPT US CLOSE TO THE RAMP. I'LL NOT FISH TODAY SO I CAN FISH TOMAROW. WE ALL CAN LIVE WITH THAT RULE. OUR ELECTRONICS SHOWED FISH 15’ OR LESS. VERY LITTLE BELOW THAT AND THE BAIT FISH LOOKED LIKE A LINE OF STORM CLOWDS OVER IN THE ENTIRE AREA. WE ONLY GOT HOME W/ 2 CRAPPIE SLOW TROLLING A CRANK BAIT. ONE OF THEM CAME FROM AN ISLAND JUST OUT SIDE OF MASTERS. ONLY VERY SMALL ONES CAME FROM A MINNOW OR JIG AFTER DARK. I HAD ONE HUNG @ 10',15' AND 20'. A LITTLE HISTORY, 3 WEEKS AGO I HAMMERED THEM IN THE SAME PLACES WE FISHED LAST NIGHT AND ALL BEING QUALITY FISH AND 50% STILL HAD EGGS. WATER TEMP WAS 80 THEN AND 84 NOW. HAVE THEY MADE A TRIP OUT TO THE MAIN LAKE AREA AND WAS I SEEING MOSTY PERCH ON THE GRAPH?

We started @ twin bridges area about 11:00. Headed to greaser and fished bobber and jig, fished dropoffs @ 20' w/ jig and minnow. Threw a crankbait and did alot of graphing. Not much to look @ or catch for us. Then went to Mutton and trolled the back half of the cove using crankbaits. Only picked up a white bass that we released. Also threw a bobber and jig in the brush as close as possible to the bank. We looked at several brush piles on the main lake and in coves only to find them for the most part empty. If fish were present they were burried so deep they didn't stand out as clear archs on the graph. None scattered on the outward edges. Moved to masters one hour before dark. Fished straight down in 30' of water @ 12', 15' and 20' w/ jig and minnows. We managed to pickup 2 crappie 12' deep. Each one hammered the bait. One measured 13". None had eggs. I'm still trying to learn how to idendify the sex of a fish. It may have been a post spawn fish, it did look like a female. Anyone have any good secrets on just how to indentify a male from a female fish?

GOOD QUESTION. I HAVE BEEN UNDER THE IMPRESSION THEY ALWAYS WENT SHALLOW TO SPAWN. HAVING SAID THAT NEVER RULE OUT ANYTHING WHEN TALKING ABOUT FISH.

Friday we focused on main lake beds and some secondary weed beds on the lower end of the lake. Used a jig and minnow and fished in the brush. Most came from from 15' to 20' deep in 25' to 35' of water. Saturday we fished the same pattern as friday. Total for each day was 7 on friday and 0 on saturday. Pulled out and went to Masters late Saturday evening. Motored up to High Point. Lots of boats stacked fishing the tall timber next to a steep bank. We only saw 1 fish caught @ High Point. Sorry to say it was not us. Headed back to Masters and fished a drop off close to the ramp. finaly got bit and went home W/ 3. Fishing was better than it has been for the last 2 months.

I got a late start and was looking for a stringer of crappie. As soon as I got on to them the weather ended it. Can't wait till next saturday.

I fished the lower end of Stockton saturday. Caught 2 smallmouth and 2 black male crappie up in till I got driven of the lake by the weather.