slider Posted May 5, 2008 Posted May 5, 2008 made my first trip to the tailrace of the year yesterday. started fishing about 6:00, it was really crowded found a spot to fish to my liking about 7:30. one guy next to me had close to a limit of crappie and 5 or 6 whites. started catching fish on a pearl crappie stinger, switched to a beetle about dark and caught fish fore about an hour and then it got really slow. fished until about 10:00 one once in awhile. when i left had 8 crappie and 5 whites. water was fairly muddy. the guy next to me did finish his limit of crappie and added a few more whites. i think the day fishing is a little better coz of the stained water. slider DONT EVER GIVE UP MOSES WAS A BASKET CASE ONCE!
vonreed Posted May 5, 2008 Posted May 5, 2008 That's exactly what I've thought on the fishing also. I couldn't even get a bite hardly with anything smaller than a slider. I caught 11 big crappie, and 1 white up there a couple days ago and they were all before dark, with a bright bait. I just bought a package of mirror image darting shad that look really reflective so I'm looking forward to trying those. I also found that the slower the water was better for me. I ended up going way below the handicap dock. I'm gonna try to go tomorrow and I'm gonna try to get there earlier than usual so I have more daylight, instead of darkness to fish. Thanks for the report.
Members jnorman Posted May 5, 2008 Members Posted May 5, 2008 Where were you fishing at Slider? The best time to fish is when it's raining . . . and when it's not!
Seth Posted May 6, 2008 Posted May 6, 2008 Are you catching the crappie in the fast water or on the old channel side where it's calm? I know the whites/hybrids bite good on the current side, but wasn't sure about the crappie.
slider Posted May 6, 2008 Author Posted May 6, 2008 i fished right above the handicap dock. the water wasnt really fast in the little bowl above there. i tried to fish above the bowl and didnt have much luck in the faster water. ther must have been 50 boats over in the old river chanel so they must have been catching something. saw about the same amount of boats both days. slider DONT EVER GIVE UP MOSES WAS A BASKET CASE ONCE!
Members jnorman Posted May 7, 2008 Members Posted May 7, 2008 I was down there saturday evening about that area. About half way between the handicap dock and the fence. The best time to fish is when it's raining . . . and when it's not!
slider Posted May 7, 2008 Author Posted May 7, 2008 did you have any luck? DONT EVER GIVE UP MOSES WAS A BASKET CASE ONCE!
Members jnorman Posted May 9, 2008 Members Posted May 9, 2008 Not much. It was to shallow where we were at. We needed to be further down in that "bowl" next to the handicap dock where it was a little deeper but there wasn't any spots open. The best time to fish is when it's raining . . . and when it's not!
slider Posted May 9, 2008 Author Posted May 9, 2008 made a trip up there yesterday. 5 of us caught 115 that we brought home. tightline will be posting some pictures and the full story. slider DONT EVER GIVE UP MOSES WAS A BASKET CASE ONCE!
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