Fishing Report 12-03-08

[Stockton Lake Guide Service]

Water temp 45

Crappie fishing has been excellent over the past week. Most fish are coming off of flats or on main lake brush piles either on jigs or road runners. I have been fishing around mutton creek to ruark area. Most of the fish are between 15-20 foot deep. I have seen some reports of deeper fish but I have not found them. Most of the fish we have caught have been right on the bottom or along the edge of the brush.

I was out saturday in the rain and fished from 3-4:30. We had 16 big crappie. This morning I took a guy out and we had 30 crappie and a 3 lb walleye between 8:30 and 11:00. If you are not getting bit for 10 minutes or so try another spot. The fish are schooled up so use your electronics to find the fish. Your best bet is to find a flat or point where the channel swings into this area. Fish the drop off either verticle or you can drop back into the channel and cast up onto the point/flat. If neither of these work try casting from the shallow to the deeper water. If you don't get bit then move onto another spot.

If you have a choice, try waiting a day after the fronts come thru (like friday this week) If you can't wait then you should still be able to pick up some crappie but you might want to down size your jigs. I have been using 1/8 oz jigs and 1/16 oz roadrunners.

Hope this helps if your having trouble finding fish. Feel free to give me a call if you have any questions!

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THANKS BOB. I IMAGINE IT IS THE SAME ON THE OTHER ARM.

VINCE