Somebody Catching Crappie

[denjac]

Put in at the back of north little indian this morning. By the ramp in the water and on the bank were 20-30 big slab filleted crappie. I would like to know the were and whats on them , I cant get a crappie bite. Did have a good day on bass though. Had a black over 5lbs, and one of those big headed fish that shoulda weighed 6 but only around weighed 3 1/2 - 4. He was pretty beat up and old looking.

lots of 14-17 inch spots all still on the grub.

[Jason Essary]

denjac, thats my backyard. the main dock is full of submerged brush for them and I know a couple older guys that fish with minnows under the dock. id say thats the ones that caught them. ill keep my ears open though and let u know if i can catch them and find out what the pattern is.

Do u put in much there?

[denjac]

denjac, thats my backyard. the main dock is full of submerged brush for them and I know a couple older guys that fish with minnows under the dock. id say thats the ones that caught them. ill keep my ears open though and let u know if i can catch them and find out what the pattern is.

Do u put in much there?

Its my backyard too. I stay at the castle RV Park. Those old guys I think clean there fish on the dock at the cleaning station on the end. Let me know if you here anything. I will do the same.

[Jason Essary]

Denjac, went yesterday. saw a bunch of carcasses but all i saw were white bass. some big and some decent. maybe thats what u saw. I would say that they were caught right there because a couple years ago when the water was way down at this time, me and my boy just killed the whites in the west pocket from the ramp just a couple days before easter. whites always have a run back into little indian and big indian at this time, but they are hard to predict. I tried to catch some yesterday, but didnt get hit by any. I think i did run into some on a pea gravel bank just out a little, had some hard hits but everytime i set the hook, all i got was a tail less grub. I didnt but two and two together till later, and tried on my way back in and whatever was hitting was gone. u been going in little indian lately and doing any good. Ive been catching a lot of shorts but not to many keepers.

[Bill Babler]

Denny, I would like to take that grub, and have you sit on it. I just can't for the life of me get bit on that thing. YES!! I know you have told me what you are doing, but I have tried and still can't get them to eat it. AH!! the Stickbait, that is another matter.

Good luck in your derby this weekend. Don't beat up the fish your on, look for some new ones. Got your item saved, will shout at you later. If you find those crappie, and need someone to help you catch-em, give me a call.

Bill

[denjac]

Denny, I would like to take that grub, and have you sit on it. I just can't for the life of me get bit on that thing. YES!! I know you have told me what you are doing, but I have tried and still can't get them to eat it. AH!! the Stickbait, that is another matter.

Good luck in your derby this weekend. Don't beat up the fish your on, look for some new ones. Got your item saved, will shout at you later. If you find those crappie, and need someone to help you catch-em, give me a call.

Bill

Bill, I will be down there most of next week. I will take you out and show you the grub bite, and you can show me the stickbait bite. I will be hunting the crappie too as I prefish for the 19th.

[denjac]

Denjac, went yesterday. saw a bunch of carcasses but all i saw were white bass. some big and some decent. maybe thats what u saw. I would say that they were caught right there because a couple years ago when the water was way down at this time, me and my boy just killed the whites in the west pocket from the ramp just a couple days before easter. whites always have a run back into little indian and big indian at this time, but they are hard to predict. I tried to catch some yesterday, but didnt get hit by any. I think i did run into some on a pea gravel bank just out a little, had some hard hits but everytime i set the hook, all i got was a tail less grub. I didnt but two and two together till later, and tried on my way back in and whatever was hitting was gone. u been going in little indian lately and doing any good. Ive been catching a lot of shorts but not to many keepers.

Maybe I am going blind, I sure thought they were crappie but guess not. I havent been doing any good in Little Indian been running out of there. I saw some chasers back there the other morning, but think they were whites.

[Bill Babler]

Sounds great. Lets try and get out next week for a little Swarray. Would look forward to it. I believe I am booked everyday, but I'm sure some are half day morning trips, and we can sneak out afterwards for my school time. It will be like a work-school program. I'll get you your item then.

Thanks Bill

[Crappie5]

denjac, it is getting real close on the crappie, if the darn weather would just steady up. I had had a nice limit crappie up in the Kings river yesterday. It started out real good with 9 keepers until about 9:30 am and then just went dead until about 2:30 I finished out a limit.

Most of the fish came out of trees in about 23'-26' of water about 10'-12' down. however I did hit a couple of my better banks and the first throw in about 3' of water was a 16" crappie. a little ways down i managed two that were 15-1/2". That was it i never caught another one off the banks. All three of these big ones were MALES, yes they sure in fact were males!

I caught about 25 total and most were caught on red/white tube jigs and two of the three big ones were on a pearl swimming minnow on 1/8 oz jig head.

Water temps averaged 55.

[denjac]

denjac, it is getting real close on the crappie, if the darn weather would just steady up. I had had a nice limit crappie up in the Kings river yesterday. It started out real good with 9 keepers until about 9:30 am and then just went dead until about 2:30 I finished out a limit.

Yep its getting real close, need some sun to get em to move up.