Saturday/sunday Gravois Crappie Report

[motoman]

This is a bit of an addition to the previous report. But, I thought it better to start a new report, since things are a bit different.

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This is second hand info I got from my buddy today who's still down there I fished with Thursday/Friday. The info is rock solid though. As we got a taste of it while I was down; but he confirmed things after I left....of course! Some guys I fish with I would be skeptical of any reports, but my buddy down there has no problem telling me when he struggles. So you can take this to the bank!

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In the Gravois arm, working a longer cove near the back, with gradually sloping, gravel/chunk rock banks, in about 15-20' of water. The bank is about 2 cast lengths on either side. Using minners was the only thing that would produce. Tried throwing jigs/grubs where we had caught 'em previously.........and nuttin'! Just hang the rod over the side of the boat, with a minner in the 2,4,6,8 or 10 foot depth. He caught them at every depth. And slowly troll the creek channel. He caught keepers only, where we had TONS of dinks in my previous report how we were catching them. A couple of his keepers in the 12" range today too. He sent me pix, but I accidentally deleted them already. And I know we didn't catch them that big Thursday/Friday.

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It appears the Crappie are staging off from the shore; just waiting to move in. Or shooting in occasioanlly to check things out; then heading back out to the creek channel.

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Things are picking up!