ollie Posted February 21, 2011 Posted February 21, 2011 Went down to Capps today and fished for about 3-4 hours. Man the wind was HELL!! I knew it would be tough, but hoped to get out of the wind at some time during the morning. Started out at the mill dam since it was cloudy and windy. The wind was at my back at that time so it wasn't too bad. First fish to hand was a google-eye. Then another and another. I think I caught 4 google-eye below the dam before I caught the surprise of the day. A crappie about 10-12" long. I have never caught one in Capps let alone close to the dam. I was not expecting that! I thought it was another big google-eye at first until It got closer. Finally the wind got to be too strong so I went down below to the last access. There was a lot of cars down there by now. Seems a lot of people had the same idea I had. I walk upstream fishing as I went, but didn't catch anything until the first really deep hole. As I was leaving the hole I switched colors and then caught 2 largemouth both about 12" long. Didn't catch any trout and the water is on the rise due to the meltoff of the snow. Fished Hickory on the way home and did ok there. Caught a few there before going home. Great day even though it was windy. "you can always beat the keeper, but you can never beat the post" There are only three things in life that are certain : death, taxes, and the wind blowing at Capps Creek!
Buzz Posted February 21, 2011 Posted February 21, 2011 The crappie is interesting. I've never even thought about that species being in Capps, let alone at the dam. I wonder if they have been stocked in the mill pond??? Maybe it swam all the way up from Shoal Creek. That makes two oddities for Capps in recent months,1 golden rainbow and now crappie. If fishing was easy it would be called catching.
ollie Posted February 21, 2011 Author Posted February 21, 2011 I know, I thought it was a google-eye until it got closer. Those were my 2 thoughts as well. I'm going for the Shoal upstream theory. "you can always beat the keeper, but you can never beat the post" There are only three things in life that are certain : death, taxes, and the wind blowing at Capps Creek!
Justin Spencer Posted February 21, 2011 Posted February 21, 2011 Hope you had a tasty fish dinner! "The problem with a politician’s quote on Facebook is you don’t know whether or not they really said it." –Abraham Lincoln Tales of an Ozark Campground Proprietor Dead Drift Fly Shop
drew03cmc Posted February 25, 2011 Posted February 25, 2011 Crappie were probably there before the trout were. The golden rainbows are often stocked as kind of a gimmick. They can be selectively bred in hatcheries, but as Buzz knows, it's not rare to have them stocked in Missouri's White Ribbon waters. Andy
mhall02 Posted February 25, 2011 Posted February 25, 2011 Never caught a crappie there all the times I went in the late 80s. Caught a few nice smallmouth closer to Shoal and saw a few nice largemouth closer to the mill, but never caught a crappie. That was also before the days of the browns or golden trout. I'm sticking with my origin via farm pond theory.
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