Crappies? Did You Say Crappies?

[RSBreth]

I've been catching a few here and there this past week. Find slow water, find timber over a hard bottom in about 3- to 5-feet of water and you may find a few. Not a mud or silt bottom mind you, it has to be firm - gravel or rock. Not many numbers a but a few really nice size for the river.

[OzarksRiverman]

I've caught a few crappie just below Ned Reynolds old house (not sure if he still lives there). Along that bluff is the only place I've caught any.

[OzarkFishman]

Got a few crappie yesterday in my kayak. The wind was brutal (especially the gusts). White was the winning color of the day.

OzarkFishman

[OzarksRiverman]

Nice. What stretch did you catch those on? Above Riverside?

[RSBreth]

The Finley 's pretty blown out today - it's looking mean and still rising. Crappies are probably hunkering down.

[OzarkFishman]

Below Riverside. Went to the park this morning just to check the water. It was chocolate brown and moving. I wet a line for a while to waste some time. 2 ducks buzzed not 15 feet above me, which was pretty cool. The water will be into the park tonight if it isn't already.

On a side note, I was on my way to Bolivar yesterday and saw 2 deer crossing 65. They were both in the median, when one decided to make a break for the other side ... wrong decision. It was like I knew it was going to get hit before it happened. I saw a semi coming (good thing it was a semi), and I knew what was about to happen. The deer just trotted right out in front of the semi and like a good semi driver does he just barged through the deer. The deer did a 360 and went probably 3 or 4 feet in the air and landed in the grass on the far side of the highway. While I didn't want to see it happen, it was neat to see.

OzarkFishman