Memorial Day Crappie

[FullTiltAngler]

Drove up early Monday morning to fish my spot on the 8mm. My buddy and I had lines in the water by 7:00 in the morning.By 11:00 both had our limits of crappie.All were ranging 9-11 inches. Got a couple of them using minnows setting about 15ft in 30fow but minnow bite was all but non-existent through the day. All the rest we caught using using 1/32oz and 1/16oz chart tinsel jigs with chart nibbles. Seemed to get most bites around the 12ft mark in around 20-25fow. Were casting out,drop count then very,very slow retrieve.Action was heavy untill about 11:30-12:00 then just shut down from there on. Was very surprised on amount of people and boat traffic on the lake. Seems that everyone either left sunday night or very first thing Monday morning. Kind of a nice suprise compared to how I thought it would be all day. A good summer and good fishing to all and be careful out there.

[laker67]

Well FTA, you were brave to venture here on a holiday weekend. Sounds as if you did well. Crappie are all but extinct on the upper end of the lake, 5mm big niangua, but the longboat traffic is not. Seems to be an exceptionally large number of longboats in our area, which we have never had in the past. My dock is taking a beating. Good to hear you caught a future fish dinner.

[fishinwrench]

Yeah, what Laker said... Nothing biting on this end but the catfish. That's the best crappie report I've heard in quite awhile. And coming from the twin islands area.....that's a surprise for sure. Way to go !

[FullTiltAngler]

We definitely had a good time. We were actually surprised we did as well as we did also. The way this season has gone so far with no winter and early summer like conditions make it hard for a guy to tell just what the fish are doing. Thats been the best day we've had since mid March. Crappie not hitting like last year thats for sure. Last year was the best crappie fishing I ever experienced on that lake. Oh! The memories!! Good fishing all!!