10/26 Crappies/whites

[Flatbottom Boy]

Got out last night on the Glaize and walked some shorelines looking for shad from 4pm to midnight. They were everywhere and the fishing was pretty hot for crappies and a few bonus whites. We actually fished two locations the Glaize over by Mccubbins point and on the main lake off a couple resort docks. Both locations provided very good crappies (many over 11") and the Glaize is where we located most of the whites. The colors that seemed to work the best were blue/white and red/white tubes, the whites were hitting the cast master spoons cranked pretty fast. Seemed like most of the crappies were between 4FOW to 12FOW. We ended the night with 30 slabs and 9 decent whites. I was torn between fishing and sitting in the tree stand...glad I chose fishing. Good luck to all.

[NickIL]

FB,

My place is fairly close to McCubbins ramp, but have not fished much for whites. Any additional insights you can share about fishing that particular area for whites (best times of year, effective lures, best times of day - I hear night fishing for whites can be fast and furious, etc. Thanks. Nick

[Flatbottom Boy]

I am no expert on whites anywhere..Fishinwrench had passed on some pretty good info a while back upon request. These whites seemed to be following the shad schools around a particular cove. The birds were also following so I would strongly recomend following the flocks of guls in the boat. The best lure I found for them at that particular time was the castmaster spoon in silver. Again I'm no expert on them... crappies on the other hand I can usually score on pretty regularly. This was a much better crappie bite than I had seen in a while, (as far as size goes). Good luck wish I was more help.

[NickIL]

Thanks FB!

[Zach Beach]

Nick,

I might be a little late with this but I fish around the 50mm every fall with my dad for whites. We usually find them this time of year in the backs of coves with the wind blowing in them and shad. I say usually because this year we found most of the whites on main and secondary points. We were using white mepps spinners, tennessee shad colored grups, and blade baits. We did really well with the blade baits. We actually caught some strippers on a main lake point in about 10 to 15 of water around dusk. Here are some pictures.

[NickIL]

Zach,

Thanks for the additional info. Much appreciated. Nick