4-27 Crappie Report

[Skeeter ZX190]

I confess. I was skeptical that the crappie would be shallow with 55 degree water. We put in at Brown Bend about 8 am and fished till 12:30. We caught around 40 crappie but only 16 were keepers. Caught them all in about 2 to 5 feet of water. The rain finally started to soak through and we were damp and cold so we called it a day. We caught them on a 1/16 oz white or chartreuse & purple grub. I'm not skeptical now.

[Old plug]

Up in that area of the lake is the top end of the lake for both crappie and walleye. They have been catching them at 5 ft since the surface temperature was in the 40's. that is normal for up there. It has a lot t do with the current effect I have been told. The lower like is more effected by the temperature of the water at the spawning level.

[Blazerman]

I was fishing at the lake for the last 4 days. We spent 3 of them fishing for crappie and caught our limits every day. We were fishing around the 6 mile mark by the Gravois in the big coves up to the 4 mile mark on the main channel. Many of our fish came in 2-5 fow on the banks but just as many came on dock corners and sunken brush in 10-15 fow. My buddy was fishing with minnows and I was using jigs. We both caught plenty of fish and threw back everything under 10".

Someone else had posted about catching crappie on a small white marabou jig under a small bobber so I brought my zig jigs with me to try it. Have to say it worked for crappie on the bank in about 2-4 fow. I used a white 1/32 oz zig jig that had the silver strand and fished it about 20” down under the bobber and tore them up. Also caught white bass and an 16” LM on it.

On deeper brush piles and dock corners I used a small tube jig on a 1/16 oz lead head in pearl color.

We fished in the rain both Friday and Saturday but still caught fish. Water temps were 55-58 most everywhere.

We fished half a day yesterday for bass and caught a few on crankbaits, nothing big.

With the warm weather forecast for today I am sure the water will hit 60 and the bite will only get better.