4-11-14 Glaize Arm Crappie

[Seth]

NE_slabs Do bot get to encourage it might be tuff. I just got off the dock and caught about 6 or 7 white crappie and only one was a keeper. I think though the the explosion of crappie fishing is very close. I was bass fishing for short while yesterday and only got three small ones on a grub around the points. Had to throw the grub all the way to the bank them very slowly drag it over the rocks just letting it fall. No action on my part at all. Leads me to think they are not to aggressive right now.

Old Plug speaks the truth. Dad referred to yesterdays fishing as "stove pipe" fishing because you had to put your jig right on top of the brush or you didn't get bit. Once we moved off the banks/docks and found those brush piles, we caught very few short fish. Most were 10-12". The few fish we pulled off of the banks and docks were short or 9-10". If the weather stays decent, next weekend and for sure the following weekends after that should be on fire.

[Old plug]

I think it would be helpful for any of you fishing out of a boat this past weekend to have one of those real long crappie poles. They are not real deep around here. Those long poles allow you to stand off. I think parking on top of the brush can be non productive. I had a advantage till I got to old of setting up brush piles then going from one to the other. I think a lot of guys catch a few crappie out of a spot then sit there for a long time and do not catch more. They think the crappie stopped bitting, and maybe they have but I think sometimes you wear out your welcome. If you have a few spotted are know of some productive piles, you can run from one to the other. When you wear out your welcome just go to the other one come later and you will pick up a few more maybe from the first place. This same thing will work with bass if they are ganged up someplace. I think I heard that fish emit some sort of fear hormone. Maybe when you have enought of that in the water they finally get the picture and stop biting.

[Seth]

I think it would be helpful for any of you fishing out of a boat this past weekend to have one of those real long crappie poles. They are not real deep around here. Those long poles allow you to stand off. I think parking on top of the brush can be non productive. I had a advantage till I got to old of setting up brush piles then going from one to the other. I think a lot of guys catch a few crappie out of a spot then sit there for a long time and do not catch more. They think the crappie stopped bitting, and maybe they have but I think sometimes you wear out your welcome. If you have a few spotted are know of some productive piles, you can run from one to the other. When you wear out your welcome just go to the other one come later and you will pick up a few more maybe from the first place. This same thing will work with bass if they are ganged up someplace. I think I heard that fish emit some sort of fear hormone. Maybe when you have enought of that in the water they finally get the picture and stop biting.

That's what I had planned on doing until we found the mother load on that last brush pile. I've always had success doing what you mentioned, but even then there are times when I spend too much time in one area. It's a bad habit to break. I'm better at moving around when I'm just out enjoying the day and not too worried about filling the live wells. Funny thing is I am pretty sure I do better when I am not in such a serious fishing mode because I stay more open minded throughout the day.