Long Creek Area Crappie Report04/19/14

[Nitro 750]

Launched the boat at Long Creek Ramp at about 06:30, only one in the parking lot. Headed to the same area as in the report on the 17th. The ride this morning was not near as cold as the one on Thursday!!!! Put the boat about a cast length from the bank and started throwing the black and char. tube on a 1/16th head. Reeling back slowly and the bite would usually come between the bank and about a 1/3 of the way back to the boat, bite was very lite again today, Had 4 nice keepers by about 8:30 or so. The bite seemed to be closer to the bank. The bite really slowed once the sun came up. So I moved out deeper to see if the crappie had moved out deeper, but no luck. Also threw a smoke color swimming minnow and blue and white tube, no bites on either one. Tried a few different areas and caught 2 more keepers and 3 shorts. Water temp. was 57 when I started and 59.4 when I ended the day. End up with 6 keepers and 3 shorts. It was just a Beautiful day to be on the lake!!!!

[duckydoty]

Another great report. Thanks for sharing with us. I got a buddy that fished for crappie yesterday and said it was kinda slow for him in the James River arm. It sure was a nice day to be out on the water.

[Quillback]

Nice quality slabs, congrats!