A Little Rain Didn't Hurt......crappie Report!

[duckydoty]

That's right, a little rain didn't hurt, them fish were already wet.

Spent a few more hours out on the James River Arm chasing crappie again today. I think it rained the whole time I was out there. I did have on some new rain gear that I got from Bass Pro and I can say that I was impressed with it. Stayed dry even in the torentual down pours. The BPS 100mph gortex is a little pricy but works good. Water temps were right around 50 degrees. Today I started off by highligting all the water depths between 18-24 feet deep on the Lake Master map in the 899 sonar. I then motored slowy staying in that depth range reading the DI and SI looking for brush piles. Found 2 that are not on the MDC website in the Virgin Bluff area. I marked them as way points and then spot locked the I-pilot on them one at a time. I fished these two brush piles hard from all angles picking them apart and managed to catch 11 keeper crappie, 5 shorts, two short spots and one white bass. All fish were caught on crappie magnets. Killer Krill worked the best but I did pick up a few fish on other colors.

[jerry241]

Hope the bite holds out till Christmas week... I'm gonna take off work my wife might get a mess of crappie for Christmas ...... Ha

[J-Doc]

Nice report!!

I wish I had spot lock. They didn't offer an 80lb troller in April when I ordered my rig. Then it came out right after the sale was final. Figures....

Crappie magnets. I gotta look these up. Ever try Shinee Hinness?

[5bites]

Another good day and report!

I want to try one of those electric steer motors sometime. I'm just curious how they work for a bass guy.

[Quillback]

Nice mess of crappie!

[duckydoty]

This time of year is kind of new territory for me. Im usually doing nothing but duck hunting right now and dont start the crappie fishing till mid to late Jan. There seems to be a lack of willing to participate ducks in the area, so the crappie are keeping me entertained. I enjoy picking them off and out of the brush. The electric steer troller I have comes with a foot pedal too. There are times that I prefer to use the foot control rather than the hand held remote. I enjoy the spot lock electronic anchoring. It keeps me within 13 feet of my target. I think I can upgrade the gps antena and get that down to about 5 feet.