Seth Posted March 16, 2015 Posted March 16, 2015 Fished from 3-dark on Friday in the rain and we managed 25 keeper crappie, 1 nice sow white and a few short crappie. On Saturday, we fished from 10-5 and managed another 25 keeper crappie and probably just as many shorts. The shorts were nearly all 9.5" so they will be keepers next year. Most of the fish came off brush hanging off the bank near steep banks that dropped off to 18-20' deep. Most fish seemed to be 5-10 off the bank 4-8' down. We had a few long poles out with double minnow rigs about 12-15' down that produced a couple extra fish as well. I was excited to snag after marking a lot of spoonbill, but the trash that came down the river Saturday night ruined that for us since I run a jet drive. The motor was clogging up every few minutes and I had to keep cleaning it out so we didn't even get to really try. My buddy had a prop boat and they caught 7 fish today an said most boats had a few fish as well. He managed to catch a small tagged male. MDC said they tagged the fish last week down by the 76 bridge and he caught it 5 miles up the river from there. The extra flow from the rains must of caused a few fish to run up already. It was fun trying to make our way back in last night. The GPS on my graph really came in handy since we were virtually blind due to the pea soup fog. There were several guys that I overheard talking today about how they had no idea where they were and it took them hours to make it back to the ramp after snagging last night. Sac River Jim and crappiekayaker 2
Members Grappling Coach Posted March 16, 2015 Members Posted March 16, 2015 Did any of your crappie come out of the dirty water? We couldn't get any going today.
Seth Posted March 16, 2015 Author Posted March 16, 2015 The water was dirty on Saturday but not mud and we still caught them. It wasn't quite as good as the day before but there was also a lot more boat competition too.
MeatintheFreezer Posted March 22, 2015 Posted March 22, 2015 Saw this on KSPR website, looks like a new state record. That's a biggun! http://www.kspr.com/news/local/biggest-fish-ever-caught-in-missouri-reeled-in-at-cape-fair/21051620_31953486 Remember - If at first you DO succeed, try not to act surprised & quit while you're ahead.
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