Windy 11-12 in Big Creek

[aarchdale@coresleep.com]

wind wind and more wind.  To much to catch crappie on brush.  Managed 1 that was 13 before we decided to just troll some cranks.  Ended up catching 5 nice crappie and and a monster blue Gil for the grease. Lots of little bass and Two fat keeper spots 2 nice largemouth and a decent smally that we let go.  My scales said the best 5 were just under 11 lbs.  also lost a great big one at the boat 

crappie were about half way back in the creek trolled in around 25 feet most of the day. Occasionally we would get out to 40 or 50 to get around some trees and we still got some bass out there

 

marked huge balls of bait in the back of the creek, so thick my Lowrance couldn't decide if it was the bottom or bait. The nice bass came close to the bait

All fish came on bluffy type banks   Couldn't get anything or even mark any on flatter stuff

water temp 62

air 60

windier than a sac of buttholes 

 

 

 

 

[Rob P]

nice job!  flatlining cranks?

 

[aarchdale@coresleep.com]

Yep, flicker shads seemed the best. Racy shad was the best color, Tennessee shad and uncle rico all caught fish 

[Fish24/7]

aarchdale@coresleep, I caught some black bass and whites with crank baits today. The smaller profile baits worked well.

your report is just what I found too, (except for the wind),and it seems a lot of fish are going through transition again.

thanks for reporting

 

[Ham]

Yo F24/7, what water temp do you start trying a deeper running susp jerkbait instead of a crankbait? I know it is probably a little warm just yet, but < 55' or < 50'.

I'm going to keep sling surface baits until the fish tell me they absolutely don't want it. It sure seems like the fish are largely suspended and looking UP for food. Baits on bbottom are not getting the numbers of looks I need UNLESS the water is pretty shallow.

[Fish24/7]

Ham, for me it's more about the time of year rather than the water temp.  It's after bass get to wintering areas the susp. stickers come out of storage.. For me that usually starts late Dec. 

 WT is usually 40's 

January = J for jerk baits

 

[Fish24/7]

6 hours ago, aarchdale@coresleep.com said:

marked huge balls of bait in the back of the creek, so thick my Lowrance couldn't decide if it was the bottom or bait. The nice bass came close to the bait

whenever I see that , 5" swimbaits and big flutter spoons if the wind/weather allows it.

today i didn't see any huge schools,the shad were scattered, saw gizzard activity all morning. saw a  group of about 15 sea gulls too

[aarchdale@coresleep.com]

My trolling batteries died about two hours in so all i had was the big motor or i would have tried somthing in those balls.   Think i had some corrosion built up or somthing and they didnt take a full charge. Batteries are less than a year old.  

I gotta get out on the road for a week for work, but if i had some decent days i bet a guy could catch a lot of nice bass and a nice stringer of crappie in that creek right now