Seth Posted January 3, 2017 Posted January 3, 2017 A buddy and I put in at Coffman Beach on the Gravois and fished within a few miles each way of the ramp and caught 60-70 fish, but fell two short of our two man limit. Size was smaller than our previous trip. Most were 9-10" and only had a couple over 12". Biggest was a 13.5" black. Lots of boats on the water so I think a lot of my normal docks had already been hit that day before we got there so we ended up doing some searching for new water. Most of our keepers came from a couple docks. If your first few fish were shorts, you may as well move on because it most likely wasn't going to produce any keepers. Blue ice and blue/white were best colors in the clear water. Never could quite pin point if they were hanging up shallow under docks or deeper as we seemed to catch them both ways. Some were on the edge of the docks and some were way up under. My buddy caught several bass on a jerkbait throwing it on rock banks in between docks. Nothing very big. We did have a boat of three or four guys come trolling by tossing A-rigs and we saw them catch what looked like a 3-4 pound largemouth off of the dock next to us. MOPanfisher, fishinwrench, conorsixtakc and 5 others 8
WHARFRAT Posted January 3, 2017 Posted January 3, 2017 That's a nice fish! I couldn't get to 12" this weekend, but still nice to be out! @lozcrappie
Seth Posted January 3, 2017 Author Posted January 3, 2017 1 hour ago, WHARFRAT said: That's a nice fish! I couldn't get to 12" this weekend, but still nice to be out! The size was definitely not like it was a few weeks ago when we went. I've always done better when it's nasty in the winter no matter if it's crappie, bass or trout.
conorsixtakc Posted January 3, 2017 Posted January 3, 2017 gues i had better luck sunday morning, and if you were at the right spot you could find goodins in both green and white... my two best, didn't weigh mr. largemouth but the crappie went 13". caught a half dozen green fish, and a dozen or so crappie. the crappie were either 8-9" dinks or slabs, managed to clean 6 with shoulders on em. sometimes it's nice when you don't have to put a boat in, happy new year! Seth and Johnsfolly 2
conorsixtakc Posted January 3, 2017 Posted January 3, 2017 12 hours ago, Seth said: that's an absolute slaunch of a black crappie!
nomolites Posted January 3, 2017 Posted January 3, 2017 Nice fish guys! Seth you have the same decorator I do - my garage is papered with hang ons and climbers as well.... Mike Seth and conorsixtakc 2
Seth Posted January 3, 2017 Author Posted January 3, 2017 5 hours ago, nomolites said: Nice fish guys! Seth you have the same decorator I do - my garage is papered with hang ons and climbers as well.... Mike That was my buddies garage, but my shed does look similar.
podum Posted January 3, 2017 Posted January 3, 2017 Ok Seth, how slow and deep are you fishing. Im very interested in winter crappie fishing but have no starting frame of reference. Those are some fine fish! I wish I had more time more than I wish I had more money.
Seth Posted January 4, 2017 Author Posted January 4, 2017 Docks sit over 20-75' of water. Fish usually hang 2-15' below the dock, you just have to figure out where they are hanging out. I prefer main lake docks where the channel swings in close. If you have a graph with side imaging, you can scan around for brushpiles in 12-40' of water and fish those as well. I recommend just fishing docks and then vertical fish any brushpiles that you happen upon near the docks. Finding brush out away from docks requires time on the graph, but they shouldnt be nearly as pressured. Without good electronics and map chips, you will need to spend more time covering water to find productive docks.
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