2-6-17 Gravois Arm Crappie

[Seth]

The weather and the fishing was great, but the catching was tough! We fished all day and only managed 14 keeper crappie. Graphed quite a few docks that had plenty of fish, but could manage a couple keepers per dock. Sounds like a lot of people are having that problem right now. I didn't have any slip corks with me or I would have tried just soaking the jig in their face for a while. Seems most bites came after the jig sat down there for a little while.

[fishinwrench]

It is pretty typical for the crappie fishing to get slow from late Winter (now) until they start showing up along the banks.  The first ones to begin relating to the shoreline will be the 11+ bigguns though, so I look forward to that.   We need that first good warm rain to come along, put a little color in the surface water, and then it'll be on.  

We bass fished Sunday in the Gravois and it was really slow.  It took us 6 hours to catch 5 keepers that barely weighed 12# and the fish we caught had no fight in them at all. When they bit it was like reeling in a wet sock. Not much fun, but what a gorgeous day to be out. 

[Skeeter ZX190]

What were the water temps?

[fishinwrench]

40-43° where I was.

[Fat Cat]

Psst ---- saw lots of crappie caught in Gravois today. Several boats had near limits. Caught a 13" plus on stick bait. Saw one boat catch 9 behind us in 20 minutes. 43.8 temp around 3 pm

[Bill Babler]

On ‎2‎/‎10‎/‎2017 at 7:53 PM, Fat Cat said:

Psst ---- saw lots of crappie caught in Gravois today. Several boats had near limits. Caught a 13" plus on stick bait. Saw one boat catch 9 behind us in 20 minutes. 43.8 temp around 3 pm

That jerkbait is a fantastic way to find crappie up there this time of the year.  Buddy that guides LOZ is fishing it and when they catch a crappie they slow down and jig it hard.   He has had some nice limits this week while finding them while throwing a stickbait for bass .  Said he took a crappie trip and it did not go well.  Guy booked a bass trip the next day and they limited out on crappie they found again with the sticker.  Gravois.  As Wrench said, its the season.

Here on the Rock if you catch a bass, you had better slow down and fish it hard.  They are just not everywhere and they are not on similar locations.  They are where they are and tend to replenish.  Catch one and work that area with a couple of different presentations and it seems to get you a nip or two more.

Good Luck

[fishinwrench]

Today must have been THE DAY.  

The reports that are coming in from friends and customers this evening are making me wanna be unemployed.  

Man I shoulda went out today !   ?

[WHARFRAT]

temps on the big Niangua were in the upper 40's. 

Lots of crappie and quite a few spotted bass.

Hardly any boats out down in my neck of the woods.

[Seth]

A few guys I know fished this weekend on LoZ and said it was easier than last weekend. I gave the crappie a break and went after bass on the Gasconade. That water warming up 10 degrees last week really had them eating!