JohnP Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 Managed to put 8 crappie and a decent yellow perch in the livewell but had to sort thru several smaller crappie to get the 8 keepers. Also spent about an hour graphing fishing and vertical jigging a spoon but all's I could muster up about 20 spots biggest being 15 inches and shortest about 11. Fun watching the jig on the Lowrance Hook5 and then then just blow up with fish all around it. Crappie caught on soft plastic crappie jigs and minnows off brush pile in 16 to 20 fow . Yellow perch and spots were all caught in 20 to 25 fow jigging a white and purple spoon about 5 ft off the bottom. Water temps were 51 to 53. This post has been promoted to an article BilletHead, Johnsfolly, Fish24/7 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan hufferd Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 Very cool. Perch nice catch ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BilletHead Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 7 hours ago, JohnP said: Managed to put 8 crappie and a decent yellow perch in the livewell but had to sort thru several smaller crappie to get the 8 keepers. Also spent about an hour graphing fishing and vertical jigging a spoon but all's I could muster up about 20 spots biggest being 15 inches and shortest about 11. Fun watching the jig on the Lowrance Hook5 and then then just blow up with fish all around it. Crappie caught on soft plastic crappie jigs and minnows off brush pile in 16 to 20 fow . Yellow perch and spots were all caught in 20 to 25 fow jigging a white and purple spoon about 5 ft off the bottom. Water temps were 51 to 53. Well done buddy. I can tell you one thing but don't want to hijack your thread as ducks were not mentioned. You did much better than I did ! BilletHead JohnP and Johnsfolly 1 1 "We have met the enemy and it is us", Pogo If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend" Lefty Kreh " Never display your knowledge, you only share it" Lefty Kreh "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!" BilletHead " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting" BilletHead P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs" BilletHead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnP Posted December 22, 2017 Author Share Posted December 22, 2017 42 minutes ago, BilletHead said: Well done buddy. I can tell you one thing but don't want to hijack your thread as ducks were not mentioned. You did much better than I did ! BilletHead To change the subject, I did see a couple flocks of gaddies while fishing yesterday so maybe things will start picking up fowl wise but won't be able to find out til maybe Tuesday :(. BilletHead 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnsfolly Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 2 minutes ago, JohnP said: To change the subject, I did see a couple flocks of gaddies while fishing yesterday so maybe things will start picking up fowl wise but won't be able to find out til maybe Tuesday :(. Now you are just encouraging him ! I'll take a minute to congratulate you on your decent day of fishing. That's a bunch of nice crappie and pretty cool about catching the yellow perch. Congrats! BilletHead, Follysbetterhalf and JohnP 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BilletHead Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 18 minutes ago, JohnP said: To change the subject, I did see a couple flocks of gaddies while fishing yesterday so maybe things will start picking up fowl wise but won't be able to find out til maybe Tuesday :(. There you go baiting me and then you hijack your own post. May your water stay in the liquid form, mine may not :). 13 minutes ago, Johnsfolly said: Now you are just encouraging him ! I'll take a minute to congratulate you on your decent day of fishing. That's a bunch of nice crappie and pretty cool about catching the yellow perch. Congrats! Aggravator! Have you caught your Missouri yellow perch yet? You know it does not count unless you catch it in it's native waters and bet you have that done already. BilletHead "We have met the enemy and it is us", Pogo If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend" Lefty Kreh " Never display your knowledge, you only share it" Lefty Kreh "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!" BilletHead " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting" BilletHead P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs" BilletHead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duckydoty Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 I’ve been in the penalty box for a couple weeks now with a cracked block on the tracker jet. In the process of converting the duck machine into a hybrid one man crappie/walleye/duck rig. This is gonna be interesting.... Thanks for the report. You’re keeping me on a mission! JohnP 1 A Little Rain Won't Hurt Them Fish.....They're Already Wet!! Visit my website at.. Ozark Trout Runners Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnsfolly Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 5 minutes ago, BilletHead said: Have you caught your Missouri yellow perch yet? No. Haven't fished any water that has yellow perch in Missouri or Arkansas. 6 minutes ago, BilletHead said: You know it does not count unless you catch it in it's native waters and bet you have that done already Yes. I caught several in Maryland this spring/summer. They were all stream fish and not very large. BilletHead, Follysbetterhalf and Daryk Campbell Sr 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snagged in outlet 3 Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 3 hours ago, Johnsfolly said: No. Haven't fished any water that has yellow perch in Missouri or Arkansas. Yes. I caught several in Maryland this spring/summer. They were all stream fish and not very large. Trophy!!! Johnsfolly and BilletHead 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillback Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 3 hours ago, Johnsfolly said: No. Haven't fished any water that has yellow perch in Missouri or Arkansas. Yes. I caught several in Maryland this spring/summer. They were all stream fish and not very large. Pretty typical of northeast yeller perch. You can catch those things by the bucket load in many Massachusetts ponds and lakes, but it is very tough to find them over 12". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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