Spring Turkey and Crappie Trip

[Bill Babler]

Fished for Crappie in Rainey Creek Sunday. Spider rigged and we went thru 10 doz. minnows as quick as a wink. 
Surface temps 53 and really murky. Most fish just on the flats and channel breaks in 6’ to 8’ 

we kept 17 all 11” or better must have caught 70 with lots of youngsters. I’m watching a dizen turkeys hope they come in to my spread. Hunting with a bow this year 

More later

[MOPanfisher]

Good luck on the Turkeys.

Wth any luck I will be in Rainey Creek later today to see how the crappie are doing.

[Bill Babler]

We’ll be in a 23’  Center Console AlWeld with Power Poles.   If you see us come say howdy. Going to hunt till 10, have some breakfast and head over 

[Bill Babler]

Crappie was not good yesterday in Rainey for us. Again probably 30 plus shorts with 5 keeps. Got to be 11 inches or better or we toss them back. 
Wind was simply terrible and hard to fish the Spider or for that matter any light line process. 
Lots of folks dock hopping and walking docks. 
Got close to an inch of snow here now and it’s coming down hard. We’re in front of the fire today

Good Luck

[fishinwrench]

1 minute ago, Bill Babler said:

Crappie was not good yesterday in Rainey for us.

The boys in the big Buffalo area had quite a day of it.   Unless they are fibbing (quite possible) 🤔

[MOPanfisher]

We ended up with a couple limits.  But had to leave Rainey to do it.  About dark they moved in shallow, some nice ones and lots of shorts.  Dang near froze after the wind changed to the north.  Nearly everything we caught were males, some with pretty beat up tails, next week should be awesome.

[Bill Babler]

We have cleaned 22 the last couple of days and everyone was a hen   We have not been on the bAnk been out in 12’ to 15’ with the rig

might try it onshore tomorrow unless I go home for a week

[Dutch]

I don’t know where on LOZ or how or how many guys, but I got a text from a friend who said he cleaned 170 crappie last week.

[nomolites]

The females are normally suspended in the middle of the spawning coves at half depth right now( i.e. 20’ in 40fow) and you can crank them up with bright colored bandits, warts, flicker minnows and the like.  As earlier stated they move in late in the day and back out when sun come up.  I will be doing my own research this weekend, but that pattern is normally solid from early April into June.

Mike

[DADAKOTA]

Lots of females on the banks last weekend.  Morning-Noon-Night didn't matter.  Consistent bite all day long.  Water temp 58-60.  Chartreuse/purple was the hot color.