Trip of 5/31

[straw hat]

The wife and i took the boat out at CC yesterday. Caught around 20 crappie, only 2 keepers. Fish were very widely scattered at 8 to 18 ft. Did not mark any on main channels. Only caught them in the mouth of coves. Also caught 2 channels that were around 2 lbs each. Both were females full of eggs. I would say they were a good 2 to 3 weeks from spawning.  Water was slightly dingy with 2 ft visibility. Water temperature was a fairly constant 63F all day. Some debri on surface but the wind blew most of it onto shore as the day progressed.

[straw hat]

Well, the wife and I went again on Saturday. Tough day. Water temperature up to 73F and the water was getting pretty green. Crappie seemed to be on vacation. Caught a handful of small crappie (8 to 15' deep). The wife and I caught 3 channels with the wife's 7 lber the biggest. She had fun with that one!!  I also caught one short walleye.

[Dutch]

Hey you are getting out.  I noticed that they are dropping the water quite a bit.  I’m afraid the bass will pull out and mess up my pattern.

[straw hat]

I think you are right Dutch. The same applies to the crappie.

[straw hat]

Well the water is really warming up but not the fishing. Still CC area all the way to Shaws bluff. Water much clearer with 5' visibility. Water temp was 82 first thing in the morning. Seldom marked any fish. I only had one bite and the wife caught 3 but all were very short. Last weekend was about the same. So far this year I have only caught one keeper crappie. Maybe time to sell the boat. Not worth it in 90F weather for 7 hours.

[Dutch]

Those bass also moved.  With the 1 1/2’ drop I went from 33 with 9 keepers to 4 with 0 keepers.   I’m moving my operation to the Little Sac on Monday to see if things are different.  

[MrGiggles]

3 hours ago, straw hat said:

Well the water is really warming up but not the fishing. Still CC area all the way to Shaws bluff. Water much clearer with 5' visibility. Water temp was 82 first thing in the morning. Seldom marked any fish. I only had one bite and the wife caught 3 but all were very short. Last weekend was about the same. So far this year I have only caught one keeper crappie. Maybe time to sell the boat. Not worth it in 90F weather for 7 hours.

The crappie fishing on Pomme has been fantastic this year. Might be worth a try. 

I have hardly fished Stockton for crappie this year, hardly worth the time.

[Smithvillesteve]

There is NO crappie to be caught at Pomme! Musky ate em all!!