Crappie Fishing 11/25/21

[Ham]

Eric TwinkieZone and I got out relatively early . After the rain, but not before the wind got up.

We fished in the Red Bank area. Water temps were mid fifties, wind was 10-15 mph, and water had a perfect stain to it. 
 
We used old school electronics to find brush piles and then threw bouys to try to help us stay near the target areas. White caps and no spot lock kept me busy.

my transducer TM adapter died last trip out so I was blind up front. This really limited me being able to spoon feed em. 
 

We swam jigs slow and steady around brush and caught a really nice bunch of fish. Eric claimed to be a complete first timer crappie fishing, but he did really well. He may be sand bagging or he might be a natural. 

We fished eight or so locations, but got most of our fish from two brush piles. I really think we would have caught twice as many fish from the first spot if we had half as much wind.

I'm having to wait to get LiveScope, but I can still manage a few the hard way. 
we also got a few bonus Bluegill, a Spotted Bass, and a Baby Striper.
 

So anyway, I have to clean 14 crappie this morning.

 

[gotmuddy]

Nice mess of Sac-au-lait 

[N9BOW]

Thanks for letting me tag along Ham! Best part of the day was being Outdoors, Fishing with a friend, learning how to target a new to me fish, and zinging across Lake Norfork in the Bass Cat....  crap that thing is fast and sliced through the chop like butter. 

[Ham]

On 11/28/2021 at 7:43 AM, N9BOW said:

Thanks for letting me tag along Ham! Best part of the day was being Outdoors, Fishing with a friend, learning how to target a new to me fish, and zinging across Lake Norfork in the Bass Cat....  crap that thing is fast and sliced through the chop like butter. 

I never want a guest to be uncomfortable when I'm running the boat. Maybe next spring I'll open her up when you're in the boat. It can go about 20 mph faster than what we were running