Lance34 Posted January 15, 2023 Posted January 15, 2023 Push start time back to about 9… Got down to about 22 degrees… Yeah that kind of takes the pleasure of fishing away for me… Got up to about mid 50’s with light wind out of the south… Took a gentlemen on a trip that has never experienced rigging before… He’s done trips with cranks, single pole brush, LS sniping etc… Started out really good… Had like 9 in no time… Lost a couple on top and had two pop off on the surface that the net caught the fish… We are doing something right lol… Lucky Their mood changed on us quick… They went to the bottom and would come up to eat about every 20 or so minutes and then pick up for 15-20 minutes… That became the cycle… Got him a limit, visited, enjoyed being outed and quit about 2… Setup was slow vertical trolling 16ft BnM BGJP’s, 1/2oz BnM C&C minnow rigs, 1/2oz Vanguard Tackle by Pico Lures with a 1/16 chartreuse scope eye jig head with either pink/white tube or yellow/white… WT was 45, water clarity was pea green, lake elevation was 1118.4… Most fish caught were relating along the creek channel in 10-11 fow and keeping baits about a foot off the bottom… Moving .2-.3 mph…. Slow, slow Back at it next week… Fingers crossed that stays low… Good Fishing and God Bless Lance Hughey Crappie Guide Service Daryk Campbell Sr, Quillback, Johnsfolly and 4 others 7
BilletHead Posted January 15, 2023 Posted January 15, 2023 Well done, Lance, you have them figured out. Lance34 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
MarkG52 Posted January 16, 2023 Posted January 16, 2023 We got a good mess of them after we saw you @Lance34. I was just letting the wind drift us and we started catching them on our jigs in 8-10 FOW with jig 4-5 feet below bobber. I'm sure they were mostly roamers but action was pretty good from 3:00 till almost 5:00. We made about 3 drifts through the same general area. Wind died and it got slick smooth so we had to jiggle the rod a bit to imitate the action we had that the wind was providing to the jig. Best jig was 1/8oz with 2" Monkey Milk color BG baby shad. Daryk Campbell Sr, Lance34, nomolites and 3 others 6
Lance34 Posted January 16, 2023 Author Posted January 16, 2023 3 hours ago, MarkG52 said: We got a good mess of them after we saw you @Lance34. I was just letting the wind drift us and we started catching them on our jigs in 8-10 FOW with jig 4-5 feet below bobber. I'm sure they were mostly roamers but action was pretty good from 3:00 till almost 5:00. We made about 3 drifts through the same general area. Wind died and it got slick smooth so we had to jiggle the rod a bit to imitate the action we had that the wind was providing to the jig. Best jig was 1/8oz with 2" Monkey Milk color BG baby shad. That’s awesome! That’ll work! Glad y’all got into them! Johnsfolly, Daryk Campbell Sr and MarkG52 3
Johnsfolly Posted January 16, 2023 Posted January 16, 2023 @Lance34 and @MarkG52 great job guys on those crappie! Like seeing and hearing about folks catching a bunch of fish this early in the year. Daryk Campbell Sr, MarkG52, Quillback and 1 other 4
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