Good Times….

[Lance34]

Last couple of days of September and we are hitting 90’s.  It’s looking like I’ll still be cutting grass into late October….  My wife came in the other day saying “This is embarrassing cut the grass!” lol…. Just hate cutting grass 

Alright the grass has been cut so let’s get a little fishing update….  It’s been a couple weeks since I fished Beaver so wasn’t for sure how things would go.  The lake is turning over, we had several inches of rain and cooler temps.  It just changes things.  Started early morning.  Lake elevation was 1115.30.  Water clarity was a little stained and WT was around 74.

I decided to fish were I’ve been the past few weeks and go from there.  Main river flat along the channel.  Marked a pretty decent amount of fish throughout the flat.  The bite wasn’t fast and furious.  But stick with it and cover every inch of the flat you’ll have a pretty decent day.  Best bite for me was 10-13 fow and about 8-9 feet deep rigging.  The bite was pretty steady.  Caught a lot of fish but about mid morning the wind started picking up.  I had to pick up my speed to about .6-.7 mph and sometimes 1 mph when the wind pushed me.   That seemed to make a big difference with the bite.  It improved and the bite got fast.  I basically just quit looking at my Livescope and stayed on my headings to catch my fish.   Like fellow fishing friend Les Smith stated.  “Never seen a bait out run crappie that a crappie didn’t want to eat”  Made a big difference once the wind picked up.  I had a lot of fun.

Setup was BnM 16ft PST’s and Pico Lures/Vanguard Tackle 1oz rigs that I tie up.  Few more weeks and I’ll change things around.  

Good fishing Lance Hughey Crappie Guide Service 

 

 

 

[BilletHead]

54 minutes ago, Lance34 said:

Last couple of days of September and we are hitting 90’s.  It’s looking like I’ll still be cutting grass into late October….  My wife came in the other day saying “This is embarrassing cut the grass!” lol…. Just hate cutting grass 

Alright the grass has been cut so let’s get a little fishing update….  It’s been a couple weeks since I fished Beaver so wasn’t for sure how things would go.  The lake is turning over, we had several inches of rain and cooler temps.  It just changes things.  Started early morning.  Lake elevation was 1115.30.  Water clarity was a little stained and WT was around 74.

I decided to fish were I’ve been the past few weeks and go from there.  Main river flat along the channel.  Marked a pretty decent amount of fish throughout the flat.  The bite wasn’t fast and furious.  But stick with it and cover every inch of the flat you’ll have a pretty decent day.  Best bite for me was 10-13 fow and about 8-9 feet deep rigging.  The bite was pretty steady.  Caught a lot of fish but about mid morning the wind started picking up.  I had to pick up my speed to about .6-.7 mph and sometimes 1 mph when the wind pushed me.   That seemed to make a big difference with the bite.  It improved and the bite got fast.  I basically just quit looking at my Livescope and stayed on my headings to catch my fish.   Like fellow fishing friend Les Smith stated.  “Never seen a bait out run crappie that a crappie didn’t want to eat”  Made a big difference once the wind picked up.  I had a lot of fun.

Setup was BnM 16ft PST’s and Pico Lures/Vanguard Tackle 1oz rigs that I tie up.  Few more weeks and I’ll change things around.  

Good fishing Lance Hughey Crappie Guide Service 

 

 

 

              Good times I would say so!

[fishinwrench]

I usually roll my eyes at crappie pics..... but those are some freakin' barn door slabs. 👍

[Mitch f]

On 9/29/2023 at 9:05 PM, fishinwrench said:

I usually roll my eyes at crappie pics..... but those are some freakin' barn door slabs. 👍

No doubt