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Fished from 4:30 til 6:30 today and had fast fishing for crappie but they were all small. I found some cover and there were crappie all around near shore. I started with a jig under a bobber. In a half and a half I caught eleven crappie this way and then two mud cats. I decided to try without a bobber and thats when fishing was awesome. I just casted out and bounced it on the bottom. I was catching fish every cast after I did that. Most fish were about 8 inches. I caught over 20 and I don't think there was a single one over 9 inches. Small but fun to catch.
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Sounds like fun. Thanks for the report
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Fast action. It makes small fish like that fun.
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I'm taking 5 kids there tomorrow for some of that crappie fun. Did jig color matter? I really want to get back in the shallows but most of those good areas are now closed to boats as far as I can tell. Does anyone know what the rules are out there beyond the buoys back in the brush?
thanks in advance.
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Same question was posed a day or two ago...here's a link to that thread.
[url "http://www.bigfishtackle.com/cgi-bin/gforum/gforum.cgi?post=935111;forum_view=forum_view_collapsed;page=unread#unread"]http://www.bigfishtackle.com/cgi-bin/gforum/gforum.cgi?post=935111;forum_view=forum_view_collapsed;page=unread#unread[/url]
Hopefully will answer your immediate question(s)
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Thanks for the report. I've been wondering when the crappie but would start at PV. Sounds like it's time to pay a visit.
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I used a black curly tailed jig and then I lost it so I tried a black and chartreuse one and both worked well. I'm sure anything would work with how quick they were hitting. When using the bobber I would cast then count to ten. If nothing I would recast. They were hitting right when the bobber hit the water. I had tons of hits it was just hard to hook them with the bobber.
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How deep of water were you fishing and how far under the bobber was your jig. Thanks.
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The jig was 18 inches under the bobber and I fished about 5-8 feet of water. Went out again today with a fly rod. Caught about 70 fish in 4 hours. I left at 8:00 and that was when the fishing was the best
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