Crappie

[Brian]

That was me

Sorry you struck out. Hope their visit with me didnt ruin their appetite.

[piper]

Caught more then a few in the cast net on Sun along with nice white bass. Head up river a bit. They are there

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Apr 13, 2015 14:52:05 GMT -5 eddiet said:

I fished in the Campers Paradise area Sat. and Sun. using small minnows, nary a bite. Does the water temp have to be in the sixties?
eddiet

Did you try using small shad?

I am quite sure the big fat crappie aren't getting that big on store bought minnows!  

[Brian]

Apr 14, 2015 12:27:37 GMT -5 Yam said:

Apr 13, 2015 14:52:05 GMT -5 eddiet said:

I fished in the Campers Paradise area Sat. and Sun. using small minnows, nary a bite. Does the water temp have to be in the sixties?
eddiet

Did you try using small shad?

I am quite sure the big fat crappie aren't getting that big on store bought minnows!  

That's interesting speculation because I was catching 3" and smaller shad in that area.. then I got excited when I marked what I thought was a school of mongos only to pull up a net full of big crappie.

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Apr 14, 2015 14:59:57 GMT -5 Brian said:

Apr 14, 2015 12:27:37 GMT -5 Yam said:

Did you try using small shad?

I am quite sure the big fat crappie aren't getting that big on store bought minnows!  

That's interesting speculation because I was catching 3" and smaller shad in that area.. then I got excited when I marked what I thought was a school of mongos only to pull up a net full of big crappie.

Geeeez Brian...you can't tell crappie from mongos on your sonar yet?  

[Brian]

I can guess, but these were out in the open nowhere near a tree so I wanted to believe

[sheilags]

We've been to Blackwater and Hardy Rd. last 2 weekends and got zip big enough to keep. Zero were shallow. By April 10th last year we'd gotten over 55 keepers (crappie) from Blackwater, all over 10", most were 1.5 pound or better. Don't know if the cold fronts have delayed the spawn this long or if we just missed the best part of it by working Monday through Friday and only having weekends to get on the water. We went to northeast Alabama the first week of April, Lake Weiss, and caught some under the bridges one day but bombed the next three days. Old timer that lives on the water there, super nice man, chatted with us awhile and said the spawn hasn't happened there yet (water was near 70!). That's a little further south than us but they're getting the same cold fronts too.

Maybe we need to buy a net and figure out how to cast if! LOL

Sheila

[striperjohn]

I have caught at least 6 two pound plus Crappie in my net in Campers the last two outings.

[eddiet]

I see now I gotta get out my net and get back in practice-