Crappie 4/12

[choochoo]

Went out late this rainy morning with a boat full as I had a friend and his two boys along. Was a nice morning for fishing, even as we endured a few pretty good showers. Bait catchers were out in force as I encountered Yam, JohnK, and Bolt this morning. We had to work at it but finally started putting something together on the crappie. Jigs were outpacing the minnows until we hit a tree in the back of a creek in about 6 feet of water. I tried repeatedly with the jig with nary a bite while a minnow close to the tree would result in a fish flashing out to grab it. We ended up with about 15 good ones that all got a release today. Things have definitely changed in the last two weeks. Two weeks ago I was smoking them on a deep brush pile. There hasn’t been a fish on the pile since and they have pulled in close to shallow cover.

[Yam]

I sure hope I didn't disturb you crappie fishing. In fact, if you are crappie fishing and I come rolling in with my eyes all crossed and a net dangling... Please tell me to go somewhere else. I try to not impede on others fishing but am keenly aware that I get tunnel vision when I'm on the hunt. Again, feel free to yell at me.

[choochoo]

Didn’t bother us. We were moving out of the back of Betty’s as you were moving in. The boys found it interesting to watch you throw the net.

[Yam]

Apr 16, 2019 6:52:20 GMT -5 choochoo said:

Didn’t bother us. We were moving out of the back of Betty’s as you were moving in. The boys found it interesting to watch you throw the net.

Interesting! I can say without doubt that you were in the right place and I was not. In other words, I caught a ton of crappie there in my net and nothing but little shad. Really nice crappie too!

[johnr]

And by the time we looked for them back there a couple days later, the place seemed like a ghost town.