Post by johnr on Apr 2, 2022 21:02:02 GMT -5
Wx: 50s, sunny, light wind from the south
Water: 56-58, muddy to stained
Launched around 1:30pm. Spent an hour finding bait, 8-12” gizzards. It wasn’t hard, just took some time to chase them down in shallow, muddy water.
We went crappie fishing for a bit. Got about 20 total, kept 12 for dinner that were 10-13”. 10-16’ deep on brush, muddy water. Half on shiners and half on jigs.
Got started pulling bait around 4pm, in lightly stained water inside a small calm creek. Freelined gizzards on the banks. Short leashes, 5-6’ max. Didn’t take 5 minutes before our biggest baits got smoked. Hook turned on the first and we just missed the second. And that was about the pace of fishing for the next 90 minutes. The fish were really putting on a show.. Every point we passed had a few fish on it. We lost half a dozen, missed just as many or more. Poor hooksets, turned hooks, fish swimming at the boat, etc. Thankfully my daughter was able to get one to hold on long enough to get it over the gunnel. It was her first striper, which is why we were out there today. She wanted to catch one and she did it. With the missions accomplished we headed in for dinner. Great day.
Water: 56-58, muddy to stained
Launched around 1:30pm. Spent an hour finding bait, 8-12” gizzards. It wasn’t hard, just took some time to chase them down in shallow, muddy water.
We went crappie fishing for a bit. Got about 20 total, kept 12 for dinner that were 10-13”. 10-16’ deep on brush, muddy water. Half on shiners and half on jigs.
Got started pulling bait around 4pm, in lightly stained water inside a small calm creek. Freelined gizzards on the banks. Short leashes, 5-6’ max. Didn’t take 5 minutes before our biggest baits got smoked. Hook turned on the first and we just missed the second. And that was about the pace of fishing for the next 90 minutes. The fish were really putting on a show.. Every point we passed had a few fish on it. We lost half a dozen, missed just as many or more. Poor hooksets, turned hooks, fish swimming at the boat, etc. Thankfully my daughter was able to get one to hold on long enough to get it over the gunnel. It was her first striper, which is why we were out there today. She wanted to catch one and she did it. With the missions accomplished we headed in for dinner. Great day.
