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Best thing in there is jig and bobber, small spinners or live bait like worms or crickets. Toss next to every stick up or tree overhang. Sometimes you'll find beds and load the boat, but more likely...

Great job! What body of water?

Your spot on, the stick marsh is in the process of filling in from all the vegetation. This of it like all the leaves in the forest, each year another layer that becomes mud and silt. There's no...

John boat won't be a problem, should be good in the east end all summer, but might be only 12 to 18 inches deep at the ramp down from the equipment barn. Saturday the water was up about 12 to 18...

As you work up the creeks, toss slow sinking baits or jig and bobber deep under and shade created by trees. You'll often find Crappie, Gills, Bass and Catfish in 12 to 18 inches of water in the shade...

Without pics we'll have to write the misses off to Bluegill!

Sounds like a great afternoon, thanks for sharing!

These guys fight light a 5-pound bass when you're using 4-pound test on an ultra-light.

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Gills!

I tried the Z-man Larva yesterday under a small bobber. The fish wanted something with vibration and flash, but I think this bait is a keeper for Gills, especially when you encounter fish on beds or...

I fished Swan Creek Saturday, Crappie early spider rigging with only one kept, returned 6 or 8 larger Crappie and a hand full of short fish. I spent the rest of the day trying new things for Gills. I...

Anyone work or drive by the Swan Creek WMA let me know how high the water is!

Thinking of going Saturday, but if the water is up in the buckbrush it will be a wasted trip.

My secret to shellcrackers on artificials was 1" slider in Green Pumpkin on a 1/32oz jig head. I'd twitch and bottom bounce it and catch a bucket many days. I'd hunt for them deep on rock and shell...

I love the 1" slider bodies and just bought some 1/64th oz Marabou jigs. I plan to cut the Marabou back a little and use with a bobber. It should product a tiny bait with a slow fall under the...

Little bit of everything, small spinners, jig and bobber. I tried Redworm on the bottom in the areas with beds, but only got two that way. The Largest are coming off a 1/32oz jig head with a z-man...

I've been trying different baits (mainly soft plastics) for Gills and Crappie. I seemed to catch many times more fish and just as many larger Crappie using tiny baits on light line (4-pound test),...

Another reason I fish from a kayak, no water fleas where I go!!

Way to go! Thanks for sharing!

I fished Ditto after work Friday keeping 9 Crappie and returning a dozen larger fish. All fish came off single pole on isolated laydowns.

Saturday Morning had time for a short trip back to Swan...

Some guys were bank fishing, filled a basket with Gill and Crackers. I didn't see anything huge, but lots of eaters.

Here you go, red star.

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For anyone interested you can launch a kayak or flat bottom (including off a trailer) at the unimproved ramp. The water is about 18 to 24 inches with some deeper water (about 3 foot) near the train...

A 10-inch Gill isn't unusual, but I seldom catch one that thick.

Damion Kidd, I'm busy next weekend, but we'll get together in a couple weeks and get a few! By then you'll be itching to fish!

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I didn't bring my counter since I was checking on the gills. Only a dozen Crappie in the cooler.

I was thinking they were looking for bighead or silver carp?

Have to cart from the gate, but the road is good, easy walk.

I fished the main Swan Creek area today. Kept half a limit of Crappie and 5 nice gills. The Gills aren't on beds, but a few Crappie were. I return 15 or 20 larger Crappie (12 to 15 inches) and gave...

I fished Buckeye today, this is part of the Wheeler dewatering area North of Rockhouse. I kept half a limit and returned about the same number of larger fish. Little ones were everywhere. Started...

I like fall better, the fish are just eating!

In the spring they are looking to spawn. A cold front will shut down the bite and often push them deeper (usually the first substantial drop off). It...

I'm sure the sloughs in the upper end of Wheeler had plenty of spawning fish. Crappie follow the shad as they spawn and the water comes up. Those sloughs warm in a matter of days with warm, sunny...