Thread: 85 crappie-most were 7"-8"

Clear skies and a crisp 33 this morning at Western Branch. I spent all day fishing a super secret highly classified spot with the water depth in the 25' range. Early on I caught two that were just over 13" and weighed 1lb 5oz on sliding bobbers 10'-12' down. Started to cast a jig and caught 30-40 with a Bobby Garland Baby Shad black/pink on a 1/16oz plain jig head counted down for a count of 20. Later on I was vertical jigging a chartreuse wasshoppah tipped with a tiny minnow (my small minnows were really small) around 3' off the bottom-caught another 30-40 this way of which most were 7"-8". It was dink city. I probably had 5-7 that were 12" that I released as I only kept the three biggest for a meal.



Left my camera and cell phone at home so that's my only pic. Of the 85 crappie I caught I would bet that 50 of them were 7"-8". This colder weather had definitely improved the bite, now I just need the bigger crappie to get active. Crazy to catch so many dinks-I've never had a day like this at the Suffolk lakes. The small green carp were a nuisance and I caught 3 bluegill 20' deep-go figure.

excellent catch

Boy, that's certainly a different kind of day than WB's dealt out all year! It's good to see you bagged a few that are in your target size range, but where have all those little ones been hiding? What was the water temp?

Water temp 60-61.

Good report as always. Nice to hear they are starting to school up at that depth. You seem to always catch a few real nice ones. you've done your homework and the results show.

Roy

Nice bunch of pullage. Cool water= Good!

D

That's the Tap we are know. Nice fish Tap, if there are 13"ers there are bigger ones. It's just a matter of time. Glad you got a workout on the smalller ones. Maybe the tide is going to turn at WB.

Good catch, I'm sure it was a fun day.

Looks like 3 good ones and a lot of action catching 80 more...I guess I will have to try the Black/Pink down my way.

Good job on the catching!!