Thread: Fort Gibbson archives

Was blessed to be able to get back on Gibson yesterday with my good friend Charlie Powell. WT had dropped to 44 degrees from last Monday and what we found after being hard headed and fishing the same stuff which held fish a week ago were void of crappie today. Put my electronics to work and went looking. We found the fish had mover to deeper water and we're willing to bite if offered the right bait and presentation. Cast n Drag, High Standard Carbon Fiber Rods, Gama Panfish Mono, Timmy Toms Weedless Jigs, Crazy Angler Slab Bandits in Salt N Pepper. Most fisherman like getting vertical over the wood but what I have found in the clearer water lakes it best to get off the wood and make long casts over it working your Baits back over and through the limbs to create that reaction strike. Remember with low water temps to slow down. I mean really slow down. Granted yesterday with no sun that dreaded shadow from the boat over the wood didn't exist. We were able to catch 29 crappie out of a single tree by doing this method yesterday. No they were not all keeper size crappie but 17 of them were. We ended with a 2 man limit at 1:22pm while starting at 9:30am. Keeper crappie caught were 47 with a total of over 65 including shorts, drum, and a few sandbass as well.......Ranger

The pictures are upright that a boy Mark, Fishing a ledge, I'm sharing info with others on how to post pictures, I've come a long way in a year. LOL EB

Ranger, just wondering why so many floaters in the box? No longer than you were out and with the temp as low as it is I would think they would all be thrashing around.

''Tis the season Lonnie. I had the auto lw aeration off so they will not be so frisky as I was about ready to clean them.....Ranger

Originally Posted by Eufaula boy

The pictures are upright that a boy Mark, Fishing a ledge, I'm sharing info with others on how to post pictures, I've come a long way in a year. LOL EB

You can say that again!

Got to fish with EB today which we don't get to do much due to our schedules. We ended with 2 shy of a 2 man limit starting army around 8am and finishing up at 3pm. The fish were tight lipped today but stacked on the wood. Fishing at its best while fineese was the ticket. Cast n Drag on wood with Crazy Angler Slab Bandits in Salt n Pepper but had to downsize to Bass Assisans in Pearl and Albino Shad colors on Timmy Toms Weedless Jigs. They fish last week were in 18-22' but could only catch small fish at that depth today while the 13'-18' was the target depth for bigger fish today......Ranger

Sure liked the pictures of crappie on fish finder. Helps me know what to look for. Thanks

No post trip fish pictures today due to time restraints today. Thanks Mike Emerson for sharing the boat with me today. Here's a few more crappie wood porn pictures though....Ranger