Stockton 1/6 - 1/7

[powerdive]

Saturday 1/6, tried deep spots around Cedar Ridge/New State Park. Only managed 12 on Jigging Raps on channel drops at 40-50 feet.

Sunday 1/7, out of Mutton Creek, ended up with a very nice limit of crappies and a 17" walleye, all caught on Raps over 35-45 feet of water near the mouth of a cove just off the channel. There were thick schools, but they were skittish and not very aggressive--and they kept moving on me. The funny part is, nothing would bite at the bottom. All the fish I caught (except the eye) were suspended, some as high as 25 feet.

Good sonar was essential, so you could watch your lure and put it right at the top of the school, where the active fish were today, or just above--which is even more fun when you can watch one shoot out of the school and nail your bait.

Interesting: almost all of them were black crappies today. Nothing over 12.5" but the largest ones wouldn't fit into a Crappie Checker and I couldn't get my hand around 'em. Fish steaks!

My camera seems to be on the fritz, everything's turning orange, but I'll try to post my standard crappies-in-a-bucket pic.

[LSL Angler]

Nice report and some nice looking slabs to eat.

[powerdive]

Thanks. I guess I got the dates wrong--should be 1/7 - 1/8. Duh...

[Dongotto]

Well done. Never fished with jigging raps.

[Just Loosing Tackle]

great report, thanks for posting. keep after them.

[LSL Angler]

I looked up jigging raps and they say it circles when you pull it upwards. Does this tangle your line.

[powerdive]

LSL, no. When you pull up, the Rap shoots up and out to the side like an excited minnow, then kinda half-circles back to its resting point. I use braid and a snap and have no troubles with line twist, and seldom get a tipover or tangle.

[catman]

good catch way to go.

[beagle man]

never heard of the jiggin rap, but sounds like a heck of a couple days for sure, congrats on teh catch

[Pole Bender]

Very nice Power Drive. Do you leave all the hooks on them?