Blackshear on Saturday

[crappster]

Heading there tomorrow. The crappie gotta be active with all this warm weather. I will give a report Saturday night.

[papasage]

where are you putting in . i might go to smoke bridge . if i dont goto the ocmulge river . let the wife dside that and that will put me in the clear if we dont catch anything. papasage

[crappster]

where are you putting in . i might go to smoke bridge . if i dont goto the ocmulge river . let the wife dside that and that will put me in the clear if we dont catch anything. papasage

The wife and I are going to try to catch them under the 300 bridge in Swift creek. I've done well there in the past. I like to stay in the smaller water since I fish out of a canoe. I have been to the railroad tressel before, but after reading your reports on fishing the tressel I realized I was in the wrong spots. I fished more towards the rip rap on the state park side.

[papasage]

that is a good spot. there is a lot of old pilingd on the bottom there . a canoe is to unstable i have to be able to stand up at times . was planning on going but have to keep the grandson tomorrow his mother has to work . buisy time of the year . county tax assors office.that time of year for her .papasage

[crappster]

We fished the Smoak Bridge from 11 till 5 pm today. Didn't do so well for numbers. We only managed five crappie and one hybrid. The hybrid was a three pounder and was a fun fight on 4 pound line. The crappie were few, but all were over 12 inches. We had caught our own live bait at a nearby river here in Valdosta. We were using 3 inch shiners. I think that may be the reason for the larger crappie. We didn't actually begin fishing for them properly until about 2 pm. They were deep and very lethargic. Had to put the minnow or jig right in front of their noses. I'm going back on Tuesday and hope to do better with a few adjustments.

[crappster]

I just finished cleaning the fish, and all the crappie had eggs in them. Not bursting with eggs, but definitely the first stages. FYI.

[papasage]

went to the ocmulgee today . that was the wifes choice . we did catch a mess of catfish . just got through eating them . she will be working next weekin so i will make my own choice where i will go .will see what the weather brings