Something different

[arkansasbowhunter]

Got off work today early and decided to do a little fishing. I grabbed my bag of baby razortails, rod and reel, and yup my five gallon bucket.

After a short drive I was at the water and taking in the cold brisk 32 degree breeze. Still in my hospital scrubs I grabbed a heavy coat with a hood and pulled it up over my head. The water was stained so I opted for a gold and chartreuse bait and a copper and chartreuse bait. I tied a small 1/32 jig head on my line and thread the plastic body on the jig. I then placed a small cork about 2 foot above my jig body. I gave it a good throw to a stick up and began my slow retrieve. After several casts I began to think it was a bad decision to come and fish in this cold windy weather. After about 10 minutes or so I moved down the bank a little and made a good cast again. This time I let the cork settle and then just wound in the line as the wind pushed my cork and jig to me. Wham, the cork plunged into the murky water and the rod bent. The fight was on as I reeled in my first speck of the evening. I repeated this process several more times this afternoon and managed to put enough fish in my bucket for a good family supper tomorrow. The water I was fishing was 20 foot deep and the fish were up close to the top, so just a reminder that in the dead of winter the fish aren't always near the bottom but suspend high in the water column. May your buckets be filled with fish this year as many start into their fishing season.

[armyman]

Thanks for the post. We were just discussing this on the 'ssissippi Board a couple days ago about crappie not necessarily being on the bottom this time of year. You just proved that point with your catch!

[fiveeyes]

well done !!!

[Billbob]

good deal

[RetiredRR]

Like 'em colors too.

[cause]

good job and nice post

[crappie1133]

Arkansasbowhunter. Went Saturday, water temp 44 degrees. Fish were suspended in 6 to 8 feet of water.depth finder showed them suspended shallow. After I decided to trust my depthfinder, that is the depth that I caught them in. Learned to trust my sonar. They are not necessary deep just because the water is cold. Glad you caught them. It's fun to teach us old dogs a new trick. Stay safe and warm and keep on trying.....crappie1133

[liftbite56]

That copper color looks familiar? Lol

[Blackhawk19]

Nice lookin bait!!!! Great report.

[elkhunter]

Thanks for the post