Stockton Saturday

[Just Loosing Tackle]

We went in the afternoon. Pole Bender, jlt jr. and I. Get your 4 wheelers ready and I hope you don't mind a scratched up boat. Shallow, not many, but big. dig through the timber and find a tree. blk/chart, but lots of hangups. Water in the low 70's.

Eggs were solid, not yet ready. I am thoroughly confused. Catch a few quick and then nothing. They are really spread out. Every place you see looks great for crappie.

Any thoughts or ideas would be appreciated. I have never seen this before, but I have not been fishing for crappie in MO for very long.

[slipbobber]

Sounds like Truman, just keep looking, remember those spots and come back later and catch a few more, after you find enough spots you can make a milk run, and in awhile have a good mess of fish. Enough spots and you get limits. It seems to me that those spots might last the season as long as those water levels hold. Good luck!

[buzzmanmo]

jlt,
Welcome to the weird world of fishing. Where did you go at stockton?? Thurs. went to birch. We were the only boat there, lots of brush. Got fish frome 6 to 30 ft. slow trolling.
Do you know the guy that ownes southtown bait?

[Pole Bender]

Hey Buzzman we fished Birch and JLT's boat is a bull dozer we were it the trees and I mean so far that boats passing by could not see us. They were shallow and we went in to find them. The first time in JLT caught 2 big black crappie off the same tree and I thought we were going to load the boat, but did not get another bite until we moved. It was fun and I can't wait to do it again.

[Just Loosing Tackle]

jlt,
Welcome to the weird world of fishing. Where did you go at stockton?? Thurs. went to birch. We were the only boat there, lots of brush. Got fish frome 6 to 30 ft. slow trolling.
Do you know the guy that ownes southtown bait?

I do not know who owns South Town. I have probably met him, but I do not get over there very often. I like the shop, but there are just some closer to me.

As Bender said we fished mostly birch.

[buzzmanmo]

I fish birch alot. Hope you guys can make it to the gettogather. Got to get with bender and get the lead. new mold on the way.
later