Happy Holidays good people! This is my first time at this site as I just stumbled upon it while Google searching crappie stuff. Saw the Clearlake thread and felt the overwhelming urge to chime in....so here I be...lol. I'm not too sure about records and such due to the fact many sites have conflicting weights and information, nor have I ever seen a 4# crappie come out of Clearlake, I would be willing to bet money (if I didn't spend it all on fishing) that there are more than one 4 pound crappie in this lake. I know for a fact, from experience, that you can catch 40+ and have only about 25% of those be smaller than 2.5 pounds and 15% be 3#+. There are
slabbers in here....bass and kitties too. The abundance of bait fish is just phenomenal the past years and the game fish are finding them downright splendid! My boyfriend Underdog and I spend quite a bit of time gettin' our slab fix here as we are only a short trip away. We stay at a place called Indian Beach Resort in Clearlake Oaks. The fishing from there is fantastic the majority of the time and the docks are just right for action day and night. RIght now the two hotspots are Kono Tayee and Shag Rock, but we are boatless for now so we stick to the docks. We have met people from all over (had a blast with most of them too!) who are just amazed at the size of the crappie here. From what I gather lakes in the mid west or back east just don't have large crappie...to us they are all fun...although hookin' into a fattie is just the icing on it all.....k....'nuff blabbin', more eye candy...lol. Each and every one caught on a Fin-S Shad minnow jig in ice or albino/ice....although chartreuse and live minnows will getcha a limit as well. For the most part we are all about the C&R, but don't let it fool you...there has been a few breaded fillets in the pan before. Lol... you should see the look on peoples faces when you nail a 3#er, give it a peck, snap a pic and toss it back. No matter what we are official Crappaholics. Hope there's not a cure! Take care all...and much crappie luck to you and yours in the coming new year!
Awaiting the photo shoot in the VIP suite...
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Underdog and I with samples...
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Ken, one of the owners of Indian Beach Resort with a slab...
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Hopefully a video of the threadfin insanity in early November...
Sorry about the jumbleness of the images and size....I'm a dunce... Take care all!