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  1. 01-31-2023, 03:30 PM #1
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    Does anyone know if the bite is still on in Lake Woodruff?
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  2. 01-31-2023, 04:34 PM #2
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    I just got back from St John’s on Friday! The bite was on at Woodruff the week prior to us getting down to Astor! From what we saw, there was a few boats (5-7) fishing woodruff, but never heard of any numbers! I will say that the fish in the river were getting ready to hit the shallow waters! We caught fish from 4’ to 10’ deep in 9’- 12’ of water Full of eggs! I wish I was still down there. We had a good time and managed to bring in 92 in 4 days fishing, but those numbers were from 5 different guys! So not so great.

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    Thank You for the info!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by icehouse View Post
    I just got back from St John’s on Friday! The bite was on at Woodruff the week prior to us getting down to Astor! From what we saw, there was a few boats (5-7) fishing woodruff, but never heard of any numbers! I will say that the fish in the river were getting ready to hit the shallow waters! We caught fish from 4’ to 10’ deep in 9’- 12’ of water Full of eggs! I wish I was still down there. We had a good time and managed to bring in 92 in 4 days fishing, but those numbers were from 5 different guys! So not so great.

    Good luck.


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    My advice for what its worth, would be that next time come with less guys.
    You already know which ones. lol
    Ill bet your numbers will be better than you had this time.
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    well went to woodruff yesterday to check it out myself and to say the least is that it was the poorest day of fishing I have had in a very long time!
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    My buddies dad called me this morning and said that his friend down there caught 22 yesterday in the river! All over a pound!


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  7. 02-09-2023, 11:51 AM #7
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    We fish Woodruff every winter, but prefer to jig the Norris dead river. Anyway the third week of Jan we did nothing but longline on Woodruff using 4 poles and 2 mini planner boards, we did ok but after talking to folks at the fish camp we were doing better than most. I feel that using planner boards in the shallow 5- 7ft lake improves your catch rate a lot. I have learned a lot about how fish react to a boat from using livescope in the past, and yes the boat will cause them to scatter.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tom 513 View Post
    We fish Woodruff every winter, but prefer to jig the Norris dead river. Anyway the third week of Jan we did nothing but longline on Woodruff using 4 poles and 2 mini planner boards, we did ok but after talking to folks at the fish camp we were doing better than most. I feel that using planner boards in the shallow 5- 7ft lake improves your catch rate a lot. I have learned a lot about how fish react to a boat from using livescope in the past, and yes the boat will cause them to scatter.
    I would agree that noise will affect the fish.
    The question is for how long?
    Ive watched videos of Whitey Outlaw pulling up to a spot, never shut off his outboard, and proceed to catch Crappies.
    Ive also raked holes in the weeds and within minits caught Crappies from those holes.
    But ive never seen a video of side planers being used in a Crappie tournament.
    My personal opinion is that they are a means of covering a wider area of the water, which can no doubt be helpfull.
    But then everything we do when on the water fishing carries a price tag, usually by way of time and aggravation.
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