Quick trip to Reelfoot This weekend...Any Advice on finding some keeper Crappie

[John Nash]

Cant leave till late morning Saturday so will fish sat evening and most all day sunday! I know its hot and the moon is wrong but really need some crappie in the freezer. I have worked all spring and am down to farm pond fish for supper! Any advice would be appreciated.

[Nutbush]

You will probably be the only boat crappie fishing. Not many people fish for crappie “spider rig” there his time of the year.


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[John Nash]

Interesting trip. We fished deep, shallow, in between, open water, stick ups, submerged timber, stumps, knees, grass, back in the standing timber..... No crappie.
We threw jigs, spinners, flys, plastics, hard and soft, live minnows, and crickets........No crappie
We fished sun, shade, deep cover, rain, wind and windless, from early to after dark.........No crappie

We filled the coolers with 1 1/2 lb to 4 lb catfish, we had beautiful views, a mostly calm lake with almost no one on the water..... but no crappie.
All in all it was a worthy trip, after all a bad day fishing is better than any day without fishing!