I’m ready for the next chapter.

[Just_Bass]

I’ve been waiting patiently for this time of year. It has been almost 3 months since the last I caught any crappie. Finally they started moving in but still a tad too far to reach unless I take the boat out or use lures that can reach them. My first crappie of 2020 caught with 1/8oz Tiny trap and new reel to me. I hope to learn something new this year or at least how to find suspended ones instead of waiting for them.

[Cray]

Try that same area. Put you a slip float on with a 1/4 oz weight below it. Then about 12 inch mono leader and 1/16 oz jig. That way you can cast it about as far or farther than that trap. Let it settle and ease it along real slow. Should be able to pick up a few more. Nice fish by the way.

[DockShootinJack]

Good looking crappie.

[skeetbum]

Very nice fish. When fishin gets tough for me, I downsize and slow down. Smaller line with less memory gets a longer cast. Smaller jigs catch big fish too but don’t cast as far, unless they’re under a float. Point is, go outside the box and find a way. They use kites for billfish now, but they didn’t used to.......

[Just_Bass]

Thanks guys, yeah I have a bunch of new line coming in, Nanofil 4, 6,8 and 12lb and Fins windtamer 6lb. As of now I have 4lb Fins windtamer on my spinnings and 8-10lb PP super slick and 832 on my casting. I will play around to see what work best for me.
Don’t worry when there is no crappies, I just kill time with those bass, and you know what I got more excited with this first crappie of 2020 than that bass I caught a week back.
I also get some new lures to try out, some I don’t even know yet how to work it lol. I think the past year and this year, I’ve spent more on crappie gears than bass. I might have to change my screen name to Crappie of SoCal soon lol.

[Oregon slabman]

Funny, I caught my first fish, a bluegill, at that lake in 1960. Back then it was called Railroad Canyon Lake. We also used to hunt cottontail and dove there. I bet it's good fishing now and once you figure the crappie out you will do well. Have you tried around the docks?

[Oregon slabman]

Seeing that little Rattle Trap reminds me of something else kind of funny. Back then the go to bass lure On R.R. Canyon was a yellow Heddon Sonic, probably the first lipless crankbait. Same type of lure, different color. After it was closed to the public and the development started I never got to fished there again.

[Just_Bass]

@oregon yes canyon lake is still a good place to fish, the only reason I moved here is to fish night and day. It is a private lake, which make it easier to catch anything I guess.

[Ketchn]

double jigs under a slip float and drug along smooth at a slow speed ….
fan cast to cover more water ….
adjust depth until you get bit ….
parallel to the shoreline off that long dock would be a nice start ….
don't know your lake but those blacks will likely come in to spawn soon …..

[BuckeyeCrappie]

Good looking Crappie