Reply With QuoteI was at work thinking they were chomping today ,your report makes it seem better that I was working instead of fishing lol. Bite can be real tough when water gets cold .Rain tonite prolly going to muddy up water some too .
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Slow Day
Hit the river today and found, even with the warm weather the bite was slow. The tide was moving too fast and dropped to a ridiculously low level. It was till going out strong when I pulled the boat after 5 hours. Caught 24 crappie with only one that I considered worth keeping at 10 inches (released it), 3 big yellow perch, one bluegill and a small pickerel. Water started out at 38 degrees and ended near 40 by end of day. 2/3 of the crappie were caught verticle jigging and the rest casting. They were biting light, so light that I caught quite a few by watching the fishfinder, seeing a fish rise to the bait and just sit there. No tug, no nothing until I started reeling in to see what was going on and he was on there like a wet sock. Its always interesting.
Last edited by Zippy; 01-15-2016 at 06:23 PM.
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I was at work thinking they were chomping today ,your report makes it seem better that I was working instead of fishing lol. Bite can be real tough when water gets cold .Rain tonite prolly going to muddy up water some too .
Crappie Wall Hanger
That's funny, I was saying to myself that even though i was having a hard time I bet tear-em-up would come back with a cooler of slabs, lol. I have had some good luck lately but for some reason I couldnt get on them today. I really think that tide didnt help.
Crappie Wall Hanger
Might have been slow, but still not a bad day of fishing.
