Thread: Going to Harris

Some really nice crappie caught on Harris yesterday at the tournament. Caught fish all day and seemed like the the Harris it has always been.

Where did u catch fish at ?

What tournament was yesterday.
Today we put in at crosspoint ramp and went to right
Just passed dam, went to road bed . Water was like chocolate milk, turned around headed back toward main lake side. I looked in 40' 30' and 20' couldn't find any bait fish schools. A few small schools here and there. Talked with alot of fishermen , no one was catching

Don't know lake well enough for crappie. Got skunked

Originally Posted by JordanLimit

Some really nice crappie caught on Harris yesterday at the tournament. Caught fish all day and seemed like the the Harris it has always been.

im gonna disagree with the harris it has always been, about 4-5 years ago on a good day 7 fish coulda broke 17, even on a good day now i'm not sure you could break 14, its still got some pigs but just less of them but they maybe to more to pressure than lake management

The Bigeyecrappieman tournament on Harris yesterday. Twenty-three teams competing. We were culling and throwing back 1.3 pound crappie, but could only land one over 2 pounds. Kevin is right--it seemed like the old days, but in past years, it would take 14 pounds to win on Harris. Three teams had over 12, which is way under the total winners had in past years. All fish we caught, including the ones we weighed in, were returned to the water. If Duke Power and the NC Wildlife would manage the lake right, the breeding stock to return the lake to good numbers is there.

a tournament or two doesnt hurt the lake, its the guys that hit it right and keep 100 of the best fish the lake has to offer and do it over and over, you get a dozen boats like that and it hurts your truly big class of females, harris is to small of a lake not to be managed, crappie fishing is getting bigger and bigger and the wildlife needs to take notice and regulate the harvest of this gem, before it become mediocre, 10 yrs ago no limit on harris was needed but this is 2020 and that is not the case, be nice if anglers could just regulate themselves, i'd much rather filet some 10-12'' fish than those big girls, ya gotta cut there filets up to gettem to fry right and the smaller ones taste better anyhow, its kinda like growing big bucks, ya gotta let the gooduns grow to be great and spread there genes and offspring and eat the does or in this case the small ones

I would like to see a slot limit and creel limit on Harris and Jordan. Jordan has a min. and a creel limit but a slot would help protect the big females.