Thread: Lake Eufaula archives

Originally Posted by cpd21

thats true Redge......but I have never been blanked at Gaines....i mean not even a drum or anything!!!!!!....lol

Andy

Then we need to get together Andy. I'm an expert at zeroing out in Gaines! LOL

crappiepappa - then maybe you need to unzero on my favorite watershed lake which has beaucoup black crappie

Need to do something different for sure! change socks maybe?

Got a late start yesterday and not getting the boat wet till 11am. Been on Gibson for 2 months but since it was so late getting started the view and new water was very much appreciated. Fished wood and cast n drag technique first off showing fish on wood in 16'-19' but only getting bit just a few times and only dinks as well. Started looking and did for about an hour before finding a 13' ledge with a drop of about 3'-4' which was in places a sharp drop and in others a gradual drop. HDS showed this ledge was loaded with fish. Marked both ends with bouys which was approximately 80yds long and double dipped painfully slow along this ledge. Long story short was able to catch all sizes of crappie and over 50 total with 20-25 keepers in about 1 1/2 hour timetable. Found these fish around 12:30pm and the bite was over at 2pm. Kept 8 for supper and released the rest to fight another day. 10' Huckabee Rods, 2 Crappie Pro Heads with a 1/4oz on bottom and 3/16oz on top, 3" crappie kickers in black/chartreuse and brown pumpkin/chartreuse in color. When I say the bite was over the crappie were still there which I could see them on the HDS but they wanted nothing to do with anything I put in front of them. Tried several different baits, color heads, and 3 different sprays. They were done. Wt was 58-60 degrees anywhere I went with a 6"-8" visibility after the rains........Ranger

Great detailed report Mark which should help me find crappie that are not associated with wood- a next step in my education and past due. So I gotta ask a dumb question now. How did you identify the fish as crappie ? Did you find them on SS and then DSI? What did they look like?

George the last time I checked no one makes a unit that will identify a certain species of fish. It was just an educated guess from years of fishing that had me on that ledge. And yes I saw them both on SS and DI......the only sure way to be positively certain is fell the thump and jerk one on board......Ranger

I thought maybe the shape of the schools or spacing or something might point towards crappie vs etc. there is really no substitute for experience tho is there! It's easy to spot wood in the SS but I am not seeing schools of fish like I have seen on pictures of others screens.

Great report Mark, like the detail.