Thread: Lake Eufaula archives

Hit Graves Creek this morning in hopes of repeating last Sunday's catch. I made it on the water about 30 minutes before the front moved through. It went from hot and muggy to cool, cloudy and windy in no time!

Couldn't buy a bite until about noon. Judging by the number of boats either leaving or skipping from tie up spot to tie up spot, not many others were catching them either.

Water temps were in the 70 to 75 degree range. After the front moved through, it dropped a degree or two in some spots. The Creek was still pretty muddy near the mouth and clearer the further up the creek you went.

Finally caught a few way up the creek above the ramp including a 3.1 lb Black Bass. Came back down to the spot I caught them last Sunday and didn't have any luck until I dropped a Blk/Pnk Yum Beavertail next to a submerged log at the channel drop off. The log was in 6ft of water and the drop off when down to 13 ft.

Got a 1.5 lb slab for my effort. While unhooking this one, looked up and saw a small Crappie swimming around with a black jig head with a Cajun Cricket body in its mouth. Grabbed the pole that was laying down and had a double! Apparently the little guy had grabbed my jig after I laid the pole down and wore itself out.

Made a u-turn and hit a submerged stump near the log I caught the big slab out of and landed a 1.1lb Crappie from there. As I was drifting by the log on the Channel edge, I thought "What the heck" and dropped my jig back in on the other side.

WHAM another Crappie nearly identical to the first one! 1.6 lbs!

Caught another average Crappie near bank and looked at the time. I had to leave by 2 so I left them biting. The sky was clearing and I think they were just starting to turn back on after the front moved through.

Finished the day with 6 Crappie and a 3 lb Bass. Not what I was expecting, but I had a few minutes of sheer excitement and it was sure better than getting skunked!

By the way, if you guys/gals go, be very careful. The creek is way down and I saw a boat nearly lose his lower unit on the concrete piling (at least that's what it looks like on my Humminbird side imaging) at the old bridge site. If he'd been going faster, he would have donated it to the Graves Creek God's. The concrete piling is real close to the center of the stream and you should be a little to the West side near the old rip rap.

Fished Crowder Fri. 5-7. Went 50 yards from dock and tied up to the bank. Wind blew like who shot John, but was able to put 27 in the cooler. A few in the 1.25 to 1.50 lb range. Fish from about 9 till 2pm. DID I MENTION THAT THE WIND WAS BLOWING!

Hat55- No, I think I missed that. DID YOU SAY THE WIND WAS BLOWING???????????:D

Originally Posted by cricket george

Hat55- No, I think I missed that. DID YOU SAY THE WIND WAS BLOWING???????????:D

CG, now that I think about it, compared to where I was raised in the panhandle of Okla. It was just a gentle breeze.:D

Hit Gentry Creek today. Wanted to go to Graves, but I figured it would be busy on a Sat. and I don't like the boat traffic messing me up

I made it on the Water by 11 a.m. I started wondering where the 5 yo 10 mile an hour winds were that all the weathermen were forcasting! Anyway, thought I'd try my luck and head to the I-40 bridge and see what the rip rap was like.

Spider Rigged the South side of the rip raps on both the East and West sides. Caught quite a few dinks and only one 10 inch keeper in several hours of plying the water.

Saw a few boats tied up tightlining minnows and they were cleaning up on the dinks also.

About 3 p.m. I decided to head back and hit a few coves on the way back to the ramp. Hit the cove on the North side, the one that splits in-two and started picking up dinks again. I must have caught 25 to 30 of them today!

About 4 p.m. I started picking up some keepers but the bite was real slow. Fished till 6:30 p.m. and ended up with 13 keepers and one 2 lb Green Carp.

The water temps had cooled off quite a bit from the last few times I'd been on the lake. It was around 63 to 65 when I got there and was around 68 to 70 when I left.

I used a rainbow of colors on my jigs, but as usual the one that performed the best was Blk/Pnk Beavertail.

It was a nice day, a bit breezy but nice. Not sure why the Crappie were turned off. I imagine the front had a lot to do with it and I think in that area of Lake Eufaula, the muddy water doesn't help. That's why I spider rigged, get as many baits as I could in the water so one would hit 'em on the nose.

This little guy won the Prize for Prettiest Crappie of the Day. What was the prize? His life. Too small so I turned him back after snapping a photo. Even as small as he is, he had no trouble inhaling that 1/4 oz Crappie Pro jig head and the Yum Beavertail

That was a real good report Don, thanks for sharing.

Lipripper (Leland) and I got into a nice grouping of crappie this afternoon. We were fishing in a cove down south and the crappie were coming in to feed close to the bank. Someone had dropped off some brush about 20 feet from the bank in around 8-12 feet of water and the crappie were feeding on bait fish around 2 feet below the surface all around the brush.

We caught around 35 crappie in less than two hours and kept 24. All these crappie are nice crappie, a few weighing over a pound. The females did not have any eggs left.






It's always a pleasure to get to go fishing with Leland, seems like I always learn something new and we always have a good time.

Thanks for taking me my friend, I appreciate it and this is only my second time this year to get to take off and catch a mess of fish. I had a great time and Leland sent all the fish home with me so I can enjoy a feast of freshly caught crappie!:D

Now that's a great fish story, Stink. Thanks for sharing the pictures. Great looking stringer of crappie. Lots good eating,mmmmmmm!!!