Thread: Lake Eufaula archives

Decided to try my hand at night fishing so my buddy along with his girlfriend decided to come along. We put in about 8:30 p.m. and headed across the lake and back West to fish along the river channel.

First stop was a small point on the edge of the river channel near the bluffs. Sit there for two hours and only had one bite.

Next we moved to some timber on the edge of the channel in 23 fow. Sit there about an hour with no bites. Finally, moved to a clump of trees on the channel edge and started fishing. Finally caught one 12 inch crappie. Had a few more bites but that was it.

This area has changed so much from what I remember 20 or so years ago. A lot of the trees have broken off below the surface of the water. It's absolutely amazing to see how many standing trees lie below with my Side Imaging unit. Most of them come within 5 to 10 feet of the surface.

Ended the night with one Crappie

We were using two lights. A green one and white one. The crappie came off of the green one. We were also using minnows. We fished from as little as 4 feet down to 20 feet. Just couldn't make 'em bite!

Not sure if the muddy water played a role or not. I think next time we'll try drop offs on points or creek mouths. Maybe in clearer water!

The weather was extremely nice. Just after dark the wind died down to nothing and the bugs came out. Around 11 p.m., a South wind kicked up and blew the bugs away and kept us cool. Temp was around 75.

Don, I can help you with that NIGHT PATTERN!

Originally Posted by Eufaula boy

Don, I can help you with that NIGHT PATTERN!

Hey Brian, I'm the one booked with you on the 13th. If you'd like to change that to a Night trip, let me know. I'm game!

Donald

anyone doing any good at the blocker bridge?

Don, lets keep the trip Sunday during the day, I tried to call you today and left you a message, call me back so I know you got it. The night fishing is really good for numbers but big fish I not sure of yet. We fished Tuesday night and had 105 keepers. Most of these fish were 10 inch fish nothing big though. We fished from 9-3 in the morning and I got tired of catching them, we were rum dum for the next 2 days. LOL

Well, my trip with EB started off by my buddy standing me up. So it was just me and EB.

When we talked yesterday, EB decided to take me to Gaines creek and fish standing timber. I'd never been to Gaines creek so I was looking forward to it. I also told him I prefer fishing with a rod in my hand as opposed to a rod holder (but I will if I have to...kinda like fishin' with minners!)

Got on the water about 10 and Brian took me on one heck of a boat ride. I'm very glad he knew where he was going, because I sure as heck didn't! Finally, after zigging and zagging and twisting around that log and turning around that point, we came to back of a cove and we started throwing out 1/16 oz black/chtr jigs and letting them fall.

The first tree produced Crappie. The second and third trees produced 8 to 10 Crappie. Then we hit some areas with laydowns. Those had Crappie on them as well. :D

In fact, nearly every place we tried in the magic range, there were Crappie!

The magic factor was that the brush had to be in 4 to 6 ft of water and we fished from 1 ft to a foot off the bottom. If the brush was in shallower water, we caught bass. Any deeper and we didn't get bit.

Water temp was around 90. Air temp...I dunno but it was HOT!

Ended the day by keeping 61 keeper Crappie. Man O Man, am I glad that EB cleaned all those fish! We probably caught well over 100 fish today and that's not counting the ones we lost!

I thought I knew a little something about fishing standing timber. But Brian put on a Clinic! He showed me several things I was doing wrong and explained how to do 'em right. Standing next to him, fishing the same jig, on the same type of line, at the same depth, at nearly the same place in the water and he was besting me on nearly every tree!

EB says this is the Summer Creek pattern fishing standing Timber. IMHO, this is way better than fishing the spawn!

If you've never tried this type of fishing, you really owe it to yourself to give it a try. EB OWNS the Crappie with this pattern and the bite is ON at Eufaula! Can't wait to try it at some other places :D

For the ones who like to feel that thump with one pole and one jig this report is for you. LOL Had OkieDon with me today and we caught over a hundred fish today and kept 61 good fish with 12 of them over 1.25lbs. We were dippin stumps, laydowns, and standing timber. The fish were in 4-8 FOW. Black and chart was the hot color. The water temp was 85-91 degrees. Water clarity was 6 inches.

Brian I guess the report was for me, because I DO LIKE the rod in my hand and feeling the THUMP. I can't wait to get down there this week and try out that pattern.

Odie