Thread: Lake Eufaula archives

Points off the main channel, now it can be a bank off the channel with several little points on it. Now some days they will be on the long points some days on the steeper points. Brush and structure holds fish in these areas too. Also pay close attention to rock piles and ledges. Hope this helps. EB

Fished lake main points around blocker bridge and towards arrowhead. Fished a lot of natural banks with large boulders. Caught some nice bass but no crappie. North wind seemed to really hurt fishing. We went back to double dipping some areas around crowder and caught some dinks. Did end up with a few.

Cleaned 32 Friday from the north end. Tried to keep nothing under 11" but a few were more in the 10.5" range. Biggest was 14" and several in the 11-12" range. Good eaters.

Double dipping 6-7'. Caught them on several color combinations, but green/chartreuse probably caught more than any other combination.

I managed to tear myself away from Texoma the last two Saturdays in a row and came to Eufaula to fish with my buddy Cory Wall. Granted that the majority of the fish were not of the quality that I catch locally we caught fish until my shoulder ached from setting the hook so many times. We both released well over 100 each and kept 32. I fish where there is a size limit so like Winger I find it hard to make myself keep fish under 10". While we caught fish as shallow as 8' most came from over 20' on my spoons (specially the larger ones). Cory specifically wanted me to show him my deep open water technique which he mastered with ease. Then again he is probably the best fisherman I have ever known.

Originally Posted by crappie wrangler

I managed to tear myself away from Texoma the last two Saturdays in a row and came to Eufaula to fish with my buddy Cory Wall. Granted that the majority of the fish were not of the quality that I catch locally we caught fish until my shoulder ached from setting the hook so many times. We both released well over 100 each and kept 32. I fish where there is a size limit so like Winger I find it hard to make myself keep fish under 10". While we caught fish as shallow as 8' most came from over 20' on my spoons (specially the larger ones). Cory specifically wanted me to show him my deep open water technique which he mastered with ease. Then again he is probably the best fisherman I have ever known.

Great report. I was able to get out late yesterday afternoon. we fished pretty shallow (10 ft or less) and didn't really do very good. Caught some dinks but I've just not been able to find any. Are finding them suspended or on structure?

The most accurate answer I could give is yes. I don't fish there enough to know where I was or even the name of the landing we put in at. We fished very similar to Striped bass fishing. Drove around until we marked fish then dropped a lure and caught some. At times we marked fish right on the bottom and if our lure was more than 1' from the bottom we would not get a bite. At other times they were suspended and we fished at the depth we could see them on the sonar. In every case we marked them on the sonar and caught fish until enough other boats motored by very close. There was a definable correlation between outboard noise and the larger fish leaving the area. I guess they did not get larger by being stupid . When I say very close I mean that many boats came within 20' of us with their motor running at which point everything but dinks left and we would have to go find another school. We moved often.

Originally Posted by crappie wrangler

The most accurate answer I could give is yes. I don't fish there enough to know where I was or even the name of the landing we put in at. We fished very similar to Striped bass fishing. Drove around until we marked fish then dropped a lure and caught some. At times we marked fish right on the bottom and if our lure was more than 1' from the bottom we would not get a bite. At other times they were suspended and we fished at the depth we could see them on the sonar. In every case we marked them on the sonar and caught fish until enough other boats motored by very close. There was a definable correlation between outboard noise and the larger fish leaving the area. I guess they did not get larger by being stupid . When I say very close I mean that many boats came within 20' of us with their motor running at which point everything but dinks left and we would have to go find another school. We moved often.

Thanks. Trying to learn the summer patterns. We normally fish rip rap but really have not done any good at all there this year. I'm just trying to learn what everyone looks for in the summer to help narrow down my searching. Earlier I had read main lake points for EB. We tried that twice and failed there too. We'll keep after it though. Thanks for the reply.

I think I read that too. I usually just use my sonar and fish where it tells me. I dont fish Eufaula much so I approach it as I would a lake I have never been to before. I will admit that I never catch fish without seeing them on my sonar first with the exception of spawners and I suppose I see stagging fish even then. Seeing fish on the sonar does not necessarily mean seeing crappie, sometimes it just means seeing bait. I should mention that I don't have high dollar sonar units. I am just very familiar with interpreting what a standard sonar tells me. I have fished Eufaula 6 times in the last 15 years and have caught at least 100 fish each time. It is a very good fishing lake it's just hard to make myself drive 1.5 hours to fish when I have a lake 4 minutes from the house that produces just as well for me.