Thread: Monticello crappie help please

Hey Jason, Welcome aboard. I haven't fished there much for crappie or the perch but I did setup and nightstalked there back in June when our kayak club was there for the weekend catfishing. In the day watching the depth finder I would see what looked like schools of fish on the bottom and suspended over deep water. I was trolling cut bream so I could drop a spoon down to see what they were so for the nightstalk I set up in 30' depth out from the point near the 99 ramp. Pulled in a ton of bait fish and it took a few hours before i had crappie really working the bait. I dropped minnows down to the bottom and reeled up 2 turns and caught some good crappie in the 12 to 14'' range. Once the fish had moved in I was already ready to call it a night since we had an early morning to start cat fishing again. With that clear water this time of the year I would work schools in the daytime and maybe try to work some of the stumps early with a jig. For the nightstalk once you set up I wouldn't move, each time you move you have to start over pulling in the bait to your light.

Let us know what you find and catch & good luck. I'm sure there are some here that can help you more than myself.

Ok, thanks! I know most people fish Monticello for those blues, but she's got to be holding some killer slabs. Every perch we've caught out of there seem to be eating size, where a good many in Wylie are cut bait size.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMMLQOt31GA

Check out the largemouth and crappie from this Monticello video.

Anybody know what type of camera he used? I've looked at the ones in BPS, etc. but have been told that you can't see anything if the water is kind of stained or if you are deep since little light gets down there. This supposedly was 30 to 40 feet and the camera looked pretty darn good to me.
I know I would have never left that spot if I was fishing.

Jay_Hawk, if I was a rich man, I'd sponsor that boy on the tournament trail, he sure can fish! Disasterkane. Watch #6 and look at Monticello rocking and rolling. I'm pretty sure I was leaving the G'Mart in Chester and a truck with that boat was pulling in. I should have picked his brain

If I find that spot, I'm going to try and figure out how to mark it on my fish finder. No idea on the camera type. He can catch some fish, that's for dern sure

Jason, I found that sunken boat with my side imaging. It's near the lower boat ramp.

Sweet. I don't have side imaging, but I just bought a Humminbird 688 with down imaging. I just have to figure it all out. Too much to figure out on that thing for a York boy