End of Year Fishing Report

[S-Town Crappie King]

As is the case for a lot of people it is time to go back to work tomorrow, I hate that it rained basically everyday, but I made the best of it including the fishing. Was fortunate enough to get out on 5 fishing trips over break and was honestly surprised that they were pretty good with all the fresh water that is in the lakes. 2 of the 5 trips resulted in limits and the other trips a decent mess was brought home. Methods of choice was tightlining on Murray and the last couple of trips were jigging on Greenwood. I will say this don't let the rising waters muddy waters keep you from going. I know one day last week I started not to even go with all the rain, but since the wife was working and I was off I put the rainsuit on and went. I was thinking I would be lucky to catch a fish with the flood gates open and mud rolling down the main lake. To my surprise I found them and ended up with a nice limit of crappie to bring home. All the fish caught jigging were on a Yellow fish Stalker Slab Tail Jig, they preferred jigs over minnows. Hope everyone has had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

[Inkdabber]

Way to go Roland! The one certain, you can't catch'em if ya don't go. Congrats on finding time to put some fish in the box.

[S-Town Crappie King]

Greenwood Trips:




Murray Trips

[brettw]

Impressive!
Curious about how the rods are dipping into the water. Is that normal and how much weight did you have on in addition to the jigs?

Thanks

[brettw]

I see now rods are just above surface

[ofishlbizzness]

Great lookin fish S - Town. That water looks good for catchin.

[S-Town Crappie King]

Impressive!
Curious about how the rods are dipping into the water. Is that normal and how much weight did you have on in addition to the jigs?

Thanks

They are about 3-4 inches above the water, was using 3/4 oz weights. I generally like them close to the water, it's just my preference, it allows me to judge the depth better.

[brettw]

Mind if I ask how you rig that with 3/4 oz and jig?
I just got tight line rods for Christmas

[S-Town Crappie King]

Mind if I ask how you rig that with 3/4 oz and jig?
I just got tight line rods for Christmas

I generally rig it with a 12-14 inch leader and swivel, basically like a Carolina rig or Catfish rig. I will also sometimes tie a loop and put a gold hook 2-3 foot above the lead if I am fishing deep enough water. Sometimes I fish with 1/4 or 1/2 oz lead but have gotten where I like the 3/4 so I can cover more water, it also depends on the depth of water I am fishing as well (deeper = heavier weight).

[brettw]

Thanks