Thread: Crappie Report 6-5-21

Wife was busy this morning. kids were gone, I had nothing to do so decided to fish.............and am GLAD I did!

The temps were mild at 71* this morning and no winds. Surface temp knocking on 80* now. Only a hand full of bass guys going by, and going by, and going by, etc. Man! Once they get somewhere they need to fish awhile instead of seeing how high a rooster tail their motors can throw or how fast they can go by you. Oh! And did I mention how they like to go between you and the bank instead of using the other 3/4 of the lake? Geez........

Anyway, back to crappie fishing. Lines in the water at 6:40AM. Slick water and the fish didnt wait long before they started biting...




Got pretty humid out there early today with all the cloud cover. Even sprinkled on me for like 10 seconds. Geez....I was hoping I was fixing to get soaking wet so I could cool off some. Well, that didnt happen. So....my little electric fan (from an old school bus) got it's workout this morning...



Fished on until 11AM fishing mostly clear water about 20' deep. Fish were still biting after I started taking in lines but I was sweating bullets by then so it was time for me to go. Besides, I had promised the wife we'd catch a late lunch/early supper at the BBQ place today so I didn't want to loose the rest of my kitchen passes. Here's the tally from today. All were caught long lining curly tail jigs. Took a pic of the two counters. One is used for total catch and the other is for what went into the live wells...



Caught two more fish while getting lines in and rods put up so total was 75 fish caught and 29 in the 'wells. I done got hooked again on fish-on-the-bone so here are those fish I kept for me...



...and these are the rest of the fish that went under the fillet knife...



It was a GREAT morning of fishing. I only seen about 6 bass boats and maybe 2 other crappie fishing boats. The water is probably gonna be heating up fast so get some lines wet guys while theyre still biting. Oh! Forgot to mention this....even had a water skier going between a couple of us crappie fishermen today. Oh well, after all, it's their time of the year so I aint complaining too much. Only 4 more months and the lakes will be our again. Until then you just gotta go early and quit early unless nightstalking is your game. Regardless, go catch you some!

Another great morning on the water. Love that slick water and those livewell shots! Keep after them.