FULL WINTER BITE IN OCTOBER ?

**Ketchn** · 10-26-2019, 07:05 AM

it by golly was yesterday in the howling north wind and cccold in shallow water .
I dropped my jig to 7 foot deep , note how far below my 6 foot rod.
in like 7.5 to 8 foot of water .
and you had to hold it still as a statue and wait for it .
then they would hit it so hard you would about lose your rod .
I mean just like a December deep fish bite , just smack the fire out it like someone took a hammer to your rod tip .
Both species present and accounted for as well .
no small fish in the mix either and its a small fish lake most of the time
shad all over the surface all around me struggling
gots to love it , nothing beats a hammer bite from a crappie on a jig in the winter

KABOOM IS THE WORD

**dhaire** · 10-26-2019, 07:37 AM

Looking forward to a bite like that. Water temp should drop after this cold front and on our lake that is what gets our crappie back on the brush.

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**Ketchn** · 10-26-2019, 07:53 AM

our water temps dropped about a lot in the last 2 weeks .
i think we might be as low as 60 degrees now .
i watched it drop more than 7 degrees in less than a week last week
not sure why it varies so much each year
but to be sure it was full blown winter mode ketchn yesterday

**SKs Crappie Catching Adventures** · 10-27-2019, 06:46 AM

I was surprised at how fast the water temp dropped down here but sorta understands with the rain and cold howling wind..... Water temp wasd 65° down here yestdy evening.....
Lookn line they wanted orange on that trip?

**crp4570** · 10-27-2019, 06:52 AM

Nice read. Congrats

**Ketchn** · 10-27-2019, 07:01 AM

Originally Posted by SKs Crappie Catching Adventures

I was surprised at how fast the water temp dropped down here but sorta understands with the rain and cold howling wind..... Water temp wasd 65° down here yestdy evening.....
Lookn line they wanted orange on that trip?

I think they wanted actually black and chart but I only had one left and several different versions of orange that they seemed to like pretty well the 2 days I visited there .the plastics are all "seconds" and the 2 color ones split really easily darnit …..
I will likely get a bag of black and chart and or find a few in my backseat and try them next week . the water is pretty turbid in there with not much for visibility since a few rains hit us lately .
I am there just on my lunch break though and don't have much time to try different options . 6 or 10 fish and I have to run don't you know .

**Ketchn** · 10-27-2019, 07:02 AM

Originally Posted by crp4570

Nice read. Congrats

glad you enjoyed it

**SKs Crappie Catching Adventures** · 10-28-2019, 12:05 PM

Pawpaw said there would be days like that......

Nice Catches.....

**dead minner** · 10-28-2019, 02:17 PM

I think you got a way better lake to fish on than me.

**Ketchn** · 10-30-2019, 05:55 AM

I hit about 6 lakes really frequently and some are better on some days and some are not worth visiting .
this spot is only good about 2 or 3 months total a year .
1.5 in the spring and about 1.5 months in the fall give or take .
I rotate where I visit with the seasons a lot and go where fish are likely to be during a certain part of the year .
will be saying see ya soon to this spot as they will move on to other spots in numbers and not be there in numbers until spring gets here .
crappie off the bank and in the boat require adjustments in locations and strategies quite often to stay busy with them .

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