Great Report !
Merry Christmas
Myself and several crappie buddies have fished the following lakes and here are the recent results:
Ft. Phantom Hill
Water temp. 48-50. Slow, slow and slower. Crappie have abandoned the 8-12 foot range and the search continues.
Lake Stamford
Water temp. 48-51. Good to great in the very early mornings at the crappie barge for crappie up to 2 pounds, best bite has been on 1/16 and 1/32 oz. crappie jigs (white/chart/white)(Inisde the crappie house is best, currently). Little crappie start taking over by mid morning. A few crappie and sand bass are being caught at the bridge, but it is sporadic with no pattern on time or bait.
Lake Hubbard Creek
Water temp. 50-52. Fair in Hubbard Creek with most crappie caught on minnows at 8-10 feet in laydowns and brush piles. You can hide from the wind in this creek.
I have been fishing near Big Sandy Creek and caught a limit on Thursday, but there are alot of stumps in that area, so go slow. I have not been doing that great in the creek itself. Most fish were 10.5 to 11.5 inches with two big crappie-all on 1/16oz. jigs. Wind will get to you getting to this creek if it is blowing and again very stumpy and treacherous. Best color was white/pink/white and hot pink/rose/hot pink. Brush in 12 foot range was best on this particular day.
Good Fishing and Happy Holidays,
Ron, Mud-Dabber
Great Report !
BIG LEO
When you comming down to educate us Ivie boys mud-dabber?
have a good`un heycods
heycods
How you doing?? Crappie population should explode since you removed half the catfish population from that lake, haha. I ain't tuff enough for those Ivie crappie. Fishing at night in the wintertime is for the real crappie fisherman. I am a daytime fishermen for sure.
You know back 7-10 years ago, they sure used to catch them along the Concho River area, close but away from the bridge in the river channels.
Regards and Happy Holidays,
Ron, Mud-Dabber
P.S. You guys killed them in East Texas, man ole man those pictures you sent were very impressive.
Great Report- I can't wait until we move to our house at Ft Phantom! I hope to find some good crappie there! I have the boat ready now after my last surgery, ready to attach these east Texas Slabs when we get some better weather. Good Luck
I used to attack those Slabs, Now I had rather attach'um! LOL Good LuckOriginally Posted by blankace
Good report, thanks for posting them.
1967/68
hey dabber it aint bad out there at night, buddy has his Pontoon inclosed, with hole in the floor to fish through. just turn up the heat and crank the generator and fish away.
have a good`un heycods