| Fishing
Report
April
24, 2008
Level:
358.60 Temp: 61
Hello
friends. Happy days are here again! The weather
has been spectacular and so has the fishing. The
warm nights and sun filled days have warmed the
water right up, and the fish are making a move
shallow. We have limited nearly every day on
crappie and have started picking up some big
gills and redear as well. Today, 23rd, I had a 5
year old and his grandfather who had 37 nice
crappie. The size of the fish this year is
fantastic. Surprisingly, we had several black
crappie in the mix. They each boated several
"slabs" and the weather was just
fantastic, a guides dream!
The
Largemouth bite is excellent! There are bedders
on both lakes, and still some pre-spawners on
both lakes. As we continue thru this full moon
phase I expect even more to make their way to
the beds. We are still catching some big pre-spawners.
Soft plastics and jigs for the shallow fish, and
c-rigs and DT 10s for the pre-spawners. My guess
is that some post spawn fish will start being
caught in the next few days.
The
crappie have really come around since our last
report. They are in the backs of creeks and some
are on the banks. We are still casting but have
talked to several folks who have caught good
fish on minnows under bobbers. Normally stake
beds work best for us as a post spawn structure.
Seems the fish want a vertical piece of
structure to hang on coming off the beds, BUT,
we have picked up several fish off stake beds
early this year. Your favorite stake bed may be
worth a look as you go shallow.
As
we have said, the bluegill we are catching are
simply huge. We are picking them up in staging
brush as they will start making beds soon. We
haven't had a great day with a redear bite, but
we have caught redear as we crappie fish nearly
every trip.
The
whites and yellows are moving from the creek
backs out to the main river. You'll pick
up one or two as you cast for crappie.
Get
out there and have some fun, and make sure you
take a young en' with you. Watching them catch
fish is worth all the trouble. If we can help,
give us a call. Take care.
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