Hello all, hope the cold weather ends soon, sure got the fish acting strange. We catch some one day and the next you wonder where they went. We just need some warmer weather to pattern them more
in areas they should be holding in.
The Crappie fishing is on again off again here, on the days you can get out due to the wind, fish the thickest reeds and pads you can find. You will have to make some holes in them to present your baits, but that is where the guys in the know are catching their fish. Limits are rare if at all, most people catching 8 to 12 Crappie a morning with the size being in the pound to pound and half range. Minnows and jigs doing the damage, if you can call it that. The southern pro jigs are working and also the buckaroo seem to be the best as of now.
Bass fishing is a challenge at best with the water temps fluctuating as much as they have been. Tournament last weekend took 25.33 lbs to win on five bass per boat. Big bass was 9.13 lbs and was caught with only 30 minutes left in tourney. He said they were flipping brush-hogs in pad fields all day. The Skinny Dippers made by Reaction Innovations are very popular in a range of colors from Houdini to bad shad green, I personally caught 22 bass up to 3 lbs on them. Just toss as far as you can and retrieve at a moderate pace in and around scattered pads and reeds, when you catch a fish slow down and work that area good. They seem to be in schools in certain areas and none in others.
Sorry the fishing news is not better, but it is what it is, and as our northern friends say, better than shoveling snow. And I will agree, hope this helps you with your next trip to our area and good luck and god bless.
