Left out at 4:30AM yesterday heading down to Tennessee, for some crappie action on Kentucky Lake. Got in a solid day of fishing, and didn't get home until near 10PM last night. It was our first trip ever trolling for Crappie. My friend has been at it for a few years now, and has it down to a T. They ended with 57, 3 shy of the limit for the two on his boat. Me and dad ended with 21 for the day, not bad for a first day ever. It didn't help that we had 4 poles to their 10, LOL. Good trip, heading back within 2 weeks for a whole weekend of it, fried fish for dinner. It was COLD for fishing. 33* that morning, with 15 mph winds all day...made for tough fishing. Here's two nice eating sized ones, had one top 2 lbs, but batteries died in the camera before that one.
I saw a show last week and people were catching huge crappie on Kentucky Lake. Looks like a fun trip Trevor
Those would make great bait. LOL Really, I'm envious. I'd love to have some water nearby with a bunch of good eaters in it. Well we do have some good eating fish, but the ice is still in the way. Not much in the way of crappie around here. No real hotspots for any panfish type big stringers. Bullheads is about it. Trolling???? Really???? With what and at what speed.
Hey, they ate up good...bait or not. Steve, The one we figured was around 2lbs was just a hair under 15" and plum full of eggs. Dwarfed the rest in the livewell. No scale to verify, but the guys who had been at it for years said it would be right at 2 lbs. David, when trolling for them we try and keep it between 1.2-1.5 mph, basically crawling...keep as many lines wet as possible. We use Southern Pro Hot Grubs on 1/16 or 1/32 jig heads....the cold snap sent em deeper though, and 1/8 jig heads were working better. Junebug was the hot color for the day, but basically anything with a chartreuse tail would produce. It's still a bit early for the great action, here in a few weeks it should be perfect.
You ever fished a pond with those "hybrid" bluegill? Forgot what is different about them, but those suckers are supposed to reach 2 lbs in no time...I was amazed at how big they got in just a year at a pond we stocked on granpas farm, it dried up the next summer though, and all the fish died. It was more of a pet project than building a good fishin spot, but fun none the less. I WILL be catching my limit next time I go (30 at 10" or bigger)...we were just figuring them out and pulling them in regularly when we had to go give them a jump as their batteries died, so we just called it a day and followed them in as the fishing was getting hot. I need to stock up in some more colors and jig sizes though, I learned that quick. I have a year long fishin license down there, so I plan to get my moneys worth this spring.
That's a nice pair of crappie there, Trevor!!! My mouth is watering that is a slob, Mark!! We will be hitting the streams in a few days ... then turkey and walleye season :d
