A Very Crappie Spring....

[RJackson]

Crappie! not Crappy!

What a treat this spring has been on the Crappie hunt. Changed things up and avoided the community holes and set sights on unlocking a few new lakes to us. And unlock em we did. Awesome days were had.

Lots of guests and loads of fish....









Lots more pics and a few things we did differently this year to whack the Craps good are here : http://www.rjnbirdeesoutdooradventures.ca/?p=1221

Have a great long weekend folks! Weather should be great and the fish should be snarly.

RJ

[misfish]

MEGA SLABS Very nice.

Good to see the BIG GUY,out fishing.

[lew]

Looks like a few good feeds there RJ

[fishindevil]

Holy crappie spring is right !!!!! Awesome fishin guys !!!!! I see you got out with big Jim too !!!! Well done some real slabs there !!!! Wicked color on them too !!!! Cheers

[BillM]

Nice!!! I haven't caught a single one below a float this year either. tiny ice jigs tipped with a tube = deadly. I even troll them behind the boat at 1-2mph. Works awesome and you cover lots of water.

[Chappee]

The community hole has been fished out RJ.... or at least it seemed that way

the two times I fished it this year....lol Wise to move on, nice lookin slabs!

[Sinker]

That's a pretty crappy spring for sure! Nice work RJ and crew!

 

S.

[RJackson]

Thanks boys. Getting Jimmy out on the water regularly is always a treat. He's doing great for those who may be curious.

 

BillM, trolling eh? That may be tried in these parts soon, cool.

 

RJ

[jammer]

Thats alot of smiles and alot of crap...pies... lol

 

Hope to cya soon bud... Be well... Jammer

Edited May 20, 2013 by Roy

[jammer]

Have no idea why there is lines threw my words...

[BillM]

illM, trolling eh? That may be tried in these parts soon, cool.

 

RJ

 

Stumbled across that pattern completely by accident, lol! Even a few walleyes in the mix as well.

[Hooked]

Wow, those are some fine specimens! Was there a bait that did the most damage? Nice job!

[targaboy175]

nice nice and super nice, doing pretty good myself this year too. will post pic laster nice work

[solopaddler]

Wow, nice bunch of slabs!

[RJackson]

Wow, those are some fine specimens! Was there a bait that did the most damage? Nice job!

 

Best baits for me this spring have been a two inch tube with a 1/32 oz jighead, no float. Another winner when they are a bit deeper ie. 8-10 FOW is a 1/16ths oz Nuckleball jig with a 2 inch Fluke. Always white so I can watch em disappear!

 

Back at em today for one last go with my buddy Markus while he was in town for a few days, they are now post spawn and even more snarly.

 

[BillM]

Very nice! I've been fishing for them post spawn for probably 2-3 weeks.. Couldn't believe it when I found them in 25ft of water.. Those are some nice dark specimens!

[RJackson]

Right on Bill. They are getting closer and closer to deep water. Then they'll be nomads for the summer. Buggers!

 

RJ

[BillM]

I've got a spot where they tend to congregate and chase shiners on the surface in the evenings. This only lasts about 2hrs however. After that, I haven't the slightest idea where they disappear to, lol!

[Dontcryformejanhrdina]

Nice haul! I've only caught 1 by accident, it was a decent sized one at 14". A buddy of mine caught one 15.5" in the same area before too, those are the only crappie I've ever seen personally.