Because we had found a solid spot on Lake Champlain the night before, we delayed our departure time until 7am. I ended up arriving 15 minutes late because I am not use to driving with traffic on the way to the spot! Usually we get going much earlier in the morning… After a few minutes of harassment, we cruised in the boat to our morning spot. Driving in, the crappie were breaking the surface in an attempt to get a meal. They would soon get it!
We tied off on a log and began fishing. From the start we were tossing back fish that were 10-11″ because we knew we could be picky. We fished for about 1.5 hours before getting our limits. The larger fish kept repositioning their spot in the area we were fishing as we caught them. It was easy to know when to fish a new side of the bay because you would start catching smaller fish. It was consistent pretty much all morning. At one point we were talking about how often we were catching a fish. We all made a cast at the same and and in a fast count 12, we were all hooked up with slab crappie! Amazing!
We started the day using bobbers with 2-3′ of line below. Although the fishing never slowed, we adjusted our techniques throughout the day. We found that the bigger fish went deeper so we removed the bobber and fished the bottom. We used many colors throughout the day but in the end we found that “electric chicken” produced the best.
We had some slammers that were over 14″ and many pushing 12″. The fishing was unreal and the temperature was close to 80. What more could we ask for? Is it the weekend yet? ha
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Sounds like an awesome day, I’ve been lacking in the crappie catching lately. Not having a boat is really putting a damper on it.
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The past week of fishing has been unreal! Even without a boat we were able to pull limits. It’s the time of year where anything is possible!
Nice fish! Been a very long time since I have done any fresh water fishing, sure do miss it sometimes!
Yeah! You can’t beat it in my opinion! It’s far different than saltwater but either way you’re still on the water!
I miss Crappie Fishing. Used to have access to a private lake where we could really get a bunch of them. Now I just have to stick to catching walleye.
Mmm, fish tacos fish tacos fish tacos….