hooked on crappie fishin

[hardcorecowboy]

i had always grew up catchin trout, bass, and catfish till last year my buddy told me about this little fish called a crappie. i was hooked with my first fish i spent a small fortune outfitin all my ol gear to work on crappie. new poles jigs you name it if i was told it would catch em then i bought it.

this picture is of a trip to owyhee reservoir near Ontario this trip was only about an hour and a half but as you can see it was really productive day of fishin. my buddy the one in the pic (ain't that how it always happens you do the work their in the pictures) got about 20 of the 80 somethin we caught that day.



these crappie were caught out of bully creek another reservoir these are a lot bigger than the one i caught out of owyhee to give somewhat of a mesurement they are layin in my kitchen sink

[buckmaster97754]

I love to fisf for crappie. They are a blast.

[hardcorecowboy]

yes they are i had tried fishin for them when i was younger at haystack but never had the patience. but now that i am older it is so much fun

[mikeredding]

Man, I haven't fished for crappie in years. We used to fish for them at night and sometimes we would go home with 2 or 3 five gallon buckets FULL!

[hardcorecowboy]

never fished for em at night i might have to give that a go this year. as you can tell by the photo that was only our first trip last year and came home with a lot about 5 trips later with about the same amount of crappie each trip we had one heck of a fish fry.

[Wapitiwill]

cambel lake by hart mountain used to be crappie heaven. I got one that was 15" but that was a long time ago!!!!!! Nice fish great eatin tooo!!!!!!

[chukardave1]

I am with you about the crappie fishing. I think it is a blast. I bought a small 1969 seaswirl from a buddy about 4 years ago and got it running specifically to fish in Prineville reservoir. I call it the "Crappie Tub" Have done well most years except for last year. Seems the water stayed cooler later into spring and was very muddy with all the late spring rain/snow we had in C.O. I have been trying to find the time to drag the boat over east either the owyhee or brownlee. hardcorecowboy, it looks like your hourandahalf at owyhee was incredibly productive. Do you live in Ontario? I hope we get a warmer spring so the crappie will turn on sooner. I am jonesing for some fishin.

[hardcorecowboy]

yea i live in ontario or grew up in prineville. i have never fished brownlee though i want to very much. i remember catchin a few crappie outa prineville resevoir growin up. i did most of my fishin outa ochoco because we lived right beside it. i am jonesin for the fish right now this weekend i am gonna head up to bully creek and try my luck i don't think i will get anythin but i have to go if ya know what i mean.

[Huntress]

Congrats on what looks like one heck of a day fishing!!!! I just love those days!!!!

[hardcorecowboy]

i couldn't stand it any longer i went out to the lake today and didn't get a single bit i knew it was to early but i just had to go so i just wasted 1/2 tank of gas but it was worth gettin out for awhile if ya know what i mean

[hardcorecowboy]

i am plannin another crappie fish this commin up weekend hopefully i will have a couple more pics to post

[Billybob]

Good Luck...Hope you catch a few.

[hardcorecowboy]

thanks bb i will try

[Billybob]

Weekends coming fast, got everything ready?

[hardcorecowboy]

yup everythin is ready just gotta finish a couple jobs so i can have the gas money and make sure the girlfriend is ready for an early start in the mornin