Crappie bite was decent last week

[hooky]

I went down to southeastern Indiana with some buddies last week and fished from Sat to Thursday. Crappie were starting to move in Saturday and were still coming in Thursday night when we called it a trip. Water temps started in the mid 40s and peaked at 51 on Monday afternoon before the weather finally caught up with us and took it down to the high 40s by the end.

8 of us cleaned a couple hundred nice crappie throughout the week. It should be great fishing this week with the warmer weather and the rain raising temps. A different take on "You shoulda been here last week".

 

[Michigan Slim]

Nice catch! They are biting good up here too. I'll be out this week after the rain.

 

[tomcat13]

Looks like a Good Fish Fry in your Future!
Now you've given me the Bug.
I gotta get out & wet a line.
Thanks for sharing.

 

[mikek]

Some nice slabs there

 

[hooky]

Some nice slabs there

Yeah, there weren't many small ones to weed through. Generally, if you were getting bit, it was a nice fish.

 

[mikek]

Yeah, there weren't many small ones to weed through. Generally, if you were getting bit, it was a nice fish.

I am ready for the crappie to fire up around here

 

[hooky]

Crappie and mushrooms!

 

[Michigan Slim]

I am ready for the crappie to fire up around here

Anywhere there's weeds around here has crappies biting.

 

[phylodog]

Man I miss catchin and cookin crappie. There aren't many things better than fresh crappie right out of the hot oil. Mmmmmmmm.....

 

[hooky]

Man I miss catchin and cookin crappie. There aren't many things better than fresh crappie right out of the hot oil. Mmmmmmmm.....

You got that right!

We had a fish fry on 2 nights of the trip and it was a little bit of heaven both times.

 

[canebreaker]

Looking at the MVK website Sardis and Enid gates are closed. Guess so Butla and Nader can release more since they are fuller before this storm moves thru. If still closed tomorrow I'll head to Sardis and fish the outlet channel. 15 daily limit, no size limit below the dam. Under 10's get released.