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Crappie in Calcasieu?
Posted on 3/10/25 at 10:05 pm
Posted on 3/10/25 at 10:05 pm
Anybody fishing crappie in the river? We're here at the camp for spring break. Big lake is chocolate milk, and had some boat trouble Saturday so gunshy running that far yet.
Anybody find any slabs in the river?
In central TX they're up on the banks now.
Anybody find any slabs in the river?
In central TX they're up on the banks now.
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Posted on 3/11/25 at 12:11 am to TFLEX
There’s no such thing as a Crappie in Louisiana.
Posted on 3/11/25 at 7:17 am to TFLEX
Buddy of mine fishes nearly every day close to there , he said he was starting to see males moving into 2-3ft on trees, but they don't want to eat.
Females were still behind them in 5-6 ft.
Water temps were 54/55, need to be 60 for them to fire off.
Females were still behind them in 5-6 ft.
Water temps were 54/55, need to be 60 for them to fire off.
Posted on 3/11/25 at 11:27 am to TFLEX
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Big lake is chocolate milk
Big lake is chocolate milk and the river isn't?
Posted on 3/11/25 at 1:36 pm to sta4ever
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There’s no such thing as a Crappie in Louisiana.
yeah there is...they are abundant
Posted on 3/11/25 at 10:40 pm to aTmTexas Dillo
Oh it is too. I just know I've done better catching slabs in muddy water than I ever have with trout.
Update: kids and me fished pretty much from Sam Houston to Holbrook today. Not a single bite. Jigs, slipcorks, little guy even fishing worms and not a single fish.
Update: kids and me fished pretty much from Sam Houston to Holbrook today. Not a single bite. Jigs, slipcorks, little guy even fishing worms and not a single fish.
Posted on 3/11/25 at 10:52 pm to TFLEX
Man, that is frustrating…
Posted on 3/12/25 at 9:13 am to TFLEX
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Oh it is too. I just know I've done better catching slabs in muddy water than I ever have with trout.
Can't speak to anything in Louisiana but in our large COE lakes mud is where the crappie will be this time of year. Muddy water holds temperatures more steadily because of suspended particulates that absorb solar warmth. So muddy water heats up and stays warmer later every day than clearer water....making it more comfortable to the metabolism of cold blooded fish (it isn't moving up and down as much).
On some of our COE lakes the water is down in spring and increased boat traffic mixes a the red clay with the water adjacent to shore forming a mud line that is easily discernible....the edge along that line is IDEAL habitat for predators.....it is very common to catch loads of crappie just inside that line where fishing a foot outside of it in clean water would produce almost nothing. The temperature can be 10 or more degrees warmer in a foot of surface area and it is even more dramatic as you descend from the surface. dragging jigs along that line is about as easy fishing as it gets....requires no fancy electronics and you can load the boat with pre-spawn crappie who are staging but have not yet moved to the banks just yet.
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