Still Some 15 Inch Crappie On The Brush
This has been one of the best crappie fishing years we have had on Lake Conroe in some time. The fish started in December working toward the shallow water to spawn and were in shallow water until late April. Most of the fish have now moved to 10 – 15 feet of water wherever there is either structure of brush for them to lay in wait for their food. The larger fish are spawned out and do not weigh as much as they did this Winter and Spring.
Lee Hay is pictured with his two boys. They caught some 30 crappie in order to get just a few keepers and this huge 15 inch fish. There are hundreds, maybe thousands of 9 3/4 inch crappie on the brush piles and around bridge pilings. Don’t forget they need to be 10 inches in order to keep. The good news is we will have a wonderful year next year when all these smaller fish grow up. them. The good news is we will have a wonderful year next year when all these smaller fish grow up.
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Keep A Tight Line & Enjoy
Papa John
Now that is a nice looking crappie. What are you guys using for bait?
Lee is a minnow fisherman. He is a very dedicated crappie fisherman with long crappie rods and mounts on his boat to allow him to fish several rods around his brush piles. Many fishermen prefer minnows. Others us crappie jigs to fish with. I prefer the crappie jigs myself. I have been using a 1/32 oz lead jig head with a chartreuse skirt that I get from Bass Pro Shops. They are called “Squirming Squirts” and have salt on them. The salt causes the skirt to release little bubbles in the water making the jig to appear to be alive and wounded when sinking. Others use a “spec rig” with two jigs ties one on top of the other. If you have a dock or some place to fish where you know there are some crappie, you can’t go wrong with minnows.
Papa John
what has happened to the lake houston fishing report i live on lake houston and miss it very much.
He uses Minnows for BAIT!
We never had a Lake Houston Report…???? You might try the Lake Houston Fishing Forum.,
http://www.lakehoustonfishing.com/forums/