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Fishing The Overton Arm (February 15, 2017)

By LOREN BROOKS

This photo of a big Crappie was caught in late January by Doug. I was with Doug, in his Tracker boat. We were in the water by 9:30 am. We fished for 3 hours without a strike. Rod, Larry and Allen, were almost side by side with us, during those hours, and they had several strikes and landed 3 stripers on crank bait. For some reason, fish would not look at anything offered by Doug and me.

Doug asked me what the moon chart was showing for the best time to fish. I pulled up the “InFisherman” lunar chart for Monday January 30, which said the best time to fish was beginning at 12:30pm and would be good for the next two hours.
The rod on the Starboard side of the boat was the rod to wish for. Doug caught 5 Stripers in a row, beginning at 12:30 pm. I talked him into taking turns, since there was no action on the rod on portside. He consented and moments later, Striper number 6 was in the live well.

Watching all three rods, and particularly watching Doug’s rod, I saw a solid but light bump. I was pretty sure he had a fish on but not typical of a Striper strike. The fish rolled out of the water, 7 colors out, showing the wide tail of a black Crappie.

As you can see from the photo this was a nice big fish. Doug said this was his first Crappie in his years of fishing. The center rod, came to life and, low and behold, I caught a Crappie on my crank bait. We totaled out with 8 Striper and two Crappie by 2:30 pm.

Loren Brooks

Stan and Pat were somewhere on the lake and later said they had the same luck. Rod, Larry and Allen caught 11. The day before, Bud and Walt nailed 15 Striper in the Overton Arm.
Gene Kugach’s book on “FISHING BASICS” published in 1993, writes about Crappie fishing and reported at that time, a record catch by Lettie Robertson in Westwego Canal, La., which weighed 6 pounds.

For your information, Crappie are excellent to eat. Spring is the best time to fish for them, in and around dense cover, such as brush piles, rocks, and weed beds.
Stay in touch, and keep those lines in the water.

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