2023 crappie thread!!!

[Slew]

Well the years started our great for me but not for fishing!! I was supposed to get after them today but my FIL took a turn for the worse and momma went up to be with him so I’ve been playing Mr Mom. They should be bunched up deep this time of year on most lakes! Plan on getting after em next week and tourney season cranks up the 21st in Texas for us and nationally Feb 3-4th! Got a few more ducks of geese to kill before then and then the slabs better hide!!

[Montec man]

The strong cold front over Christmas weekend finally got them to go deep and school up. I've been finding them suspended 8 to 10 feet deep on 20 to 25 feet of water, that's about as deep as you can find where I fish. Mostly on deep creek bends with no cover, but rather around shad, which means you have to deal with a lot of white bass as well. They sure like Slater's jigs as well

[bloodstick]

2023 crappie thread!!!

I’ve already started catching them in creeks in 5 ft of water. Granted, we were near a 15 foot edge, but they were shallow and gorging on shad. Wife put two absolute units in the boat today and one managed to escape the fish basket !!!




Oh yea, ran into a pile of these guys too




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[Snowflake Killa]

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[hogslayer78]

Tagged....

I seen there was a crappie masters today on Rayburn. Figured you was fishing it Slew

[GLM]

Looking forward to crappie fishing on Toledo Bend this spring.

[Quackerbox]

My kid went chasing them last week up a creek and blanked. Small ditch pickles. Couple more weeks and I'll give them a go

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[TeamAmerica]

Haven't caught any lately but cooked some last night! Kids are fighting over the crappie cakes.

[tminc]

Those look yummy got a recipe?

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[Slew]

Haven't caught any lately but cooked some last night! Kids are fighting over the crappie cakes.

I still haven’t made those!! It’s only been 2-3 years though! I’ll get around to it!

[Texas Grown]

Haven't caught any lately but cooked some last night! Kids are fighting over the crappie cakes.

Are you for hire?

The fish are biting and there's hogs to be kill-t. Gotta go!

[C.Read]

Plan on trying to find some next weekend on Toledo. Probably still too early for the creek run but we are going to try anyway.

[ElfEyes]

What's better for creek fishing minnows or jigs?

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[Snowflake Killa]

Haven't caught any lately but cooked some last night! Kids are fighting over the crappie cakes.

You should make some at the get together

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[hogslayer78]

You should make some at the get together

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I will second this