Fall fishing on JPP

[jaybird]

Burning a little vacation yesterday and today. Spent yesterday afternoon and this morning on JPP. Easily caught 100 fish between the two trips. Yellows, white, two hybrids and a bonus 30 inch stipe, my first on JPP. All caught on jigging spoons. Gotta love fall!

[commdd]

thats fun! thanks for the report

[snowman]

What spoons were you using?? Been meaning to try some jigging but I'm not sure what the best spoons to use are.

[spottedbass]

The Cotton Cordell CC spoons are great spoons.

[StriperFan]

Burning a little vacation yesterday and today. Spent yesterday afternoon and this morning on JPP. Easily caught 100 fish between the two trips. Yellows, white, two hybrids and a bonus 30 inch stipe, my first on JPP. All caught on jigging spoons. Gotta love fall!

I would say that is some good fishing. What part of the lake, general area, lower-middle-upper-or somewhere in between?

[agelesssone]

Flex-it spoons, white w/chartruese, 3/4 oz from Capt Mack.
4 1/2 mile point, 29-32 FOW.
Use crappie minnows, no. 6 gold hook, 1/4 oz weight on the end of the line, hook one foot above weight. Drop weight to the bottom, reel up 1/2 turn, jiggle, stop. Jiggle stop, reel in fish, rebait, repeat.

[jaybird]

I would say that is some good fishing. What part of the lake, general area, lower-middle-upper-or somewhere in between?

Lower end

[jaybird]

Flex-it spoons, white w/chartruese, 3/4 oz from Capt Mack.
4 1/2 mile point, 29-32 FOW.
Use crappie minnows, no. 6 gold hook, 1/4 oz weight on the end of the line, hook one foot above weight. Drop weight to the bottom, reel up 1/2 turn, jiggle, stop. Jiggle stop, reel in fish, rebait, repeat.

Yep - my white spoon from Academy works better than my flex spoon but that is the ticket

[XxthejuicexX]

Flex-it spoons, white w/chartruese, 3/4 oz from Capt Mack.
4 1/2 mile point, 29-32 FOW.
Use crappie minnows, no. 6 gold hook, 1/4 oz weight on the end of the line, hook one foot above weight. Drop weight to the bottom, reel up 1/2 turn, jiggle, stop. Jiggle stop, reel in fish, rebait, repeat.


Mighty nice of you to share super secret guide information on a public forum.

[agelesssone]

There's more yellow bass in the lake than can ever be caught.
Im not one who posts vague crap and just shows pictures to brag.
Besides, how many folks want to go out and catch yellow bass besides me? I just put 2.5 lbs of yellow bass filets in the freezer and could go do that every day and not put a dent in the population.

[XxthejuicexX]

There's more yellow bass in the lake than can ever be caught.
Im not one who posts vague crap and just shows pictures to brag.
Besides, how many folks want to go out and catch yellow bass besides me? I just put 2.5 lbs of yellow bass filets in the freezer and could go do that every day and not put a dent in the population.

You are correct sir. Those things are everywhere, I just wish they got bigger.

[TNBronzeback]

I love yellow bass if they are all that is biting. Annoying little cuss's when you are trying to catch crappie though. Lol

[XxthejuicexX]

I love yellow bass if they are all that is biting. Annoying little cuss's when you are trying to catch crappie though. Lol


Oh man. If you are out fishing under lights and those things move in....... might as well pack up and find another crappie spot.

[spottedbass]

Anybody know how the yellow bass got into Percy Priest and Old Hickory? They haven't always been in the lakes.

[agelesssone]

Last time I was out, we caught crappie and yellow bass in the same place.

[agelesssone]

Yep - my white spoon from Academy works better than my flex spoon but that is the ticket

That "white spoon" from Academy is most likely a War Eagle spoon. Academy and Walmart carry them although they generally only have the one ounce spoons, whereas I prefer the smaller 3/4 oz spoons, but both will work.

I have sticky back prism tape and cut a 1/4 inch wide strip and stick it on one side of the white spoon. On the other side, I either leave white or take permanent markers and put a red/yellow/blue/green, etc stripe the length of the spoon. Then, whichever color they prefer that day, that's what i give them.

I also like to put a slight bend in the spoons to give it more of a fluttering drop rather than a straight down fall.

Some folks say the War Eagles won't bend, but I have no trouble bending them by hand. Granted, I'm Superman, but still most common men will be able to bend them too.

OK, prolly not SAMBOLIE. He has trouble bending cooked spaghetti around a fork, chewed bubble gum around his finger or the booger around his fingernail before he eats it.....but that's none of my business.