Great day at Nickajack!
 

It was past time to check out my crappie spots at Nickajack.....well they are there! Started fishing at 9:30 a.m. Got a limit of crappie with only one fish being 12 inches and all the others at 13 inches. I made a decision after catching my first four crappie...which were all at 13 inches.....that I was not keeping anything less than 12 inches. For those that know Nickajack it produces slab crappie. I caught fish all day. I was not culling because I was using a stringer. If it wasn't 12 inches back it went. The crappie were holding tight to cover at about 13 feet depth. All fish were caught on a Bison colored Trout Magnet using 2# test line. It was almost some specie of fish each cast. The bass and Gills were in there thick also. Didn't keep track of the Gills but caught a bunch between 7-8 inches. Caught 10 large mouth like in the pic....caught a lot more large mouth in the 10-11 inch range also. Those bass were quite a struggle with the 2# test line. Had one bass that was way too big to even turn. He just kept running and my line cut in the rocks. I was beginning to wonder about my decision to throw back fish smaller than 12 inches at about 3:45 p.m. I needed two more fish to get a 15 fish limit. In the next 30 minutes I caught 3 more crappie....two were at the 13 inch mark and up the hill I came at 4:30. I will be fishing Nickajack for most of November and up through December. It looks like it is going to be a great two months of crappie fishing just as it has been in the past 3 years since I started fishing there.

Regards

What a day! Keep slaying them Alpha!


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Man, I say that you made up for the lack of fish from the other day! Congrats on the great day. Those will be some big fillets.

Must be tuff cullin 12inchers! great report!

Thanks.....it is a risk anytime one does that but Nickajack is the place I feel more comfortable doing it than anywhere else I fish. Crappie in the 14 inch range can be pretty common there. There is a spot I fish that has produced quite a few that go 15-16 inches. It is just a great fishery.


Regards

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Wow great job alpha! I have went a few times for crappie from the bank the last few weeks but haven't faired well yet... You did great tho keep up the good work!

That's awesome.

Great fish Alpha!

randy,pm sent

Wow that's about the perfect day of Crappie fishing! So good you throw back 12 inchers, that's unheard of! Congrats, you'll need to resharpen the fillet knife after all that!

Great catch Alpha.

Nice going, Alpha.

Nice looking fish Randy and I am sure they will be nice eating as well.

Time to set that car on autopilot to Nickajack until April.

To alphahawk. . Where you ffishing below the dam of nickajack or above the dam, if you don't mind me asking?

Beautiful fish! Nice job
Jim