JPP Lake

[Dakota]

Any reports?? May head out this weekend?

[90titans89]

Let me know how you do, going Monday.

[JandSCattleCo]

Put in at Jefferson today. Caught one 8" and had 1 keeper size almost in the boat and he flipped off. The hits we had were in 3'-6' of water. That was the only 2 crappie we caught in 7 1/2 hours on the water.

Dad and I are still trying to figure this out.

[agelesssone]

JAndS, I would still be looking for them in deep water, along the ledges bordering the river channel. They wont be moving into the creeks and shallow water for a few more degrees of water temps. Target 20-30 ft of water, especially if you can find structure.

[JandSCattleCo]

Originally Posted by agelesssone

JAndS, I would still be looking for them in deep water, along the ledges bordering the river channel. They wont be moving into the creeks and shallow water for a few more degrees of water temps. Target 20-30 ft of water, especially if you can find structure.

We trolled along the ledges for 2 or 3 hours from 15-25 feet of water before we moved shallow. So we need to find a deeper ledge and run shallow on one side and deeper on the other? Structure, meaning anything attached to the bottom on the depth finder, what about humps and ledges? I've been told that humps and ledges are best to hit on the downstream side because fish will hold there, correct?

Also, am I able to troll those depths, and if so, which weight jig heads should I be using? I had two 1/32 heads with bodies, and it doesn't seem that they would go that deep....

[agelesssone]

For trolling that deep, I'd use no less than 1/4 oz. AND, sometimes nothing matters, they just won't bite! I sat on a school of fish the other day for thirty minutes and couldn't buy a bite.

[jaycee]

Friday, 3-8, Fished West Fork JPP right at the ramp around the tree tops and crappie bite was hot until 2pm. And nice size 11' to 14". Big for JPP. Water was somewhat muddy. I used CM under a float, my friend used minnows under a float. Others catching observed using a white jig. Went back yesterday on a rare for me Sat. fishing trip. Not as good as was really crowded and big 200+hp boats racing up and down the narrow Stones had things stirred up big time. Rain will probably mess things up until water settles back down but warm rain and temps should certainly make things heat up in more ways than one.

Eggs are not ready yet but soon.

[jaycee]

By the way 10 to 3 feet of water.

[Alphahawk]

Good fishing Jaycee!



Regards

[jaycee]

The white jigs my Laos friends were using were Marabou jigs. Had to look up the spelling. Ha ha on me.