Great day at Nickajack!

[Alphahawk]

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

[bates19]

What a day! Keep slaying them Alpha!


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[XxthejuicexX]

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.

[tsuggs]

Must be tuff cullin 12inchers! great report!

[Alphahawk]

Originally Posted by tsuggs

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

[CrappieMan]

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!

[Still_learning]

That's awesome.

[creekcrappie]

Great fish Alpha!

[tsuggs]

randy,pm sent

[jad2t]

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!

[Heiny57]

Great catch Alpha.

[nomad60]

Nice going, Alpha.

[Travis C.]

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.

[chongtoulor86]

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

[Jim]

Beautiful fish! Nice job
Jim