Priest trolling 6/14/15

[ttitan27]

I hit Priest at 5am on 6/14 (Sunday) to get in a few hours of crankbait trolling for crappie before the pleasure boaters showed up. I had three rods out trolling 300 series bandit lures.

The area I fished had tons of scattered bait and the hits were coming quick. I'm not sure how many short crappie there were but it was plenty. Here is a breakdown of what I caught.

11 keeper crappie 10-14 inches. To many shorts to count.

Who knows how many yellow stripe.

8-10 largemouth with two being 15-17 inches which I kept.

1 giant bluegill that I kept.

14 pound buffalo that decided to come to life in the floor of my boat. I was covered in blood from the knees down till I could get it back in the water

8 hybrids. All between 3-5 pounds.

It is the first time I have gotten into hybrids like that while trolling for crappie. I saw an area with obvious bait on the surface with the occasional blowup scattered over a large area. I trolled through and sure enough got the hookup. Great fight on 6lb line and light weight spinning tackle. I eventually left the area because my lines were getting so tangled fighting fish.

Anyway it was an incredible morning and I was off the water by 10 am when the pleasure boaters started to arrive.

Here are a few pics.

[Travis C.]

Nice job!

I need to fill my freezer up soon.

Me and a buddy caught a bunch of crappie the other night. It was a blast with fly rods and light spinning rods. Even a few small striper crashed the party.

[TNBronzeback]

Thats a good day right there! i found plenty of shorts myself. might just be a "growing" year this year. the majority of my crappies were black nose.

[XxthejuicexX]

Man, that's a fun morning. If you don't mind, what area of the lake are you fishing. I'm thinking about getting out Wednesday afternoon. I need to run the boat since it's been out of the water since Easter but I would like to possibly catch fish in the yak for KW points. Not sure what I will do yet.

[ttitan27]

Originally Posted by XxthejuicexX

Man, that's a fun morning. If you don't mind, what area of the lake are you fishing.

The middle. Left side. Sorry, that is about as much as I can do. I covet my little trolling spots.

For crappie, look for areas without abrupt depth changes. These seem to work best for me. All my fish were caught in 18-21 fow at about 1.7-2.0mph

[XxthejuicexX]

Originally Posted by ttitan27

The middle. Left side. Sorry, that is about as much as I can do. I covet my little trolling spots.

For crappie, look for areas without abrupt depth changes. These seem to work best for me. All my fish were caught in 18-21 fow at about 1.7-2.0mph

That's fine, thank you. I'm going to be in the Stewart creek area if I go. I have some deep spots with Brush that I'm going to check and then a flat off the channel and see if anything is cruising that in the afternoon. I really want to find some bass deep so that's my main goal.

[tsuggs]

thnks for the report and pics!!!!

[Dakota]

Great report and fish catchin!! Didn't get out last weekend I was in the yard way way too much but had to get yard work done.


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[JeffsLowe]

Originally Posted by XxthejuicexX

Man, that's a fun morning. If you don't mind, what area of the lake are you fishing. I.

Just look for the 2 sets of old timers on jet skis sporting spider rigs and towing coolers that are setting low in the water, and that are changing spots every 3 minutes...

[ttitan27]

Originally Posted by jeffslowe

just look for the 2 sets of old timers on jet skis sporting spider rigs and towing coolers that are setting low in the water, and that are changing spots every 3 minutes...:d

:d

[XxthejuicexX]

Originally Posted by JeffsLowe

Just look for the 2 sets of old timers on jet skis sporting spider rigs and towing coolers that are setting low in the water, and that are changing spots every 3 minutes...

Are the coolers sitting low because you need help with the cold beer or are they full of fish??? Do you use a drift sock while spider rigging or do you have a trolling motor on the skis?

[JeffsLowe]

I went out this morning but could only find one old timer and he zoomed away from the ramp and disapeared before I could follow him. Had to settle for 7 keepers and headed back by 10 before they boiled in the live well.

[TNBronzeback]

Originally Posted by JeffsLowe

I went out this morning but could only find one old timer and he zoomed away from the ramp and disapeared before I could follow him. Had to settle for 7 keepers and headed back by 10 before they boiled in the live well.

Poached crappies are good too! LOL
yeah this heat is brutal! No sign of relief in the extended forecast either!

[XxthejuicexX]

Originally Posted by TNBronzeback

Poached crappies are good too! LOL
yeah this heat is brutal! No sign of relief in the extended forecast either!

I'm hitting priest tomorrow after work.... it's going to be HOT! I got the itch for some deep crankin.