Was able to make it to Henshaw on Sunday. First time there this year and I was armed with Crappie jigs and frozen mackerel. Water level is down from last time, so I headed toward the dam where it’s deep and usually fishy. Put out some Mack on the bottom and threw jigs toward shore for a couple of hours first thing and got no response on either. Hmmm. There’s usually something going on in this spot but not this morning.
Left and looked for some brushy areas but usual spots were either on dry land or only in a foot or water. I finally found some offshore structure in 6 feet and anchored up. Still no crappie but cats got with the program. At first they were wrapping me in the sticks so I cut off my mono leader and fished straight 30 lb braid with no weight. Bingo. Hooked about ten, landed seven, kept five. The biggest was 6 lbs and just under 20 lbs for the five limit. Fish fry here we come!
They look wierd after being on ice in a bucket overnight.
Left and looked for some brushy areas but usual spots were either on dry land or only in a foot or water. I finally found some offshore structure in 6 feet and anchored up. Still no crappie but cats got with the program. At first they were wrapping me in the sticks so I cut off my mono leader and fished straight 30 lb braid with no weight. Bingo. Hooked about ten, landed seven, kept five. The biggest was 6 lbs and just under 20 lbs for the five limit. Fish fry here we come!
They look wierd after being on ice in a bucket overnight.
