Todays catch 12-30
Nov 30, 2021 16:08:44 #
Got to get out for a little bit today maybe 3 hours. Beautiful day but Tim's Ford is turning over and that really scatters the fish to places unknown. Managed to squeak out 5 crappie 3/4 pound each. It'll be a week or so before the water settles out so tough fishing for a while.
Nov 30, 2021 16:22:13 #
Nov 30, 2021 16:36:27 #
Ivey wrote:
Got to get out for a little bit today maybe 3 hours. Beautiful day but Tim's Ford is turning over and that really scatters the fish to places unknown. Managed to squeak out 5 crappie 3/4 pound each. It'll be a week or so before the water settles out so tough fishing for a while.
Looks awesome. I see a couple eyeballs missing. Bait? That what we do perch fishing. Sacrifice the first one for eyeballs and meat strips with skin on it and catch a bunch after that.👍
Nov 30, 2021 17:04:20 #
Nov 30, 2021 17:53:36 #
Ivey wrote:
Got to get out for a little bit today maybe 3 hours. Beautiful day but Tim's Ford is turning over and that really scatters the fish to places unknown. Managed to squeak out 5 crappie 3/4 pound each. It'll be a week or so before the water settles out so tough fishing for a while.
Nice Slabs Ivey, good luck with the turnover. Please don't tease me with a date, 30 days from now.
LOL.Nov 30, 2021 18:04:12 #
Good Catching Ivey,, even when they're slow you manage to show pics !
Nov 30, 2021 18:14:55 #
Nice catch ivey! I was not aware that a lake might turn over more than once a season...but then again...I've never really thought about the possibility! Glad you caught some good keepers today!
Nov 30, 2021 19:17:34 #
fishyaker wrote:
Nice catch ivey! I was not aware that a lake might turn over more than once a season...but then again...I've never really thought about the possibility! Glad you caught some good keepers today!
Ours normally turns in the fall, after summer gets the water temp. up sometimes as high as 90* surface temperatures and water below the thermocline around 55*. When the surface temperatures go below the 55* the water flips leaving the upper column of water depleted of oxygen. I've found on Tim's Ford the fish look for shallow water where wind mixes O2 back into the water or around springs or very shallow water in the backs of coves and cuts. For Largemouth or Smallmouth a shallow running crank bait is a very good search bait and probably one of the best for these conditions. The Crappie I caught today were suspended in 2 ft. of water over 25 ft. and very spooky, I caught them on a Bobby Garland under a cork moved very slowly.
Nov 30, 2021 19:40:24 #
Ivey wrote:
Ours normally turns in the fall, after summer gets... (show quote)
Good description ivey! I guess as soon as the lower levels in a lake run low on oxygen, the physics (lighter water molecules) of it determine when a lake will flip. I am used to our deep bays in Lake Michigan turning in mid Summer, and I suppose our smaller lakes around here, which are much shallower, would tend to lean into the Fall too. It makes me want to sleuth around with our State DNR/Game Dept. to see if they keep any statistics on the phenomenon if they have ever kept track of it!
Nov 30, 2021 19:53:00 #
fishyaker wrote:
Good description ivey! I guess as soon as the lower levels in a lake run low on oxygen, the physics (lighter water molecules) of it determine when a lake will flip. I am used to our deep bays in Lake Michigan turning in mid Summer, and I suppose our smaller lakes around here, which are much shallower, would tend to lean into the Fall too. It makes me want to sleuth around with our State DNR/Game Dept. to see if they keep any statistics on the phenomenon if they have ever kept track of it!
Actually it's water temperature that causes the flip. hot air/water rises so when the water on the top gets cooler than the water on the bottom it sinks and the warmer water on the bottom rises.
Nov 30, 2021 20:07:26 #
Ivey wrote:
Got to get out for a little bit today maybe 3 hours. Beautiful day but Tim's Ford is turning over and that really scatters the fish to places unknown. Managed to squeak out 5 crappie 3/4 pound each. It'll be a week or so before the water settles out so tough fishing for a while.
Nice craps Ivey!
Nov 30, 2021 22:24:56 #
Blackdog
Loc: Round Rock, TX
Ivey wrote:
Got to get out for a little bit today maybe 3 hours. Beautiful day but Tim's Ford is turning over and that really scatters the fish to places unknown. Managed to squeak out 5 crappie 3/4 pound each. It'll be a week or so before the water settles out so tough fishing for a while.
Absolutely Nice Fish Ivey!
I really appreciate you taking the time to explain the dynamics of the Lake (The warm/cold water flip and O2 levels) as well as your lure and method.
That's counter intuitive this time of the year.
Great Stuff to know.
Thanks again!
BD
Dec 1, 2021 02:24:11 #
Ivey wrote:
Actually it's water temperature that causes the flip. hot air/water rises so when the water on the top gets cooler than the water on the bottom it sinks and the warmer water on the bottom rises.
Way cool. I remember you explaining the flip to me on the phone. Makes perfect sense. Thanks for sharing.
Dec 1, 2021 15:28:34 #
RuffplayOR57
Loc: Klamath Falls, OR
Ivey wrote:
Got to get out for a little bit today maybe 3 hours. Beautiful day but Tim's Ford is turning over and that really scatters the fish to places unknown. Managed to squeak out 5 crappie 3/4 pound each. It'll be a week or so before the water settles out so tough fishing for a while.
You might have had to work at it, but those are great looking Crappie! Thanks for sharing Ivey
Dec 1, 2021 18:07:21 #
Kruegs
Loc: Western NC
Blackdog wrote:
Absolutely Nice Fish Ivey!
I really appreciate you taking the time to explain the dynamics of the Lake (The warm/cold water flip and O2 levels) as well as your lure and method.
That's counter intuitive this time of the year.
Great Stuff to know.
Thanks again!
BD
I really appreciate you taking the time to explain the dynamics of the Lake (The warm/cold water flip and O2 levels) as well as your lure and method.
That's counter intuitive this time of the year.
Great Stuff to know.
Thanks again!
BD
Agree with BD ⬆️
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