how are the back waters producing?

  • mossydan
    Cedar Rapids, Iowa
    Posts: 7727
    #1251134

    Was looking over some past posts by the people here about what they were catching in the back waters. Just wondering if anyones doing any good on crappies or bluegills etc.

    jdb
    freeport,IL
    Posts: 54
    #467584

    For me I have been staying out in the current… not’s that its been doing magical things for me but I do get lucky and catch fish. Top of 13 in Crooked Slough I’ve caught a few crappies around wood a couple feet down in 10FOW with minnows. But ever since the water reached the high 80’s I’ve only “heard” from friends boating a few. I like the bottom of pool 12; working the rip-rap shorelines but this has seemed to slow down for me also. 17″ largemouth (which is a real nice fish imo) was the best fish for me last month. Channel Cats have seemed to pick up. This time of year, I like to bottom fish w\nightcrawlers to get the best results all around. But I can’t seem to stay away from my BfN ringworms for my jigworm. In-Fishermans latest article about the panfish is “staying on the hot-bite (requires) a variety of baits. Something else always works better for at least a portion of the day” I haven’t found any deep weed beds with crappies yet but I’m still looking. The majority of my catches have been smallmouth casting minnows at the rip-rap with light tackle.

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