After some unseasonably cold weather during the first part of April, the Good Lord smiled on us and warmer weather arrived at the same time that we arrived at Reelfoot Lake. The day of our arrival, high winds kept us off the lake. But on Monday, April 16th the winds calmed and the temperatures rose into the mid 60's. That was a start of a beautiful week as the weather improved each day as did our good fortunes in fishing. Most of our fish were caught in the lily pads as the crappie began moving there in preparation for the spawn. A lot of 1 - 1 1/2 lb. fish were caught with most of those being males and a few nice females pushing 2 lbs. We also found a good selection of Blue Gill Bulls mixed in with the crappie.
If you are looking for a good place to stay at Reelfoot Lake, keep Southshore Resort in mind. It's a top quality resort that is unmatched by any on the lake according to Jimbo.
Below are some pictures I wanted to share showing this year's fishing trip. Although I think most of the guys were using Crappie Knockers, I can't say for sure, but as for my son, Dave and I, all our fish were caught on Crappie Knockers Sparkletails. Our best colors were white, chartruese, black/chartruese, red/chartruese and yellow/green.
Check this out! Scales showing 1.8 lbs on a nice Black Speck caught by Tim Griffin
WOW......Some big crappie and nice fat Bulls
Jimbo's son, Dave, showing off one of his nice catches
Dallas Rawlings and Jerry Whitehead of Missouri cleaning fish after a hard day
Don Cashion, Jr. of Broken Arrow, OK shows off one is his nice specks.
Brian Nemeth of Granite City, IL shows off 2 of his nice crappie. This was Brian's first trip to Reelfoot Lake...and I don't think it will be the last! This was also Brian's first experience using our Crappie Knockers...do ya think he will buy more????
Some of the group in the fish cleaning house showing off a couple of their crappie and waiting to clean a day's catch
Jimbo with a couple of nice slab crappie
Nice mixture on the table waiting to be cleaned
Brian Nemeth and dad, Ron Nemeth from Huntsville, AL fishing in some tough cover.
Some of our group fishing in tight lily pad cover
Brian and Ron in the pads
Dallas and Jerry floating the pads looking for specks
