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guess thats it for Grapevine
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04/19/15 11:51 AM
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hawghoover
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all this rain muddy it up again.Crappie wont bite for another week! but im glad to see the lake is only 7.38 low.
Last edited by hawghoover; 04/19/15 01:17 PM.
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Re: guess thats it for Grapevine
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04/19/15 12:48 PM
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ou.sooner
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Yesterday was tough. Beautiful day to be on the water but couldn't land a fish. Stopped at four different areas and got one bite. I am very thankful it is filling up though.
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Re: guess thats it for Grapevine
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04/19/15 01:12 PM
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Scott in Flower Mound
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I'm sitting here in my house about 2 miles from my crappie spawn fishing spot, and I am having a hard time trying to will myself out this morning 'cause I inow how muddy it's going to be.
Really thankful for the water rising though.
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Re: guess thats it for Grapevine
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04/19/15 04:40 PM
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Scott in Flower Mound
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Went out from 9-11am. Caught 3 dinks. Not sure it qualifies enough to say I broke in my new Pro Angler rod.
Give it a week, water will clear up.
Scott in Flower Mound
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Re: guess thats it for Grapevine
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04/20/15 01:07 AM
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ou.sooner
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Way to go. Beats sitting around the house. That's for sure.
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Re: guess thats it for Grapevine
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04/20/15 12:15 PM
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The Crappie Guy
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It's hard to understand why people think that crappie won't feed in muddy water. That would be like saying that you won't eat for a week because it's cloudy. They have to eat to live (like you), and crappie are oppertunist when it comes to food. If it's there, they'll eat. I understand that GV fishes better in cleaner water (after fishing it for 20+ years), but the crappie are feeding, muddy or clear. Keep in mind that muddy runoff water will generally only be a few feet deep. Some of my largest fish this time of year have come out of 'chocolate milk' colored water.
"The Crappie Guy"
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Re: guess thats it for Grapevine
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04/20/15 05:37 PM
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hawghoover
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then why is it that 8 good crappie fishermen come up with 0... 3 days in a row?
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Re: guess thats it for Grapevine
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04/20/15 06:57 PM
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stuko
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then why is it that 8 good crappie fishermen come up with 0... 3 days in a row?
You cant teach greatness.
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Re: guess thats it for Grapevine
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04/20/15 08:48 PM
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It's hard to understand why people think that crappie won't feed in muddy water. That would be like saying that you won't eat for a week because it's cloudy. They have to eat to live (like you), and crappie are oppertunist when it comes to food. If it's there, they'll eat. I understand that GV fishes better in cleaner water (after fishing it for 20+ years), but the crappie are feeding, muddy or clear. Keep in mind that muddy runoff water will generally only be a few feet deep. Some of my largest fish this time of year have come out of 'chocolate milk' colored water. Its not that they don't feed its just that they cant see. This has proven itself over and over again for me this year. I fish one spot one day and catch a limit with semi-clear water. I come back to the same spot with muddy water now and try several different techniques on top of what I did to catch the fish and day before and come up with not a single bite.
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Re: guess thats it for Grapevine
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04/21/15 01:45 AM
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texboxer
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Don't give up fellers. Water temps here in Central Texas are 71 and they are still spawning. All the females we caught today had eggs in them. So if they are still spawning this far south, I know they will still be up there next week.
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Re: guess thats it for Grapevine
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04/21/15 02:50 AM
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Stucky76
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It's hard to understand why people think that crappie won't feed in muddy water. That would be like saying that you won't eat for a week because it's cloudy. They have to eat to live (like you), and crappie are oppertunist when it comes to food. If it's there, they'll eat. I understand that GV fishes better in cleaner water (after fishing it for 20+ years), but the crappie are feeding, muddy or clear. Keep in mind that muddy runoff water will generally only be a few feet deep. Some of my largest fish this time of year have come out of 'chocolate milk' colored water. Its not that they don't feed its just that they cant see. This has proven itself over and over again for me this year. I fish one spot one day and catch a limit with semi-clear water. I come back to the same spot with muddy water now and try several different techniques on top of what I did to catch the fish and day before and come up with not a single bite. I agree with you Anthony. Guy, you may have been fishing Grapevine for 20 years but not daily like Kid Crappie has. I've also fished GV for 14+ years and unless you're mid lake to the northern part of the lake where there usually is muddier water, it hurts the fishing from the Island to the south. It's not Texoma....
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Re: guess thats it for Grapevine
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04/21/15 10:55 AM
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iv only missed 3 days out of 60 fishing the Vine every morning and some evenings.we were killing them until that big rain 2 weeks ago then the water muddied up and that was it for a week.they just started biting again for 1 day then here came the rain again 4 days ago.not 1 bite and only saw 1 caught after that.i hope today they will start up again. water is starting to clear up in Twin Coves. it was muddy on the main lake yesterday all the way to Scots yesterday.
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Re: guess thats it for Grapevine
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04/21/15 12:29 PM
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big rains coming again this week will muddy it up again. fill'em all up and let the mud take care of itself.
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Re: guess thats it for Grapevine
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04/21/15 03:01 PM
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Sigav8r
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iv only missed 3 days out of 60 fishing the Vine every morning and some evenings.we were killing them until that big rain 2 weeks ago then the water muddied up and that was it for a week.they just started biting again for 1 day then here came the rain again 4 days ago.not 1 bite and only saw 1 caught after that.i hope today they will start up again. water is starting to clear up in Twin Coves. it was muddy on the main lake yesterday all the way to Scots yesterday. I was down at TC last week after work and it was still pretty muddy. We had our boat out on Saturday and there was still some debris around the docks so hopefully it will clear up. However with the new rain the next few days, looks like it's back to the mud/muck.
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Re: guess thats it for Grapevine
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04/21/15 03:05 PM
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iv only missed 3 days out of 60 fishing the Vine every morning and some evenings.we were killing them until that big rain 2 weeks ago then the water muddied up and that was it for a week.they just started biting again for 1 day then here came the rain again 4 days ago.not 1 bite and only saw 1 caught after that.i hope today they will start up again. water is starting to clear up in Twin Coves. it was muddy on the main lake yesterday all the way to Scots yesterday. Were you in a boat, slips, or bank fishing? If in boat where do you launch? Thanks in advance.
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