Brazos river crappie

I hit the Brazos river for the first time Saturday. A TFF member was with me. The crappie and sand bass fishing has been good. Well, It was good up until the day I went. But ,no one else were catching any either. 8 hours of scanning and jigging produced 4 lost jigs and 1 drum. I didn't see anyone catch any crappie.
But , I got to play with my new Garmin and the scenery was purdy. And my fishing buddy kept me look laughing with his rattle trap mishaps.

And we saw a family of wild pigs swim across the river


Scenery pic

Rat-l-traps are awesome. They catch a lot of stuff

Bentman, I live down near this area in Burleson. Make the trip down here sometime, and we can go out on my boat and I'll show ya around sir. We will catch fish. (knock on wood).

which part of the Brazos were you on? Whitney? PK? Granbury?

we put in here at Hamm Creek Park

https://www.texasoutside.com/campgrounds/hamm-creek-park-in-rio-vista

From the ramp we tried Painted Rock and then went back the other way to some bluffs and then we went to the bridge with all the sunken timber. well, there was timber everywhere
No one caught fish. I didn't see any crappie at all. I caught the one drum.

people said they have been on the bottom but just wont bite in that area. I don't fish that area, but i was there on Sunday and i was asking boaters as they loaded back on the trailer. I was bank fishing the Nolan river where everyone goes and we have been catching whites and crappie. I would only catch the whites with all chrome rooster tail and a slow retrieve. Whites are the easiest to catch but the crappie are not biting aggressively.
While i was there a guy said he caught 20 crappie back a week ago but he was there for hours until finally he started catching. When i was there on Sunday he caught 4. I would try Nolan and watch you electronics if you have them. I know some good spots on PK if you ever go.

Yep, a week ago they were catching them in the area I was at. I have electronics with SI and DI.. When you say PK, or you referring to a river part of it or the main lake. I don't think my bass tracker is big enough to handle the PK main lake

I love the Brazos, I always see deer, pigs or turkeys. The Crappie fishing is hot when they’re on but terrible when they aren’t biting. I’ve been to Painted Rock at times with 15-20 boats and EVERYONE limit out and I’ve been there with 15-20 boats and EVERYONE gets skunked.

We saw a family of wild hogs swim across the river. But, The fishing was terrible

I fish there extensively. There are brush piles everywhere and I can say there's not much on brush piles right now. Crappie are roaming around... I dont know what they'll do, but it'll be interesting to see if where they spawn.

Any day is a good day one the water. Some just better than others!



Side Note: A bad day makes a good day seem a whole lot better!

Yes sir!

Pretty strong attitude ..... for a first post.

Community holes will always be like that. Get over it.

Congrats on first post.

If the shoe fits, wear it. Why dont you 2 post your you tube channels so we can subscribe?

Do you have graphs and know how to read them because there is absolutely no shortage of crappie in that area and I consistently pull em out. Have a coffee and relax. You’re gonna get a hemorrhoid.

I went out there about a month ago and caught 1 tiny crappie and a couple drums. Did not mark any crappie. It's a beautiful area for sure.

yeah, it is beautiful. and I saw wild pigs, I enjoyed the day, Bassman 78 brought a rattle trap to throw as well. he had it hung up in everything in and around the boat..multiple times. funny stuff
I had one and never hung it up

So, I caught more than you

yeah, Inside the boat.But, I caught a fish

Fishing Whitney this year has just been weird to say the least . After the last flood it has gone down hill fast . We have our lake house there and been fishing Whitney for well over 12 years . It has nothing to do with guides and the internet . We live near Juniper Cove and yes the crappie are doing just fine in our neighbors slip . We have a slip at Harbor Master and NOTHING all year ! It has always produced for us really good as we always bait our slip out with bamboo every year . For some reason all the crappie have been on the north end of the lake this year . And the lake has not gotten cold enough for the winter bite . I have a fiend who fishes the Brazos by the bridge and 2 weeks ago the crappie were hot . He brought them by the house and showed them to me . Just chill , they will come back this spring !

And just a little tease to keep your hopes up LOL This was a few my daughter caught in our slip a few years ago when we had it at Juniper Cove . And lasy year some we caught at our slip in Harbor Mast with a couple of our friends . Have a good weekend and I am going down today for the weekend and will let you all know if they are in our slip yet .

Great Googly Moogly, they are huge crappie

Also can confirm. I was used to catching 25 of these most every trip sans a day after a cold front in the upper part. Went yesterday .... had 10 keepers but released all. They're just roaming around. Be patient, it'll be fine soon.

at the Brazos?

I have caught pretty consistently on the river. Dang I didnt know there was a shortage of fish. Ill keep that in mind tomorrow

Last saturday I didn't see anyone catching crappie. The week before I know they were biting great
It was just one of those days

Of course, that river is do long they may not bite at the same stretch all the time

Yes. I have over 100 brushpiles, laydowns, rocks, marked. Etc. It's my home stretch of water. It's my peaceful place. Crappie yesterday were mostly caught roaming. They're moving and I don't know where. Might hop in the truck and take the boat down today and see if I can find something ... lol.

Good grief those are HUGE crappie!!!

Im going tomorrow. I always find something to catch. BP5168 are you who I think you are? Look at my name.

I'm the fat guy in the Ranger boat with Panoptix

Be watch-n for The Wild Thing (G3 river 1648 river jon with a tiller Etech). I run that same area of river all the time from the "to shalla to boat" to steele creek. Sometimes have a white lab dog with me if no one else is go-n. Only now I've got pods on the back too.

I live in Burleson on NE Murphy .... yell at me sometime if you wanna go fishin. I go alone a lot too, since I've been fishing in the middle of the week too. LOL.

Talked to my neighbor yesterday afternoon and he had just got home from his slip at Juniper Cove . He had 16 keepers . All over 12 inches . He said they were all over the place from deep to shallow . He also told me they are not biting till after 11:00 and bite till around 3:00 . Weird the want do anything early . My good friend who was in the picture also has a slip by us at Harbor Master said the same thing . Going down today to the slip around 10:00 and will see . My neighbor only uses jigs , me I only use minnows , as I have a home made minnow vat at the lake house .

It works great and just simple . A double pump from Walmarts around 20 bucks and I use a water additive called Better-Bait .It is for minnows and shad . Kind of nice not to have to throw away minnows when you leave , or have them when you go early and not have to wait for the store to open .

Bentman63 say one thing brother , you still live in Oak Cliff you got more b@lls than me LOL I lived there for a long time and met my wife there 45 years ago . Hey I also play , ever get to Whitney give me a shout . We got a nice lake house .

Will do brother. My job's got me working 5 days a week now. Was on a 9/80. So, don't know when I could get away on a weekday. Just a few more years and I can start double dipping, till I call it quits for good.

Hell, weekends work too when I don’t have my kiddos. Lmk.

there are no fish in lake whinie, oh sorry I meant lake whitney.

It isn't bad in the OC. My wife grew up here and we got her parents house. I had more crime in Seagoville.

Same old same old yesterday at our slip at the south end by the damn , nothing at all . While our neighbors cleaned 30 something from their slip at the north end at Juniper cove .

We had had a great day on the river. Kept 37 larger crappie. All the fish kept on my boat were 12+. We through back well over 100. I found a new pattern late in the day that almost eliminated small fish. We started catching big fish constantly. I love the river!

Kimball 69