LOL well, I know the OP fishes mainly downriver :-P

Since you've been around RC lately, do you know if ramp 11 has enough water around it to get a kayak out? A month or two back I read somewhere that you had to slog through mud to get out into enough water for even a kayak!

The upper Guad has good water. You can easily launch a kayak at Rebecca Creek. I also think the boat ramp is open. I could be mistaken but have heard it was.

Hmm... Unless they dug it out I doubt ramp 11 is open... Its been closed to boats for a couple of years now. However, a kayak was easy to launch most of those times. Maybe I'll try my luck next time out and if its closed just drive over to cranes mill.

And you're right. That's a beautiful piece of water upriver of canyon.

It's Closed! You can still launch a Kayak easily!

Was that you? - loading your kayak and gave me your minnows?

Oh gosh guys! You know half of those 3800 views were me. Trying to find that exact location for me to catch a crappie. If a guy who is new to the area was going to look for crappie at Canyon lake,where would he take his 14' deep V and heavy Jon boat with a 20hp to to catch fish? Should I go to Cranes Mill and go up river? How far? Minnows near by? Thanks

Yep that was me. How did you do?

Good to meet you.

Fished out there for about 3 hours. Went up river on Meadow but no crappie found. Saw some shad being chased so I stopped and caught a bunch of small blacks, best fish was little over 14".

Went to Canyon Sunday and got back on crappie. Ended up sharing my spot with a guy in a kayak I'd met out there a week or two before. We fished and did pretty well. We boated a bunch probably over 50, but they were smaller. I kept 16, I think he said he kept 9. Bite shut off around noon or so ended up wandering off in search of whites and blacks.

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Boated over 50.....guad above canyon

Boated over 50 the other day fishing creek channels. Kept 20 for the pan. Fish were in 4 to 8 feet of water holding close to sunken timber and overhanging tree limbs."Jig Em Jigs" green in color along with Crappie Magnets (Chartreuse/pink) were the baits of choice. Fished the eastern end of the river east of Seguin.

Side Note: Had minnows but the fish preferred the jigs.

I have yet to use live bait this year...all jigging and plugs.

I don't blame you. I have caught more Crappie using jigs than minnows. I guess I bring a few just in case they don't want a jig! Who knows.

Fished this afternoon and let me tell ya the bite was on fire! It started out a lil slow as my normal holes were not producing but I knew where they should be and I found a few new spots. I ended up catching near 40 and a catfish. Using Mr . Crappie soft plastics! Kept a few for dinner.

Great times on the old Guadalupe!

So why do yall think crappie haven't done as well on Dunlap in numbers like they have done in other river lakes like meadow and mcqueeny?

I've wondered about that for years. I have tried to find Crappie many times in Dunlap, none yet. And, it has more "Crappie looking" water than the other lakes; ie stump field, timber, etc. Reports from friends indicate there are some in there, but catches seem to be few and far between. Its a mystery to me.