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 Re: Lavon Report
[Re: Tiltman]
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05/20/20 11:02 PM
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Resh
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Started seriously crappie fishing probably 4 ish years ago, fish Lavon most of the time. I don't know if i'm much "better" now then before, just have a much larger inventory of spots to go to. In the last year or so, have learned more that fish in different parts of the lake hold on different things at different times. I always knew that conceptually, just didn't have any idea how to apply it to narrow down where to go first. etc. Gotcha, I have been on the lake since 1999 but as a hard core bass fisherman. just recently started trying to learn the crappie game. I feel like I can go out now, and pretty much get on crappie one way or another before too long. Bass on the other hand.... I swear there aren’t any in Lavon. I grew up in the upper Midwest, all there was was grass and pads. I can’t even begin to consistently catch bass in the mud filled barren bathtub that is Lavon 
There are no fish in sonic pond EDIT: Except 1 20lb catfish
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Re: Lavon Report
[Re: Resh]
#13565693
05/21/20 12:46 AM
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HOGON
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Went out to Lavon yesterday morning launched at Collin park, wind out of the east seemed a lot more than 5-10 like weatherman predicted. I was not able to fish any of my normal spots kept getting blown off.
The bracket for my transducer broke so I had no sonar, moved to a shoreline blocked by wind and drifted in 14-16 ft till I got a bite or hung up, I dropped a marker and fished the spot. I caught 20 only 2 were undersized.
It was fun getting out, I guess now I need a new sonar.
I see Basspro has a sale on a Humminbird HELIX 7 CHIRP MEGA SI GPS G3 Fishfinder/Chartplotter, thinking about getting it.
this gives me hope, sunday was slow out there and of course I am a terrible crappie fisherman. just drop a jig to the bottom and bounce it until you touch brush? The wind was definately more than the weatherman said. My trolling battery died 2 hours in and we ending up drifting also for a bit. Caught a couple crappie on slabs in 15ft or so hoping to find sandies haha. We didn't stay long doing that, just wasn't quite ready to leave when the battery went out. Is your trolling motor a 12 volt system by chance? We were always dying before midday with a 12 volt system. We switched to a 24 volt system and it was one of the best decisions we ever made to our boat. We go all day with zero issues wind or no wind.
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Re: Lavon Report
[Re: Resh]
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05/21/20 12:59 AM
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Resh
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Yes sir, 12V. I just fish out of and older Tracker Pro Crappie 17.5. My battery was actually bad, put it on the charger and it gave me error codes. Looking forward to upgrading boats sometime in the next couple of years. Get some more power and for the love of goodness spot lock. I swear I blow off a spot faster than I cruise across the lake under full power
There are no fish in sonic pond EDIT: Except 1 20lb catfish
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Re: Lavon Report
[Re: Resh]
#13565758
05/21/20 01:34 AM
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pop r
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Re: Lavon Report
[Re: lurenthewind]
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05/21/20 03:11 AM
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Kentucky
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We went to Lavon Yesterday. Dead Calm. We started on the South end down by the dam. Found no fish there at all. Tried a couple of brush piles on south end and caught several dinks, no keepers. Moved North to the standing timber North of Tickey Creek and caught 10 keepers but only two really good ones.
Seems to me when the water is flat like that, fishing gets really tough. Not only that, but since there is no wind bias it sorta confuses the Spot Lock.
Wayne my buddy always said that crappie love the wind
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Re: Lavon Report
[Re: Resh]
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05/21/20 04:38 AM
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Mckinneycrappiecatcher
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I’ve caught plenty of fish on north and east wind days, but it seems the best fishing on that lake is when it’s between 80-100 degrees outside, howling wind out of the south, bright and sunny in the heat of the afternoon.
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