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The happyhookerbaitandtackel site fishing report said :
Fishing was tough yesterday where the fish were it was to rough 4+ footers out north of west sister. This forced smaller boats to fish crane creek and Niagara D-can area. They mostly picked at them.
Anybody on this site been fishing around crane creek? If so how did you do? Just wondering if fish are there yet.
heard a report of 18 today 15 to 17 ft. water, trollng. small
fish.
Thanks, This is the first I have heard of fish being caught there this year. Maybe some bigger fish will move in soon. I hope so, but if you are going out of turtle creek and don't want to go far it makes it nice.
I was there yesterday morning. One charter boat worked the area for 2 hours while we were there and I only saw the net go down once. We caught an 18 incher in the first 15 minutes then nothing. We didn't see hardly any fish on the finder. We worked from 19 up to 15 fow trolling.
the report I got was very good, 7 guys 18 walleyes all around
18 inches long, between 12 and 3 pm., 15 water off the beach,
after 3 pm winds changed and fish fish shut off.
Loiking forward to the Crane Creek bite this year. Slayed em there laat year the laat weekend of July pulling cranks. Caught 80 in three days. Hope it happens again this year.
I Slayed em there last year too. They really liked rippers and Wally divers, but caught some on hot n tots and j7s as well. I cant help but think it will happen again this year. I know how good I did there last year when the bite was on. Thats why I asked about that area,I dont want to miss it when it happens this year! And if you go out of turtle creek you dont have far to go.
With gas the price it is that makes it better yet.
That area is always hit and miss this time of year for me, they are there one day and gone the next, it usually happens a little later when the water temps. get into the upper 70's and may be a little later still this year as the water temps cannot get stabilized with all these crazy winds and cold fronts coming thru every other day. My logs say mid to late July and into late August are the prime times for me. With little rippers in purples as the best bait and color for my boat. It used to happen inside danger zone one and the fish are probably still there but that area is always off limits now, sure would like to be able to fish that area again as it was almost always a sure bet in the 70's and early 80's with hot-n-tots and wiggle warts the baits of choice then.
Happy Hooker Capt. Daves fishing report said:
Be sure to keep an eye on Crane Creek area, perfect time for those walleye's to sneak back in there for that Reef Runner deep little ripper bite this weekend. We also heard the fish are not biting in Afghanistan this week, will let you know when it happens.
Can anybody tell me, where is Afghanistan?? I have no idea what he is talking about.
The old timers at Turtle Creek have fishing records and say the walleye always return close to Crane Creek around the 4th of July weekend. There has to be a hatch or something to attract them but I have know idea as to what it is.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fishin Crazy
That was Ole Dave just giving me ****, cause he knows i keep up with his site daily and I am not home fishing like the rest of ya'll...
:D OK I was worried ,thought maybe Capt. Dave bumped his head. I take it your in Afghanistan? I was in the Army and did time in Vietnam. So I know what its like not to be home. Glad you can get on the net. to keep up on things at home. Thanks for your service and letting me know Dave is OK. Stay focused and safe.
This morning early the bite was on down at crane creek, lots of limits brought in running deep little rippers around 14-18 feet of water.
It figures...I was 1 weekend too early. Not sure when I can get up again.
My brother called me and said: They fished the crane creek area this morning and was done at 10:30.They caught 36 walleye using rattle traps and hot-n-tots 30-35 ft. back, little rippers 50 foot back .I am going tomorrow morning I will post a report when I get home.
fished crane creek monday morning casting copper weapons. Caught 4 legal fish and threw back 2 little ones. Started in 20 fow and drifted up to 17. Most walleye I've seen on our boat since 1 good day in april. Lots of marks on screen as well.
Hey fishing crazy, just want to find out a little more information,
when they were tolling, were they running jets or just flat ling
off there boards, what size hot n tots, small or large, what colors, and what speeds were they running, we perch fish around the nets monday and saw a lot of walleye marks, didn't get to troll our crew got sick,and left early.
Thanks Wayne
Wayne, when I slayed em there last year we ran Little Rippers and my dad's WE Bait cranks around 50 back straight off of inline boards...no jets in 14 to 17 FOW around 1.8 to 2.0 speed. Man I can't wait to get back up and fish that bite.
Fished today at Crane Creek and only boated 2 fish in 3 hrs. Bite seemed to be east of K can. Ran Hot N Tots 35 back in 14ft. then 60 back in 18 ft. for our only fish. Very few marks.
Caught 24 walleye tonight with 4 guys fishing from 5:00 - 9:00 NW of Crane Creek in 21 ft of water. Just east of the nets at the 12.2 line. Problem was that we could only keep 7 of them. The others were too small. Also caught 2 dozen sheep head and 4 dozen white perch along with a few white bass. The other surprize was that we caught 10 catfish as well. Went through 6 dozen worms. Casting a #5 v-cut hammered colorado gold blade with green beads. 10 - 12 count.
That's still good news.
Fished Crane Creek area on the 5th and the fish we caught were small 4 under 15 inches.And the fish wouldn't bite that well for us so we moved. Went out north of west sister trolling . Didn't catch any thing. Move to 31 ft. of water about 4 miles north of B- Can. We tried stinger spoons, hot n tots, little rippers,wiggle warts and nothing. I finally put on #40 Jet Divers and crawler harnesses with 6 foot leaders on. And that was the ticket! But we had to pick at them. When we caught the first fish we created a way point. We kept running over that spot and caught most fish going into the waves. We caught 12 on purple running 2.5 mph (gps ground speed) 80 to 90 foot back off of big boards.
Most fish were 20 - 26 inches long.
Fishin Crazy way to hang in there. Looks like you made the right adjustment. That's my biggest downfall...I always second guess muself and can't decide weather to move, stay, or change programs. Were you marking good fish north of B when you caught them?
i fished there yesterday morning and pick one up in the first 5 min on a trout colored reef runner. then nothing for 4 hours only saw to nets. it was slow 14-17 foot range we worked. i didnt even mark anything!
Don't second guess yourself,whats the worst thing that can happen? Bigger fish almost always hang together. The smaller fish do too. So... If you want bigger move and just hope you find bigger fish. If you are having fun and just want to catch something stay. I have caught allot of fish in the last 50 yrs. I WANT BIGGER NOW... lol Hang in there and adjust your program till it works for ya.Thats the way to make it happen, not just keep doing what you have been hoping you will get lucky and catch some big fish. Move and use your electronics its not like the old days when you relied on luck . Fish the method you do best and have the most confidence in. Good Luck and tight lines to ya. Almost forgot.... we had good marks on the fish finder at the 30 - 31 ft. break line on the bottom for about 200 yds. Fish were deep.
we fished it tuesday...picked one on a reef runner in 14ft in the first 5 miniunts. and then nothing for 5 hours. we only saw 2 other nets.:eek: