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re: I want to fish for sacalait, get me started

Posted on 2/8/19 at 2:48 pm to
Posted by Fat Neck
Member since Dec 2013
466 posts
Posted on 2/8/19 at 2:48 pm to
Why not just roll with some hi vis 8 lb fluorocarbon?
Posted by fishfighter
RIP
Member since Apr 2008
40026 posts
Posted on 2/8/19 at 3:08 pm to
Question is, anyone started fishing for them? If so, what part of the state?
Posted by Drunken Crawfish
Member since Apr 2017
3824 posts
Posted on 2/8/19 at 3:41 pm to
They were on fire in Avoyelles Parish last week. Not sure how this cold weather will impact the bite this weekend.
Posted by CHEDBALLZ
South Central LA
Member since Dec 2009
21970 posts
Posted on 2/8/19 at 3:47 pm to
They were hitting really good about 2 weeks around Bayou Gauche, but they slacked off. South wind started and muddied up the water.

Few decent reports from Lockport Area. .... last Saturday, catching 12-20 on for the people that were fishing them.
Posted by bluemoons
the marsh
Member since Oct 2012
5523 posts
Posted on 2/8/19 at 3:50 pm to
quote:

Question is, anyone started fishing for them? If so, what part of the state?


Got them pretty good one afternoon earlier this week when it was warmer in southeast LA. They were shallow but only a few had eggs.
Posted by jaydoubleyew
Downtown
Member since Oct 2011
726 posts
Posted on 2/8/19 at 3:54 pm to
NWLA they just starting up under the deep docks. None had eggs yet.
Posted by MWP
Kingwood, TX via Monroe, LA
Member since Jul 2013
10489 posts
Posted on 2/8/19 at 4:07 pm to
quote:

If so, what part of the state?


Yes, in the part of the state where they are called White Perch and not Sacalait or Crappie. I love February warm spells.
Posted by fishfighter
RIP
Member since Apr 2008
40026 posts
Posted on 2/8/19 at 4:07 pm to
Everything around here is high water. If only the Mississippi River would get back in it's banks. Heck, the wate is still all the way to the foot of the levels.

Posted by fishfighter
RIP
Member since Apr 2008
40026 posts
Posted on 2/8/19 at 4:08 pm to
quote:

They were on fire in Avoyelles Parish


Grassy lake?
Posted by AlxTgr
Kyre Banorg
Member since Oct 2003
81772 posts
Posted on 2/8/19 at 4:08 pm to
quote:

Why not just roll with some hi vis 8 lb fluorocarbon?

Impossible to cast.
Posted by Shoalwater Cat
Pville
Member since Dec 2017
701 posts
Posted on 2/8/19 at 4:10 pm to
Go to www.crappie.com look at the forums...especially LA
Good luck.
Posted by fishfighter
RIP
Member since Apr 2008
40026 posts
Posted on 2/8/19 at 4:10 pm to
I use 8lb power pro with a 8lb floro leader about 2' long.
Posted by DownshiftAndFloorIt
Here
Member since Jan 2011
66763 posts
Posted on 2/8/19 at 4:10 pm to
Putting a simrad totalscan on my boat this weekend. All yall christmas tree spots are mine.
Posted by fishfighter
RIP
Member since Apr 2008
40026 posts
Posted on 2/8/19 at 4:13 pm to
Thanks for the heads up. I told myself I will try to fish this year. Been well over 5 years from the last time I chased sacalait.
Posted by fishfighter
RIP
Member since Apr 2008
40026 posts
Posted on 2/8/19 at 4:16 pm to
quote:

Putting a simrad totalscan on my boat this weekend. All yall christmas tree spots are mine.


Don't need if you know how to read the water ways and know what to look for.
Posted by JoePepitone
Waffle House #1494
Member since Feb 2014
10624 posts
Posted on 2/8/19 at 4:48 pm to
My grandfather could slay them with a cane pole, a cork and shiners.
Posted by RickfromArizona
Sonoran Desert
Member since Sep 2013
366 posts
Posted on 2/8/19 at 4:56 pm to
Either buy a pond and stock it with crappie or find a friend who has a pond that is stocked. If neither of those are options, just do what the guys on tv do but accept that you are going to be miserable and frustrated until you can pull off option one or two.
Posted by Fat Neck
Member since Dec 2013
466 posts
Posted on 2/8/19 at 6:05 pm to
I would recommend you taking a trip with JB Salter (RIP) if he was still around. He would teach you a lot about sacalait fishing and also about life. I haven’t forgotten about your comments about him in the past.
Posted by fishfighter
RIP
Member since Apr 2008
40026 posts
Posted on 2/8/19 at 9:30 pm to
Hey, he could catch them, but I had a couple uncles that show him how. The man grow up with my uncles and my Mom. Knew the man as a teen and fished with him a few times. Oh, his rods were big POS, way to heavy.
Posted by Fat Neck
Member since Dec 2013
466 posts
Posted on 2/8/19 at 11:03 pm to
Are you saying that his graphite rods were too heavy?
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