Grand Fishing Report online
The GrandFishingReport.com Facebook group keeps growing. There's also a Facebook page you can't post on. The GrandFishingReport.com website is back up and gets a lot of traffic and views, so local businesses interested in sponsoring or advertising can message through the site.
Crappie on the bank
A small inflow came through and the lake has come back down and stabilized. On the upper end, not quite to Twin Bridges, two anglers caught keeper spawning Crappie on the bank in the evenings a couple of nights ago, using a 2-inch Lucky Bug under a bobber. They didn't quite fill two limits. Any day now Jeff expects most of the fish to hit the banks. The water is about 60 degrees, right at the tipping point, and the warm days today through the weekend should push Crappie to the bank, especially on the upper end.
John Lewis and remembering Toby
John Lewis sent pictures of really nice Crappie from Monkey Island, caught on a Lucky Bug in Desert Hero (chartreuse and pumpkin) on what looked like a 1/16 oz chartreuse head. John is always on big Crappie. Jeff looks forward to time in the boat with John talking about Toby Keith and the good times of the last three years. Toby loved fishing the Grand Lake Crappie spawn on the marina docks and out in the lake, and he loved the Crappie Magic crankbait. Jeff had hoped to get pictures with Toby this spring using the color patterns they picked together. Unfortunately, that didn't work out.
Crappie Magic deal
Jeff is still at Luck E Strike in Greenwood. For a few more days you can get two American-made Crappie Magic crankbaits for $5 at LuckEStrike.com, a way to get the little American-made hard bait into anglers' hands for the spawn. Please also ask area dealers for the products.
Paddlefish
Spoonbill fishing has been fantastic from Twin Bridges south. Fish are still in the rivers, waiting on one big inflow to drive them up to Miami. Several days of rain are in the forecast for late next week, and if it comes, the Paddlefish will be thick at Miami.
Catfish
The next good rise, especially a warm rain, should make Catfishing incredible around the lake. Expect lots of Blues, some Flatheads and many Channel Cats up shallow, biting worms, chicken livers, prepared baits, cut Shad and live bait.
White Bass
White Bass and Crappie are still biting up at Twin Bridges. Around April 15 the river White Bass usually start to dissipate. When they do, fish below the dam at Grand during intermittent generation, often from the bank.