[Fishing Report] 8/29/2020 - Perry CCC Lake, OK

I probably have a backlog of fishing reports, but we'll start with today's outcome.

Location:  Perry CCC Lake, Perry, OK
Lake Details:  1 mile of shoreline.  Maximum known depth is 32ft.  No other known details of the lake.  
Time:  5:30pm - 7:30pm
Conditions:  Partly cloudy.  Light wind from 9-15 mph from the NNE.  Lightly wooded shoreline cuts down on gust.
Air Temperature:  Starting - 88ºF; Ending - 83ºF
Water Temperature:  80.6ºF
Common Fish Depths:  6ft-13ft
Location on Lake:  About 20ft off shore.  Quick drop off to 10+ feet withing 6ft of the shore.  Bottom composition likely silt, but may have sporadic small rocks.  Structure was located at fishing site.  Likely a fallen tree.
Flotation Device: Customized Classic Accessories Cumberland
Rod & Reel:  Open-face rod.  8lb line.  6ft light action rod.
Bait: Predominately red and white plastic tube jib on 1/8oz white with red eyes external jighead hook.  Tied two to a line with one about 18-24" above the one at the bottom.  A red and white H&H single blade spinnerbait was tossed around for fun from time to time.  No fish on the spinnerbait.

Today was about like any other day.  Took my wife, daughter, and two dogs down to the local recreational lake for some afternoon fun.  For the past couple weeks, I've been doing well with white crappie and small largemouth bass (8-12" range) on crappie tube jigs and small Spoiler Shad.  I figured I would repeat what I've been doing.  I changed it up a little by fishing  at the mouth of a cove near the boat ramp for a bit and got 5 white crappie in the basket.  Got tired of fighting the wind, so I thought I would try my usual location hoping that maybe there might be a windbreak.  Once I got around the corner of the point close to my "honey hole", I realized that with the wind out of the north, I'd just be fighting it the whole time.  As I got to the drop off spot, I managed to hone in on a sunken tree (I think) that I knew nothing about.  After breaking my line off three times losing 5 jigs in the process, pulling up a 6ft thick stick, and tying everything back on, I probably lost 30 minutes of fishing time easily.  Hand plenty of bites in the hot spot, but only got 4 more in the basket along with about a 10" bass.  A couple of the fish spit up baby shad.  In fact, after the last break off I decided to head back home and on a fun retrieve back with the H&H Spinnerbait, I managed to impale (read as 'catch') the smallest fish I've ever caught.  Of course, with this lake being as small as it is with what it lacks in large fish, it more than makes up for in quantity of fish.  Looking forward to getting out some time during the winter or spring when this lake is stocked with trout.

Final Count:  9 white crappie caught.  3 white crappie lost at float tube.  1 10" largemouth bass.  1 1" baby fish (unknown species)

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What a great report with plenty of crappie.
The little HawkEye seems to keep you on the fish.

Thanks for sharing and please keep the Oklahoma reports coming.

Jerdon wrote:What a great report with plenty of crappie.
The little HawkEye seems to keep you on the fish.

Thanks for sharing and please keep the Oklahoma reports coming.

Thanks, Jerdon. The HawkEye definitely seems to do the trick. I use it more simply for depth and bottom structure, but it's also nice to know the general depth fish are holing up at. I typically trust my gut feeling to find places, and then use the finder to hone in on things. I'm just glad today's technology allows for a handheld, battery powered version. I made sure to upgrade to NiMH rechargeable batteries, of course. Gotta send a shout out to Fisher Newb on Youtube. I know he lurks around this forum, but don't know his name to give him credit.

As far as fishing reports go, I'll likely keep up with them on my adventures. May just make a post that simply has a bunch of pictures of past yet recent adventures just to share for anyone that wants to see.

I enjoyed seeing your fishing report from Oklahoma. Way to go on some tasty eats

Thanx for the great fish report with pic’s.
I like your HawkEye FF, I’ve been using the Deeper Pro+ FF myself.

SP Dan

Decided I'll just update this report and kind of have this post be more of a "From then to now" style. All are from Perry CCC Lake.

My crappie haul from Friday, 8/28/2020
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My crappie haul from Sunday, 8/23/2020
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A selection of the small bass that I get quite often from Perry CCC Lake. Any fish caught is better than none at all! Dates range from 8/21-8/23/2020

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And what fishing report wouldn't be complete without a nice, calm, relaxing view of your favorite fishing hole. Just a calm day from the middle of the lake looking up to Perry, OK's historical oldest wooden church.

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great report, slabs are tasty........tight lines.........GT