Crappie Fishing CJ Strike, Catch and Cook, Ceviche Prepared on the Boat! 

Fel Ta if your an outdoors enthusiast, definitely!

@@SilhouetteOutdoors you can bet I am

ThunderMountain Tactical thanks!! You guys should try that ceviche! Any fish with white flaky meat is good! Can’t wait to try walleye. And I don’t want to be in trouble with the Mrs.. I did leave a couple for seed, so hopefully I won’t be in too much trouble.. Ha, ha!

Northwest Open Season thank you! Your very welcome.

anet prandi thanks! Hope the ceviche makes the grade... I did cheat and use a bottle of lime juice instead of freshly squeezed. Your limes are way bigger though! It would take easily 7 limes to make enough juice here.. I’d starve first, ha, ha!

Thanks!! It's so good

Ismael Trinidad your very welcome. I made about 5 trips down there and saw people catching crappie right off those docks every trip. There’s quite a few other people fishing, but there’s just a ton of fish! Good luck!!

Flint Ferkin thank you!!

Thank you! Had some post editing problems with the audio downloading it from my editor to youtube. Definitely will be remedying it next video. Thanks for the feedback!

Thank you! Really glad you got some good info. Good luck out on the water my friend!!

@@Farmer_Pickles64 on nice days, lots of kayaks on CJ. And I put all the gear I use in the video description and hyperlinks if I can find them. Good luck!

@@SilhouetteOutdoors I found it. Thank you

@@Farmer_Pickles64 you’re welcome!

Guys catch them year round at CJ, its better fishing in the spring as they are up more shallow. If it gets cold enough, guys do well ice fishing there as well. Good luck!

The reservoir is smashed with crappie right now! But 95% of them are 7-8 inches long. There are some big one’s but the lake is pretty much starting over on the crappie cycle. It’s still really fun for kids, but not much of a fillet off a 7 incher.. Lots of nice small mouth tho. Cottonwood Campground is a great spot!

Thank you! Thats great info. Would you say Brownlee or Owyhee would produce higher numbers nicer crappie this year that are fit for the fryer?

@@RB-gu4bp definitely Owyhee! Really great crappie in Owyhee this year. Brownlee is very spotty..

I saw that when I was editing. The bite was seriously on for this video, so much fun!

Kind of depends a lot on the weather. We were catching them out in the deep water in the narrows, and they were suspended in about 15-20 ft of water 2 weeks ago. They should be coming up into the shallows to spawn now. Right off the bank. And that whole flat by Cottonwood is only about 15-20 feet deep most of the way across. A depth finder or flasher really helps to find them when they aren’t on the bank.

Hands down CJ, guys are filling coolers with crappie on CJ right now, and it will just get better as the spawn kicks in. Brownlee has been really low, and just inconsistent. I have a catfish video for Farewell Bend and the Stek park area, but no crappie video “yet”. My shad rap coloring can change with water clarity, I like the steel blue, but the bronze and black works as well. I like the little rattle in it with murky water. It seems you catch a few less crappie with that tactic, but bigger fish when you do. We get a few smallies and trout trolling those as well. The crappie in the thumbnail is over 16 inches if that gives you an idea. You might think about Owyhee reservoir for crappie, guys usually do well there. But CJ is on fire!

@@SilhouetteOutdoors..."Might think about Owyhee"? You mean I might think about CJ! :P My friend lives right on the Snakein the Caldwell area. Looks like he's under 1.5 hours from CJ Strike. I'll see if he's game...if not me & the friend I'm going with might just have to go the extra distance from Huntington to CJ Strike for one or two days fishing. I'm going with Brad...the one that has that Brad's fishing gear business that makes the Brad's Super Bait's, Wigglers, divers and a whole lot more. He even has that prop saver business these days... Probably be trying some of his plugs for trolling crappie...which are identical to the old Wiggle Warts. Do you live in Idaho or Oregon? With all the Idaho hunting videos I'm venturing to guess, Idaho. That was an excellent job you did on that video Scott. Hoping you do a video on Huntington crappie some day...if it ever gets consistent again. I've really been doing my homework this year as I finally prepare to do the long haul. And inconsistent is 100% correct. I wouldn't do Owthee...there are other places that are good about half our distance to Brownlee. But CJ Strike looks like too much fun and we have to do it and/or Brownlee at least once! My friend that lives in the Caldwell area does Owyhee and has for years...but he does trout and it might be in the river rather than the awful big lake. I wouldn't even know where to start over there! Ha!

@@SilhouetteOutdoors...oh by the way... I see you have a Yaquina Bay jetty video...lingcod think I saw. I used to live in nearby Depoe Bay and was in the rockfish tackle business along the Oregon Coast.. I'll have to check out your video someday. I've fished there...but fished mostly the rocky outcroppings around the Depoe Bay area...not only because I lived there and it was more convenient...but better to fish for Black's & Ling's...because you don't have that ebb & flood factor of water pushing between the jetties. It's just like fishing out in the open ocean and anytime regardless of tide can work. I spent much time out there in boats also. Love fishing for rockfish.

@@dandettmann595 right on! I’m planning an Oregon Coast trip on Memorial over there. It’s tough to beat those black bass for taste, the fish tacos are amazing!! I definitely need to try some other spots other than jetty’s, but I’ve always done well. Highly recommend CJ for crappie, there’s no shortage there. Good luck on the water this spring!!

The big flats out in front of Cottonwood. That campground is pretty easy to find, and quite popular. Good ramp there

Oh yes! There’s tons of places to camp along the reservoir for free. It’s pretty popular to do

@@SilhouetteOutdoors Thanks for letting me know! I'll probably be heading out there this weekend. That ceviche is something i need to make for myself.

@@davidlopez1112 should be excellent fishing this weekend! That ceviche is seriously amazing! Any white meat fish works. I’ve done it with perch and walleye is excellent as well.

It's spotty.. They do well summer time up in the Bruneau Arm, but it gets really mossy mid-summer and tough to fish from moss drifting onto your line. I've never been able to dial them in there and it's more of a random cat caught while fishing for other species.

@@SilhouetteOutdoors ok thanks, I live in Blackfoot and I am looking for a good catfish hole. I seen your video at Farewell Bend. Looks like i will just have to travel over there.

@@tumblinkoutdoors The catfishing at Farewell Bend is light years better. There are other good spots along the Snake, but thats by far the most consistent, any time of year really. Good luck!!