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Finally I got to fish from a boat there and experience the "hump's" crappie.Struggled the first 3 hrs. Tried all the colors I thought should work and only aught 2. Jeff my partner who has the boat caght 2 nice gills and a medium perch.
The problem was this boat with 3 guys that were landing 3 fish, at least, a minute, but were to ar to see what the perfect rig was. We got an opportunity to more closer, not to close, but close enough to see the ig combo they were using. Just like was mentioned in the earlier CJ post, white and chartruess.
Still being stuborn I tried similar but not the same and nada. Well we took a short drivve to regroup and came back and came in on the other side of them and found out the other part of the equation, location, location, location. Switch over to their setup and fish-on every cast.
So in the last hour brought home 24 (10" the biggest, average ws 9")
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and Jeff caught about a dozen. I was worn out with all the stress of watching those guys feed us humble pie by the spoonfull, but thats fishin and I love it!!!
Now it's time for dinner[fishin]
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Great report Glade to see you had a good day. I have never fished cj strike but looking at those fish I mite have too. Great job.
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Well, Michael, I was hoping you would connect, and sure enough, those are some fine lookin' slabs. You are right, when fishing the hump you have to be in the right spot. In the summer, one depth will produce crappie, and another will be perch after perch. Don't worry about encroaching when fishing the hump, though. It is always a communal kind of thing out there, with lots of chatter between boats. Now, you have got to discover the trout at C.J., another great experience. Mike
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And what does CJ stand for? I know a lake but what one?
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According to Wikipedia, it's named after Clifford J. Strike, who was general manager at IPC from '38 to '48.
Nice job on the crappies. I've seen some really nice ones come out of there. I've personally caught them up to 13", and I've seen one that ran almost 15" caught off the dam on a nightcrawler.
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CJ Strike Reservoir
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How do you get to the hump?
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You must have been in the little brown boat? I was one of the 3 that was slaughtering them at the hump.
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Actually no we were in the yellow boat that left at 3:30 those 2 were north of us. Which boat were you in?
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Nice job on the crappies. I went to the narrows underneath the powerlines on Saturday. The crappie schools moved around a little so the fish finder was helpful. We caught (there were three of us fishing) 25 descent-sized crappie in 1 and half hours. There were times when they would be all over the finder and then suddenly they were gone and we would be sitting there a while waiting for them to come back. Either we'd move closer to the middle of the channel or they would come back to us before we would start catching them again. They were all pretty large compared to what I caught last year during the summer. Jigging little squids up and down worked great as well as casting a short distance and realing in real slow on a very sensitive pole. All the crappie were 15-30 feet deep. There were some other fish on the finder a couple feet off the bottom apart from the schools. I don't know if they were bass, carp or sturgeon.
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Hey Mark, without a topographical map it is next to impossible to just tell someone how to find the "hump". Best way is from the ramp by the air force park head in a north by northeast direction. If you see a group of boats fairly close together somewhat near the other side of the resevoir that's probable it. But remember, even the narrows are holding them right now. Hogger
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Thank you so much for the info. We went last year at Easter and had a blast catching one after another. I have been dreaming of it since then... my brother and I are headed there tomorrow. I will get pics and post asap....Thanks again
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Should have read a little more thouroughly. You guys were awsome! Sorry I didn't say something just so we could have acknowledged BFT. Yes we were in at the dock when you guys came in.
My first time at the hump and I am hoping to get back. Trying to figure out if I would venture out in my toon, thats big open water there and there are alot of boats, but it would be a blast!
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Guess I'm kinda spoiled. I've been fishing at least once a week since the third weekend in Mar 09, 'cept for huntin season. I didn't find the hump until last year but was totally amazed that you can focus on one spot and catch trout, bass, perch, crappie and gills. Probably a cat or two in the summer also.
Just a tip, when I go out there and find it, if no one has marked it with a buoy I take an empty water bottle w/ 30lb test line and a 5oz sinker and mark it for the day then retrieve my water bottle before I leave.
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Thanks, I have been icefishing every weekend since I found safe ice, but this last saturday was the best. Can't make it this weekend we havve our Magic Valley Fly Fishers Banquet Saturday staring with a fly tying seminar in the morning. I am hoping to try the ly rod on the hump this year. Hope to meet you there one of these times.
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(markg: How do you get to the hump? )
most of the tackle shops have a topo map of cj with a bunch of sweet spots in it. the hump is on there. it has gps locations for all the locations on the map.
if you have a depth finder just head north(left)from the air force launch and look for an area that is about 8 feet deep then goes deeper all around it. the north east side of it isn't as deep as the other side of it. it is just past half way to the n.e. bank. look for other boats anchored out there around it
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Fish-n-Map Co has a CJ Strike topo map.
This is an excellent map. I bought mine at Howard's in Nampa.
Hope this helps.
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Hey, I have an idea, why don't you put the GPS coordinates for every fish you catch on the internet? Then there will never be another boat in the lucky spot whe you get there...
I have been fishing the same hump for about 20 years. Some years it is a gold mine, some years not so much. 2 years ago another boat came and anchored next to me, which I thought a bit rude, then the guys started asking what we were using, how we were fishing and on and on. One guy even intentionally snagged my daughters line so he could see our rigs, then they started catching fish.
I suppose you want to know what my point is...well anyone can read this forum, not just members. Think about how many fishermen just got a freebie for what took me years to find, back before maps with GPS coordinates and guys giving info on the internet... Private messages and e-mails are a great way to pass GPS spots.
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sorry there are some bad examples out there but comon you can go down there almost any weekend and see a group of 10 boats or more on the hump as i now know its called. the first time i seen it i thought it was some kind of party but we did check it out so its not like you learn about everything on the net.
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Yeah, not like it's any big secret. I found out about the hump from another angler on my first trip to CJ, and I don't even have a boat to fish from.
I saw a topo map of the reservoir last time I was at Cabela's. I glanced at it to see how deep the water is off Cottonwood and I think they even had it marked as a spot for crappie. Even if they didn't, anyone who knows anything on how to find fish holding features on a map could pick out the spot just by looking at it.
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