Thread: Ohio river

I live in louisville Jeff is not far where is good to crappie fish if you don't mind saying

Mostly in Harrods and 14 mile. Fish quickly with a jig and keep poking around till u find them

Question fellas..... I crappie fish lakes quite a bit and do well but seem to have to fish deep certain times...... Are you guys saying "no more deep fishing" in creeks because the creeks are shallow?? What if your in a creek that averages 15-20ft deep?? Do u just try and fish the shallow creeks all winter?? I figured crappie would travel out of the shallow creeks in search of deeper water??

Never fished deep in the river, except for spotted bass in the summer. I'm sure some fish go deep, but I always catch some shallow. I think the fish in the creeks have everything they need. I really don't believe they leave. Most creeks have an abundance of bait all year. Oil creek, for an example, is about 12 ft in the channel. It goes on like this for a long ways. I've never fished more than 3 ft for crappie. They will be in just about any creek, marina, slough, bay, and other backwater that has baitfish. One marina I fish is 4 ft deep at the most. Caught 30 in there last January 1st. Another is devoid of cover, and about 5 ft deep, but plenty of shad. It's full of nice crappie. Bass fishing is the same. River fishing = shallow fishing. I wouldn't fish flats right now. I would concentrate on channel bends and channel timber. Jig or minnow. Your choice.
Good luck. There's lots of 12-13in fish in there. I fish Rough river and Nolin the same way in the winter. Just keep going till the water gets scarce and find some deeper banks. Good luck

Great info!

Originally Posted by CrappieCrazed

Question fellas..... I crappie fish lakes quite a bit and do well but seem to have to fish deep certain times...... Are you guys saying "no more deep fishing" in creeks because the creeks are shallow?? What if your in a creek that averages 15-20ft deep?? Do u just try and fish the shallow creeks all winter?? I figured crappie would travel out of the shallow creeks in search of deeper water??

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I fish both big deer creek and little deer creek and really found this an interesting read. I too have never had to fish deep to find crappie

Very good info, sir. I would add that some of the deeper creeks will definitely hold fish at deeper depths. I haven't fished deeper than 12', but have caught them from there on up.