Kayak Trip Report, Swan Creek WMA

[Ditch Basser]

I fished Swan Creek this morning from 6:00AM till 12:30PM. The water was very low. Typically I can catch a few on the edges of the Button Brush but most of the brush and laydowns were only in 6 inches of water. I left me spider rigging poles at home so had few options except to jig what I could. Ended the day with around 20 Crappie, half were 10 inches or better. Seemed every laydown or stick up held a bass this morning, I caught a dozen or so the largest about 6 pounds. Best bait was a 1/32 oz jig in pink.

[E Limestone Dude]

How many snakes did you see? J/K. Great job adapting to the conditions!

[Tadpole!!]

Ditch, were the bass in the button Bush? How much water was around the bushes that held bass? I like to flip the bushes.

[DockShootinJack]

Great report Ditch.

["D"]

Nice job Ditch.

[alexava]

i bailed out after a couple hours. i got 4 or 5 good crappie and released them. the wind got up and i broke off the 2nd time on buffalo and catfish so i rolled everything up(i was spider rigging) and let the wind blow me to the truck. water was very low.

[Ditch Basser]

Almost all the Button Brush is sitting with mud around it. What still in the water is only inches deep. The big bass I caught came from a willow in 12 inches of water. If I was looking for green carp I'd fish early with a top water or spinner bait.

By the way, saw a few snakes, but not too bad. They don't like swimming open water much when the waves are up.

[jhef]

i hate how much water they pumped out of there this year..it sucks they will flood it for duck hunters but cant leave enough water in it to fish. i just wish they would add about 1 foot or so to what it is now...do you guys ever cross the tracks..thats some super snakey water but great fishing...was it still muddy today?
thinking of getting a canoe or a native watercraft ultimate 12 just for that area.. normally i put in at west dike and troll back to the tracks..but with the water so low my motors all the way up stayed in the mud..made it tough...

[Ditch Basser]

I crossed the tracks and found a few. I just needed "all" my poles for spider rigging. That single pole stuff doesn't work when you don't have anything to target.

[jhef]

all i take is a 12 foot pole and 2 tubes of crickets..catch gills and crappie just hitting the bushes and covering water..