Originally Posted by
bigbass12
Old Town can be a tough nut to crack. My dad grew up in Barton and fished the lake most of his life except for a short stint coaching in Chicago where I spent the formative years of my youth. We moved back to that area right before I started high school and we fished the lake a ton. My dad was a superb bream and crappie fisherman. That is all he fished for and we spent countless hours on Old Town fishing together. I , myself , am no expert on the lake but I had a back seat view of what the lake is capable of producing and how to do it. He kept his crappie fishing very simple on OT. He only fished with a black/pink tube jig trailered with a one inch white twister tail on a jig pole. Spring was always the best time for numbers of fish but the weather was always the x factor. Our best fishing was always from October thru early February. We fished the visible trees with fair results but always caught fish on the brushpiles. These are identified by a piece of iron rebarb sticking out of the water. These piles are in several areas. You just have to be observant or you will fish right past them. We stumbled upon them by accident. My dad passed away years ago but my mom still lives in the Barton area. I fished there this past Easter and tore the crappie up fishing below the OT flood gates. I lost track of how many I caught but brought home about 20 or so. Caught them on a pearl blue BG baby shad and a blue/white tube under a cork with a 1/32oz. jig head. About five or six were slabs and the rest were good eaters. Blue/white tubes seem to be hot color right now according to the locals and my uncle. Hope this helps and lmk if I can answer any questions. Just remember it is super shallow and heavily pressured so you have to be very patient. Good luck.
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