So this is the first year I've dedicated entirely to crappie fishing. I've been fishing Lake Sequoyah about twice a week since early May. My goal has been to master this lake and hone my crappie fishing skills and techniques.

I've fished this lake corner to corner top to bottom. I've developed a route that allows me to fish nearly every type of structure and depth this lake offers. I start at daylight and finish up around 1pm.

I have consistently caught the most and largest crappie in the same general area. They tend to be in only 6fow on brush piles. With the heat, they've moved to shaded brush piles, but I still catch several off of unshaded brush piles in the middle of the day. Even now when surface temperatures have reached 84, they are still in 6fow.

I can not for the life of me understand it. I would expect them to be suspended in the channel near the thermacline or hugging the bridge pylons in 20fow. I always check these spots, but rarely get bites. I do my best to try new spots - varying techniques and lures. But all of the new spots I find meet the criteria of the hot spots mentioned above.

Can anyone offer some insight as to what is going on? I'd love to understand why these fish are here.


Here is a video if my latest outing showcasing some of the aforementioned spots. This was a pretty poor day of fishing that I've chalked up to the pressure being so high.



Thanks!
Ryan

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