forbes lake

[jnalley]

I was wondering if theres any decent crappie or if theres just lots of small ones on there i just dont see any reports about this lake any info would be good thanks in advance all CDC members

[cropy42]

There are some nice fish, but not nearly what there used to be. Tons of fish 6-8" that are taken out each year does not help. Keep moving and you kind find some nice fish, fall and winter can be good and there aren't any boats out. 8-12' deep would be good place to start. They used to have maps with brush pile locations, not sure if those are still around. If you have a descent locator, you can locate spots scattered all around the lake.

[jnalley]

Ok thank you anything helps

[CapnMickey]

We fished Forbes on Thursday. Water temp 86 degrees and stained. Could not find any bigger crappie, caught lots of 6-8" fishing 8 ft deep on brush in 12-20 ft water. We had the lake to ourselves until the Thursday night bass tournament started. My son did catch 2, 2-3 lb channel cats on minnows in the brush. Buy minnows if needed at the Lakeside Marina. Lady is generous with them! You can stop at lake headquarters and get a map showing brush piles. State puts brush in same location each time they put it out. Many brush piles are well rotted down due to lack of x-mas trees to replenish. It is a pretty lake and when not busy with ski boats and bass tournaments is a nice quiet place to fish and watch wildlife.