Little River 3/18

[olducker]

We are going to do some crappie fishin in Little River the week end of the 18th.

Just wondered if any of you have had good luck @ this time of year?

Will be fishin out of the Marina ,any info will be apprecated........thanks....tim

[Old Guide]

Hi Duck,

March has been best for me for crappie the last three years. Of course they are mainly black crappie with an occasional white. And of all the Barkley Bays I love little River. That goes for crappie and bass. The water is warming quick right now with these 60-70 degree days and warm rains. It looks like this pattern is going to keep up the next two weeks so I bet by the 18th we will be looking at mid 50' or higher. My main pattern if I were you would be casting jigs under casting bobbers to the bank. Look for rock, rip-rap, gravel, etc. I am a believer in Souther Pro Jigs. Colors vary but the main ones I use are the Little Hustlers, silver scale/white tail, silver scale/chartreuse tail, and black/chartreuse tail. I also like the stinger tail models as well. I also believe in Berkley Crappie Nibbles. Tip jigs or minnows with them. If the crappie are more aggressive I switch to 1/16 ounce pro-model Roadrunners tipped with black shad panfish assassins.

I hope this helps a little!

[olducker]

Yes thanks,,just got 300 new Southern pros in the mail....eH

[pistolpete]

this is a great area to crappie fish. If you can get a map look at where goat island is. The back side is always good for crappie. There is a lot of brush piles in that area. The area to the left of the marina ramp with all of the houses is also good. Most docks have brush. There are a lot of stumps in that area. If the wind gets up drift kentucky rigs with minnows across the mouths of the pockets in this area. Crooked creek across the lake is also a good area. The only colors of jigs that I use is chartreuse with silver glitter and blue with a chartreuse tail. Good luck