cedar creek 4-27-12

[TigerBait]

Fished in the wind today. Caught a limit by 10:30 and then switched to gills. Crappie were in 12fow and I fished them 4ft deep under bobber with minnows tight to wood. Could NOT get a hit on tubes or jigs. Of the 30 I cleaned, 28 were overflowing with bloody eggs. Game warden at dock reminded me my boat registration runs out in 3 days. LOL
When are they gonna spawn????

JB

[CrappiePappy]

They're definitely running out of time, but a few days of warm & stable weather could put them on the banks in numbers.

I remember the only time I ever found them spawning at Cedar Creek. "Fred in KY" & I were fishing Herrington, on a cold & drizzly rainy day ... around midday we decided to leave Herrington & finish out the day at Cedar Creek. The skies cleared & it warmed up to T-shirt weather in the space of time it took us to get from Herrington & onto Cedar Creek. We tried several of my previous "hot spots" (6-15' of water), but did not find them. We then went into the shallows (<3ft deep) and found them, holding on waterlogged branches & tree stumps. The water was so clear that we actually ended up "sight fishing" for them ... see them, then just drop a jig down close to them and they'd come right over to it & grab it. We caught so many, so easily, that we decided to try & see if there was a jig in our tackle that was so ugly or garish that they wouldn't bite it. We tried, but failed ... they didn't care what color the jig was, they still hit it.
Now ... that was back when the Crappie in Cedar Creek were struggling to live long enough to get to the 9" legal size. And the fish we found were most likely males, just coming into the shallows to set up beds. But the point is ... when they decide to set up spawning beds, it may only take them hours or a day or two, and they go for it.

With the cool weather keeping the water temps down, I'm not surprised that they haven't spawned yet. But, if you're catching the females 4ft deep in 12ft of water, they're staging ... just waiting for a chance to go on the bed.

... cp

[fredsasher]

Hey cp, how you doing. Well whats the report on the crappie, I'm about ready to go see if they are in the ky river mouth what do you think.

[CrappiePappy]

Hey cp, how you doing. Well whats the report on the crappie, I'm about ready to go see if they are in the ky river mouth what do you think.

I can't really say, Fred ... haven't fished the river in over 20yrs. My guess would be that it would all depend on the water level, flow, temp, and clarity.

... cp

[fredsasher]

I may try to run over next week, we not had any rain and so it should be calm