Thread: Spring Crappie at KY Lake vs Polar Vortex???

Depends on what the weather does in the next couple of weeks. I've seen it be real cold the last week of March and weather turn unusually hot for that time of the year and the crappie swarm in. Wasn't as many fishermen out then either because they were waiting for weather to warm up.
The water temp had been 55 degrees the week before and was 67 degrees the weekend I got on them. Whacked them good for a couple of days, another cold front came in and the water temp dropped to 57 and fish got lockjaw. That's why it must be nice to live close to the lake to take advantage of the weather.
This year may be like the one we had 4-5 years ago when most fish were spawning the 3rd week of April and later. I heard everyone was catching them, I was working. Water temp of 62 or more usually gets them moving up pretty quick.

Less fishing pressure since fall and a couple of big shad kills should make it a good spring.