I have been seeing the vast majority of reports here about the poor condition our crappie on KY Lake are in. Regardless of what anybody else says, when you clean crappie after crappie and there is absolutely NOTHING in the stomachs and the fillets are paper thin, there has to be something BAD going on.

These pics are from Monday's guide trip. This 14 inch fish was the 1st fish I've cleaned in 2 weeks that had anything in the stomach. I noticed something hard and figured it might be a large bug or maybe a shell. Nope, it was a rock!!!! I have witnesses to this.

I don't have the answer why the crappie are in such poor condition. I know what I'm seeing with my own eyes. I have a good idea of what I think is happening but I don't have volumes of data to back up my ideas.

The 2nd fish is a 15 incher that was no more than 3/4 of an inch thick and the fillets were paper thin. I have never seen eggs in a crappie in April that look like this.

BTW, I've been asked several times if I am attending the F&W meeting Thursday. No, I have nothing to say that they want to hear.