Thread: Barkley - Thursday

Caught a few trolling Jenko cranks on Barkley Thursday. They were definitely scattered. They were suspended at about 10 ft deep in 20 ft of water. I tried up on flats, along channels, etc. but most of the ones I caught were basically out in the middle of the bay. I stayed in the same bay all day, in the morning I caught fish mainly near the mouth of the bay, but as the day went on (and the water started to warm up) I started catching more back in the bay but still over deeper water (20'+). The water temp was 63 degrees around 9 am and warmed to 72 degrees by 6 pm.

Biggest crappie was a 1 lb 15 oz, not sure how much the blue cat weighed but she did a good job wrapping up all my lines, ha! All the crappie I caught had eggs, except for the small 10.5"; the blood vessels around the eggs were a very dark red, so I guess they are still planning to spawn.

I did try an old reliable redear spot for about 10 minutes, no luck. It usually gets good when the water temp hits 74 more consistently, which should be very soon.

Nice catch. I bet that cat was a fight. The ones we caught last wknd still had eggs too


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