Quote Originally Posted by BigSandyRookie View Post
What worries me is the high water we have here on the TN river/KY lake. The water is dropping now, is still at about 41/2 ft. over summer pool, but is already at 58-59 degrees. The fear is that the fish will move shallow, spawn, then they drop the water to normal levels leaving the "nests" high and dry. How likely is that? I'm no expert. Of course, we expect the cool down this weekend.
As long as the lake is falling any at all, the crappie will retreat back out over a little deeper water. They may maintain a shallow depth but be suspended over the deeper water. They'll pull back to at least the old summer pool water line. Looks like most of the bad rain went north of us so that will help some. What rain we got in combination with the high winds should stain the water enough to help the crappie that are already shallow maintain that depth or close to it. The coming days are gonna bring some cold weather which will also help hold off the spawn. I hope!