Quote Originally Posted by Downwind View Post
I first saw it 7-26 and have it recorded Sunday morning 7-27.
It looked as though the were fishing a Spring time pattern. Dipping minnows around trees and brush.
Also----Wonder why they have pulled t-ville back to winter pool so soon?

Anyway, to answer your question :

They haven't really "pulled" the lake, any ... it's only down 1.2ft from Summer Pool, and that's due to little to no rain in the area over the last few weeks. Checking out this chart : http://www.lrl.usace.army.mil/wc/res...plots/tvl.html -- you can see that. And, since Summer Pool and Winter Pool are only 2ft of depth apart ... it's pretty easy for the lake to look low, even when it's only down a little.

As for catching Crappie "dipping minnows around trees and brush" ... T-ville does get a thermocline, and that may well keep them shallower than on larger lakes. I used to catch them in less than 8ft of water, in Dec-Feb, close to the bank and right next to the trunk of a large blowdown Most of my "summertime" Crappie fishing, there, using minnows ... was 5-8ft deep in the shaded timber/stumps - then 12-15ft deep, in the standing timber nearby, once the sun got higher. But, that was before I got into using jigs so much. :D

I do remember seeing a KY Afield show, awhile back, showing Tim fishing with some old guy down on KY Lake in 100deg heat ... catching Crappie pretty shallow (<10ft deep, I think). White Crappie will tolerate much warmer water than Black Crappie will, so maybe T-villes White Crappie are shallower than most people would think
I've caught most of the Crappie, that I've caught at T-ville, in less than 15ft of depth (regardless of bottom depth) ... whether using minnows or jigs, regardless of time of year. Haven't caught them on EVERY trip I've made :p but, when I did catch them, they seemed to prefer the 8-12ft depth range (spawning time excluded, as I normally catch them, then, in the 4-8ft range).

... cp