Ohio River Tribs. heating up

[kycreek]

Took off work yesterday, and fished 4 local Ohio river tribs. I live on the Meldahl pool of the Ohio river and these creeks are all a short boat ride from each other. I caught a total of 51 crappie, 2 bass, 2 bluegill and 1 catfish. Out of all those crappie only 6 keepers. I caught all of them on minnows and slip bobbers about 3 ft. deep. These creeks are full of small crappie. If you know the submerged brush and laydowns and keep on the move, you will catch a barrel full of fish. Never in my memory have I caught this many small crappie compared to keeper size. I guess this is a good sign for the years to come. But I'm at a loss to explain where the bigger fish are. Do you think as the water cools the smaller fish come into the creeks before the bigger fish ? I guess I'll find out in the weeks to come as I will be there. :D