Went yesterday to a N.KY creek in Markland Pool. Saw 49 degrees. We worked our way closer to the river and temps were 46.

I love the OH river creeks this time of year. A few weeks on either side of Thanksgiving and I do really well for Crappie. My dad and I fished 5 hours yesterday afternoon.

We caught 60+ crappie. But the quality of fish was tremendous. We caught 9 crappie that were 13"+. The 2 biggest were just over 14". I kept a few but put most back.

I've been fishing the creeks for 5-6 years and this is my favorite time of year but yesterday topped them all.

It's always the same for me later in the year. Find the deep brush and vertical jig. It was windy yesterday. I let an 1/8 oz. jig drop straight to the bottom, then real up slowly and wait for the thump. Many of them had mud on their bellies.

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