Quote Originally Posted by ronetone View Post
well i have fished t-bird the last few days and noticed mostly the crappies being caught were the male black crappies with frayed tail in 4' to 7' off the banks and not sure if the the lake has a larger black crappie population over white crappie. fished the hog creek boating area and caught a few keepers but a lot of small dinks, gets kind of crowded with so many people fishing there. have been fishing at fisherman's point boating area were its not as crowded and catching alot of small black crappie dinks and a few saugeye and white bass too. the road to the clear bay were the south dam has been closed so haven't got the chance to fish there yet this year, not sure when they will open that back up. swung by the little axe boating area and fishing docks seems to be pretty good area but gets crowded but they are catching them so i figure maybe try to make it early sometime a get a spot to try and fish. anyone got any suggestions on area to try and fish from banks, i'm all open to listen and try don't know the lake that well but i'm learning it as i go
Are you sure it was a black crappie? Some folks mistake the dark colored white for Blacks. I have fished at Tbird for over 35 years and have never caught a Black crappie.