Cedar Creek report 06/17/06
Fished Cedar Creek today. Weather was mostly clear and hot (upper 80's); water temp was 80 to 82 degrees. Caught lots of nice sized bluegills and lots of crappie. Didn't really keep any kind of count, we just caught alot of them. But the largest crappie was only 8-1/2" and we only caught one of those. The rest of the crappie were about 7" long, but thin. We also caught 4 keeper cats and many bass in the 12" range. All fish were released. We used crickets early in the day, but the fish slowed around 10 o'clock. So, we switched to pop-eyes tipped with wax worms and the fish really hit that combination very well. We fished the crickets both under slip corks and just letting them drift. The pop-eyes and wax worm combination was just fished by drifting. The crappie were about 7-8 feet deep in 12 feet of water around the cedar trees. The crappie bite was very light, so watch your line carefully. Seem to be fewer boats on the water today than in the previous week-ends. Maybe the heat kept people away, but the beach was loaded with people swimming and floating around way out in the lake by the beach. So please be careful when running back to the ramp. The fish were still biting when we loaded up at 6 pm; we spent about 12 hours on the water and caught fish all day long. Get out and enjoy this fine resource