Cave Run?

Thinking about heading down to Cave Run the weekend of Easter, i know weather can be unpredictable, but what do you guys think crappie will be doing?

Being a highland lake of sorts, water temps are usually a little lower than the central & western lakes ... so I would expect them to be in the pre-spawn stage. Mid April is also when the water levels are about half way up to Summer Pool, from Winter Pool ... so they may be in "bedding bank search mode". I'd probably start in the backs of the creeks/bays and quickly work my way out to the mouths of them, then to the deep rocky banks and even out to the deep brush piles. In other words ... looking for bedding fish, then transitioning fish, then staging fish.

I don't know how things are nowadays, but I do remember finding them in <6fow in the backs of creeks/bays during the mid to late April time frame, back a few decades ago ... as well as along the deeper rocky cliff banks. We used tube jigs, casting in the backs of creeks, but also minnow/float rigs ... dipping the minnow rigs around wood in the backs of creeks & slow trolling them along the deep rocky banks of the main lake.

That's all I know, as far as early Spring Crappie fishing on Cave Run Lake. No Guarantees, though !! :biggrin

I am looking at staying at Zilpo Campground, do you, or anyone know if there is anywhere close that sells minnows?

a lot is going to depend on water temps just put your self in the place of a big sow female looking for a spot to get ready to lose a little egg weight.....:fish

I will be heading down the first week of May. Last year we stayed at the Muskie Lodge in between Longbow and Bangor ramps. The Longbow marina was my first choice for minnows. The Bull convenience store has them but were large and many didn't make it out of the minnow bucket alive. Good luck and interested to know what you find!


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