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We are thinking of comming down this weekend but cant come down until saturday,, so earliest I can get on the lake is about noon... I assum the lake is warming up, but still in the 47-48% range,, Im new down there so I do not have any deep water or even 10-15' spots to fish.. so do you think I can find any ""shallow " crappie, or should I wait a couple of weeks
The lake is coming up the fish is heading back went 3-7 caught fish in 6 feet deep.
I've been hearing some reports of some pretty shallow fish as well. If it is warm next week I think you could have some luck fairly shallow.
I watched a guy monday catch 3 in about 3 or 4 feet of water but that's all he cought. :D
Hey John,
This is the time of year I go to the rocky banks with a tube jig under a casting bobber. Go right to the bank and work it slowly or in jerks with a pause in between back to the boat. I have caught a lot of black males in the 2 to 6 feet range by doing this. I use Kodiak scent and Berkley crappie nibbles to help entice a slow bite.
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When you say rocky banks are you talking about the chunk rock that they use for breakwalls and around bridges? Are you simply fishing the rocks or targeting brushpiles near the rocks?
Chunk rock usually works best. Cover really has never been completely necessary but it helps. Also having a channel close, even a foot or two deeper seems to increase the catch.
Not to change the subject, but OldGuide, did you get my e-mail about guiding the first week of April?
Hey JT, I sent you an email just a bit ago. Let me know if any of the date(s) I listed would work.
Old Guide
thanks for the help,for some reason I could not log on to the web site friday so I didnt get the info until this moring????, got to the lake about 1,, put in at jonathan creek and we were fishing by 2,,, unfortunatley didnt do any good since I do not know where the brush piles are,, we did spent most of the afternoon watching the depthfinder,,, sunday we stayed by our cabin and fished the cove we are in ( 1 cove north of shawnee bay) and we actually were fishing the rip rap bank( old guide was right) and caught a few very nice ones, 15",,,( the wife got the biggest one) but only managed 5 total,,I was surprised to see a female full of eggs,,, we let them all back, but all in all had fun and my wife loved it,, this was the first time with my new boat ( new to me 2000 tracker) and all ran well,,looking forward to many years of learning ky lake and crappie fishing,,
thanks for your help ,, this is a great site