Little Creek Reservoir Spawning Areas
I've been studying the topo map of LCR looking for possible yellow perch, shellcracker, and crappie spawning areas (larger flats in 2 to 20 feet of water) and have identified around 10 areas of interest. I have only scouted two of the potential areas in the past. The fishing on the peninsula is still pretty slow so I may go to LCR to scout some of the areas I'm not familiar with this weekend. I would not want to put Bill H on a spot that is not productive when we go there in June for shellcrackers.:o
I did manage to get out to Chickahominy Reservior on Tuesday afternoon. The water temperature was 50-55 degrees, was as clear as I've ever seen it, and it was a beautiful day. The lady at Ed Allens said that the crappie were biting really well in the deep holes just after the ice melted but have since turned off. They have only been taking a few from shallow water. I hit both of the deeper holes in the reservoir as well as the warmer shallow water in Johnson and Lacey Creeks and only managed one 18" chain pickerel above the weed remnants in the back of Johnson Creek.
The day was a success though. The weather was fantastic, I was not at work, and I was able to improve my boats performance 2 mph (11%) by shifting some of the weight around (added a 40 pound trolling motor to the bow) and trimming the outboard to the next higher hole. This had the added benefit of keeping better bottom lock with the depth finder while on plane. It only lost lock when the water was less than 4 feet deep and that only happened a couple of times for a very short period of time. Now I can see brush piles when I'm on plane if I happen to pass over one! I'm looking forward to getting back to Kerr to search for some of the brush piles that are not supposed to be there.
