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Going fishing this weekend and am trying to decide where to go. I have been hearing the bite on Green River has been great, but am concerned about the rain making it too muddy there.
Anybody got any news on these two bodies of water or a tip or two. I'm not a proficient fisherman, a couple of ideas on where the fish are holding would make my day.
Thanks!
OK, going to Green River Lake. Any help is appreciated fellas. Will they be in the flats or in deeper coves on standing timber?
Went out and ran my boat a little yesterday and talked to a guy that had seventeen, he didn't say where he caught them at but seen some guys fishing in shallower water. Lake had a stained look to it and would say with all this rain its going to be muddy..hope that helps some
I think after this rain, the lake will be pretty muddy. If you are still going, I'd try to do some drift fishing using minnows or jigs..:)
I normally fish Green, but haven't been there since it warmed up. Been fishing Nolin and the fish there have been as shallow as 4 to 6 feet. By last Sunday water temp had gotten up to 50
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Watch this website, Green was 0.4 feet over winter pool yesterday. It doesn't muddy as bad as the other lakes here but with all the rain it is going to get some color and rise. Robinson Creek area and around the dam will muddy up last.
Good luck
Thanks for the help fellas. I plan on giving it a try regardless. I'm just looking for an early catch or two....sure beats sitting in the house and it's way too wet for golf!
Do you think I should try to fish in muddier water or water with less color? I've always heard that murky water holds heat longer and will hold more fish in the winter/late winter. Thoughts on that idea guys?
Cuzzin, where did you see those fellas at? In the big flats north of Holmes Bend?
Yea did see them working the flats... as far as fishing the muddier water or not cant help ya there, I got alot to learn myself :o. Good luck to you and let us know how it went.
Thanks for the help, I'll let ya'll know how I do.
If anyone has any last minute tips for me for fishing murky water on Green I'll gladly give a report on Monday Morning from this weekend........
My report is as long as my stringer of fish.
Bad.
CrappieHoppie,
What area did you fish? I fished Sat. on the main lake around Ramp 1 area. Fish were scattered and mostly holding 12 to 15 feet deep in the front of the bays.
Did you see any muddy water ?
I put in at Holmes and worked my way up lake, fishing various depths in and around coves and even went out into the flats for a while. Just couldn't seem to find any fish. Didn't fish horribly long either, the wind picked up and I had to get back to watch UK whip up on Florida.
Coalyn, how did you fare?
OH, and yes, I found plenty of muddy water.
Fished about 4 hrs. and had 14 keepers (I think) and several short fish. Not sure on the keepers cause I only kept 6 to eat.
Casting 1/16 and 1/8 jigs and twitching them back to the boat REAL slow.
Tried some brush piles and caught a couple but mostly they seem to be scattered on the secondary creek breaks close to the main lake.
Did you happen to see a blue/grey Skeeter with 2 kids and a tall ugly guy ? That would be me.
i went to green yesterday and was able to catch about 10 fish but none were 9". I fished tubes injected with nibbles from my baitpump past the kids camp by the lone valley area. I also fished Robinson Creek area with no luck... Is the other end of the lake better..like the Holmes bend area? I've only been to green river lake fishing 3 or 4 times as i jut bought my first boat a month or two ago. I'm also pretty new to crappie fishing on larger bodies of water and im lost out there.
. I also fished Robinson Creek area with no luck... Is the other end of the lake better..like the Holmes bend area? I've only been to green river lake fishing 3 or 4 times as i jut bought my first boat a month or two ago. I'm also pretty new to crappie fishing on larger bodies of water and im lost out there.[/QUOTE]
Foxtrot, everyone will differ on this, but my opinion the other end of the lake is much better. For several years I only fished the Robinson Creek fork of the lake and knew it pretty well. Then last year started fishing only between Holmes Bend and Ramp 1 and I am doing a lot better.
I even went back to the R.C. fork a couple times last year thinking I just know better how to catch them now, and same results, not much luck.
Again just my opinion
... all the years I fished GRL, I stayed at the state campground & fished around the island & back up into Robinson Cr a little ways. Never really considered even going down there until late April. :eek: :D
As with alot of our lakes, the river end (headwaters) usually starts earlier ... and things progress towards the dam end, as the days/weeks go by. I progressed, over the years, from dragging minners around the mid range depths (8-12ft) ... to throwing Roadrunners & tube jigs, to the banks & flats. Hands Clapping (that upped my success rate by about 300% ;) )
Last year, at the get together, we fished HB area (mid April) ... and caught plenty of fish. Y'all may just be pushing things :p ... but, I can understand that. What with us being snowed/iced in for so long ... then some halfway decent weather comes along --- hey, we want to get out & get it on Thumbs Up
Just rest assured .... there's still plenty of time to get in on the GRL fishing, and it should only get better, in the weeks to come !! We just need for the water temps to rise a little more.
... luck2ya'll .... cp :cool:
Exactly right. Water seems to be a bit too cool right now and once they warm up a few degress the crappie bite will get much better. I find the BEST part of the lake when the bite is on is the big flats north of Holmes Bend on the left. If you don't know where it is, just follow the path of the boats during the spring/summer!
water is milk chocolate at holmes bend and 55 degrees........lots and lots of debris and 15 feet over winter pool...water still has good clarity at lone valley but is 49 - 50 . But with them starting to pull the lake expect that clarity to decrease soon. didnt crappie fish but saw a few caught ....was there wend mar 2