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The wife and I will be at wildcat creek next week. We will be crappie fishing but she wants to fish for gills and redears one day. Can anyone tell me where there are some weed beds near that area. Will travel couple miles if needed. We usually are there in the spring and crappie fish deep so I am not familiar with the weed beds. Thanks for any help in advance.
The average fisherman will protect the whereabouts of a weedbed the same he would his favorite stakebed.
I wasn't looking for any ones honey hole just some general ideas of the area weed beds are located on that section of lake such as east side, west side etc. I don't give out my good spots either, but I will give general areas and types of places I am catching fish. That is all a good fisherman needs to locate fish of their own. But thanks anyway thought I might get a little information that would help us locate some gills and crackers.
Try the backs of the bays on LBL side toward TN bridge.Quote:
Originally Posted by High Bridge Hooker
Thank you sir I will give them a try.
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Originally Posted by mrdux
My wife and I got on some huge redears and gills off the rock point straight across from patterson point boat ramp in about 7 to 8 feet of water if you dont mind the idiots with the 200 hp motors acting like your not even there. And also jet skis seeing how close they can get to you without running you over. Good luck maybe ya'll will find some and catch a cooler full...
Good post! Excellent job of looking for a little information, getting it and then doing something with it. Nice of you to share. It does seem like there are some out there who delight in making it harder for some people to fish.
Is a person's tendency of keeping their info to themselves "making it harder for some people to fish"? I disagree with that mindset severely. Haul your butt out during the winter, in bad conditions, and put out crappie structure that anybody who finds is allowed to fish. Spend some days, with zero tackle in the boat, watching a side-scan screen, learning new places to try that may or may not ever be productive. Get out of your comfort zone and try a new technique that might make you a better fisherman.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bronson
No, that would be too hard. Just go on an internet forum and ask for the latest and greatest info so you can run to the nearest lake and fill your livewell, put pics on a forum and tell the world about it. Most of the guys here, who show great catches, are less than willing to spill their guts on a forum because they have worked tirelessly for years to make the places and techniques they use to catch those livewells full, public knowledge because they have been burned by it more times than they would like to admit.
There is more information shared weekly on this site than could be written down in a full set of encyclopedias. I have crappie fished most of my life but have become a much better fisherman since I became a member here. I didn't learn from asking for specific places to go or what to use on the public forums. I learned by reading not just on the KY Forum or Main Forum, but many of the other state forums or the specific forums like the electronics or trolling motor forum. I learned by sending PMs to folks and asking GENERAL questions that they may or may not be willing to answer. If they chose to not give me the info I asked for, I still respected them for their decision. I have also become friends with many here who I consider the best of the best when it comes to not only crappie, but most any species we are likely to see swim in our lakes. I have shared both my boat and their boats with them and to a man and to a minute, enjoyed every bit of it. I have shown my spots to them and learned many of their secret spots. If I was asked to not go to or take others to their spots, I did what was asked of me out of respect to that person and the work they put in to find/make that spot. I get calls from those who have fished with me if I mind them going to one of my spots. I wear that call as a badge of honor because somewhere I did something to earn the respect of that person making that call.
I think for you to come on here and criticize anybody for not giving out specifics is wrong. Walk a mile in their shoes and see how your feet feel at the end of it.
I never ask for or give specifics. I only ask for general areas ,depths, type of cover etc. I gladly give these if I know. Like I said earlier if you know these then you can locate fish faster on a new body of water. I have fished for over 50 years and both given and received some helpful information. This had made me a better fisherman and I hope helped others as well. I was blessed with some great teachers and hope to pay it forward to the next generation. In my opinion fishermen are some of the finest people on earth. I always appreciate any help given and if someone does give me their favorite spots I keep it private. I will send private messages to members with some info, especially some one coming to the lake for the first time. I also place cover and know the work that goes into it. Fishing is a year round hobby learning new styles of fishing, places to fish, etc. We come and visit our relatives and fish ky lake every year. But we have never looked for or fished weed beds for bluegill. Thanks go out for all information given I will use it wisely and it will not be posted for all to see. And if you are ever in my area and I can be of help please send me a private message and I will give all help possible. Again thanks to all who posted or sent a PM. I will be down next week and staying at wildcat creek. My wife and I will be in a blue Lowe boat if you see us please say hello.
I am not a local I live 6 hrs away and I understand both sides! however after seeing the hard work these guys has done not just Mrdux but others as well I respect what they they have been doing and would never ask them for general area or location! I have fished with some of these guys and known where some of there waypoints are would never fish them unless I fish in a boat with them. It's one thing to ask about depth and what colors is working! but trying to get location is disrespectful to theses guys that put in all this time and effort only to get to one of there stake beds to find someone with a sidescan fishing it.Quote:
Originally Posted by mrdux
mrdux, wiskers and a double handful of others have GIVEN me a wealth of advise on everything from electronics to presentatation, and even general areas to fish. I don't currently live close to their home lake but will someday soon. The help and advise I have received I always share, but I do have a couple honey holes now on Ky Lake and while I'd bet these guys already know them and have the waypoints, I won't pass those points out to anyone. I just want to say that I appreciate the help I have received and the trips I have taken to KY Lake have been better because of the membership of Crappie.com. I have read stories, laughed and cried learned about boat repair and found kindred spirits in an otherwise strange and hostile time in this world. Thank you all for who you are and what you do on this site. I am now trying whenever I can to help others with anything I know or have learned here.
You'll have no problems finding grass but you won't find much if any in Blood River. Come out of Blood and either head across the lake or just head south on the west side. You'll find it.
Now, that right there was all that was asked for, and all that was needed to be said !! Thank you, Quackrstackr ... you answered the member's question, and without giving lurkers any more information than they could find on their own. Good job !!Quote:
Originally Posted by Quackrstackr
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Thank you sir that is what I was needing to know. I fish mostly in blood river. So I did not know where to go. Your help is greatly appreciated.
Im pretty sure he was talking about the other boaters and jet skis.
I've been having computer problems and this is the first time I saw this or I would have gotten back to you way before now. All I said was I thought he asked for general information which "YOU" were nice enough to provide. He took it from there and was willing to share with others. Lilcrappie understood and got it right when he observed I was talking about bass boats and jet skiers whizzing by. They can be a nuisance.Quote:
Originally Posted by mrdux
You're not the only one who puts in the time and money to develop good crappie holes. I don't give out mine and I don't run up on someone else and try to steal their spot when I see them catching fish. I understand that once I sink something in the lake anybody can fish it. I try not to show everyone where my brushpiles and stakebeds are and many times won't fish them when others are around because I'm hoping they won't find it. However, these days I see a lot of boats going from one stakebed to another I've put in and realize with today's electronics people are going to find most of them.
The next time you feel the urge to jump on someone, it might be a good idea to reread their post and make sure you know what they were actually saying. If not sure, then ask!
I thought what you said in the beginning was appropriate and meant it as a compliment to you and the reader when you pointed him in a general direction to find fish. He made the most of it and passed on some good information as well.
Most of the people on this site are usually pretty good about sharing without being too specific. I couldn't agree more and have no intention of giving my best stuff away to everyone. At the same time, I've done what most on here have done and helped a beginner get started by giving a few jigs, tips, and have even taken them to a spot or two where they can catch a fish.
I don't want to seem overly critical but most of what you had to say I completely agreed with in regards to putting in the work and not turning it over to someone else. The night I replied to the post, I made a quick response and thought it was pretty obvious the only criticism offered was at rude boaters and jet skiers who run near people trying to fish. I did not state nor mean to imply we should just hand over everything to people who just show up at the lake or online.