Spawn on Wylie!

I knew the title would get your attention. With that being said, I have a feeling (call it a sixth sense) that fish will be in shallow water very soon. I am actually losing sleep thinking about it. The dogwoods are open and are a few days away from turning from green to white. I know the cold winter has thrown everyone off, but honestly I am to the point where I have to get my fix for a thump on my rod.

If you guys could PLEASE give some details about Wylie. Of course not your favorite fishing hole, unless you want, but more or less WATER TEMPS, fish patterns and DEPTHS, and of course any other insightful info. I know those crappie will be in shallower water around docks and brush soon and I am more than ready to catch my limit.

I have high hopes for this year, with my main goal being to catch more crappie than I did last year. I would also like to join the three lb club, and have invested in a really nice scale to show off my catches.

Also, if you see a tall, ugly guy with glasses jigging from the dock you are putting your boat in, strike up a conversation and invite him out to fish with you!

Better get that "fix" quick because with those temps going into the 80's next week it's gonna make some of them water lice break out. I'm looking SHALLOW mid week next week.:ThumbsUp

If you going to dream, dream big! :ThumbsUp

Hope you can find the fish this year like you want to, like gabowman said mid week is going to be awesome for crappie fishing :)

Thanks guys.

I got up early and snuck out this morning. Wind was blowing too hard and my hands were too cold to have any fun. I did catch one small bass, but no crappie yet. It will be time very soon though.

Man, I hope you get into them hard and heavy. You sound like me 50 years ago! Give it time, it will be on before you know it. If you plan on fishing the pier at Allison creek you better get on out there and hold your spot. I mean camp out on the pier. LOL. You will not be alone I promise you. Do be afraid to walk the bank from the pier up to the power lines toward the Hwy 274 bridge there have been many caught wading along there. If you decide to walk the bank try a cork with your favorite jig a few feet under it and cast out jigging it slowly back to the bank. Good luck!

BigDawgg,

I hope so too. I am ready to fill a stringer full of slabs. I actually don't mind camping out on the pier, but I usually come and go later than most people so it's not too bad. I'll put my canoe in and paddle out in front of the dock and show everyone on the pier how it's done. I haven't thought about wading around where the power line is, but I might give it a try. I use to wade all over the Catawba River, but I have been converted into more of a lake guy chasing these crappie. Good luck to you as well.

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Originally Posted by jig4slabz

I knew the title would get your attention. With that being said, I have a feeling (call it a sixth sense) that fish will be in shallow water very soon. I am actually losing sleep thinking about it. The dogwoods are open and are a few days away from turning from green to white. I know the cold winter has thrown everyone off, but honestly I am to the point where I have to get my fix for a thump on my rod.

If you guys could PLEASE give some details about Wylie. Of course not your favorite fishing hole, unless you want, but more or less WATER TEMPS, fish patterns and DEPTHS, and of course any other insightful info. I know those crappie will be in shallower water around docks and brush soon and I am more than ready to catch my limit.

I have high hopes for this year, with my main goal being to catch more crappie than I did last year. I would also like to join the three lb club, and have invested in a really nice scale to show off my catches.

Also, if you see a tall, ugly guy with glasses jigging from the dock you are putting your boat in, strike up a conversation and invite him out to fish with you!

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iv fished wylie for years and im here to tell ya....the fish in that lake dont believe in the "dogwood bloom" stuff

Thanks for the input.

Wylie slabs are stupid.
They won't touch my finest jigs.

They should be shallow now. The spawn is not a one fits all affair, there are several spawns that run back to back. At least that's what I've experienced here in Virginia?

Wylie crappie love the jigs I fish with! Anyone got a reading on water temp today? I am thinking they are going to cut on like a light switch with weather like this.

I'll check the temp for you in the morning, Remus and I are going to catch all of them in front of the pier :biggrin. We got jigs, minnows and grenades and harpoons for the ones that surface like whales. :Rofl

I have a big chemistry exam tomorrow, but afterwards I am going to go chase some too. You might see me at the pier.

Water temp was 60* . We tight lined jigs and minnows ended up 6 nice crappie and 30 white perch. Lot of throw backs. Saw other boats trolling but at faster pace than us didn't see anything being hauled over the side. Wind ran us off the water just to much to try to control speed and heading. Maybe next trip will be better.

Thanks BigDawgg. It's heating up at the pier. A lot of people were catching fish yesterday, but it is not great yet. Several were caught that looked like they were going to pop, so it is likely they will be very shallow in the next few days. My biggest was about 11 inches and weighed in at just under a lb.

Also, the report is that the WP are on fire right now. It seems you found that out.

Thanks for the reports! What was the water like? I was passing thru recently and the water was dingy.

Still dingy, up in B. Allison but fishable. If it don't rain it will be good in a few more days. Little Allison was not as bad. Good luck.

Update: Catching slabs in 2-3 fow... They are up shallow boys.

Been fishing wylie hard the last 2 weeks....wearin em out deep still. Like someone said, dont believe that dogwood bloom stuff on wylie. Its an annimal its own. All crappie dont spawn on the banks. Especially on wylie.

The Dogwood tree just happens to be a good indicator of the time that the temperature of the water reaches the mark for crappie to spawn. In my experience, the tree blooms around the time crappie come up shallow, and that can be in March or April here. I am catching crappie from 8 fow to 2 fow on Wylie. I have been catching big males in shallow water where they are preparing beds and fat females in deeper water where they have not come in yet.