I was wondering if quackrstackr and I were the only crappie fishermen left on KY Lake but after our trip Sunday, I'm convinced we are. We have not seen another crappie boat in weeks and absolutely nobody fishing like we are and in the same areas.
We trolled cranks for several hours Sunday. There was zero current and the baitfish were scattered all over the place from shallow to deep. One thing we noticed right off, the lack of current is causing somewhat of a thermocline in the large bays. It is not showing up as a vertical line on the electronics, it almost looks like interference on the screen at the depths below 12-14 feet. We decided to try to keep our baits above that depth so the big c55s and 300s were out. All the fish we caught were scattered from less than 10 feet to over 25 feet, one here/one there. None of the crappie we caught were over 13 inches or so but we did catch a couple of nice green carp that will be going on the grill tonight.
We ended up with 18 keepers with probably that many more lost after hooking them and who knows how many missed strikes. Many of the crappie we caught were barely hooked. I'm not smart enough to know why the fish are just smacking at the baits but we did manage to hook a few.
One note: I recently respooled all my line-counter reels with Trilene Big Game solar green 12 pound test line. I lost one crank yesterday when I dropped a 5 oz weight with crank and leader attached over the side after the line had gotten behind the reel spool and broken. That is the 1st crank bait I have lost in 4 trips since I went to the Big Game 12 pound line. I hung up 3-4 times yesterday and pulled loose cranks that I'm 100% sure I would have lost on the 10 pound mono I had been using.
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