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Thinking about going Saturday morning. I've never fished there before. TWRA had a nice write up about it in my last magazine. Anyone ever fish it? Not looking for GPS coordinates or anything just general info. I'm either going there or Reelfoot, but figure the foot will be crowded
It's full of standing timber just under the water.
There some big bass and catfish , nice bream, some crappie... If you have a big boat be careful, very easy to get hung up on an underwater stump..there use to be waterways cleared, but over time all the tree tops have fell and now its hard to find the lanes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tn Johnboy
Probably go in my Bass Hunter. Love that little boat.
Good choice for that lake tcountyQuote:
Originally Posted by tcounty
Careful if it's windy. Graham can get pretty rough if the wind is over 10 mph especially out of the north or south. Lake seems to funnel the wind. My 8 ft Basshunter does fine out there in calm conditions.Quote:
Originally Posted by tcounty
Well I think Mother Nature has changed my plans. 90% Saturday and Sunday now
Rain is holding off till late. Hope to put in at daylight
Nice lake. Way too clear for crappie IMO. I have no clue how to catch crappie shallow in water that clear. Could see bottom 4' down. Will be back though. Plenty of stuff to fish around.
Good Luck!!!! I've caught one crappie in 30 years out there and that was by accident. They are there in large numbers but hard to find.Quote:
Originally Posted by tcounty
I never seen so much structure in a lake in all my life.
Looks like to me in the heat of the summer you should be able to jig in all the timber in 30' of water.
I have fished Graham since the first day it opened in 1982. Lake was chock full of crappie someone had put in it before the lake was ready to have crappie. You could catch 100 small crappie in 30 minutes and go home. No limits in those days. TWRA poisoned the lake to kill out the crappie and later restocked with black crappie. I have never had any luck since but I mainly bass fished Graham. Caught my first last year bream fishing with crickets right up against the bank. Clyde Freeman lives around the corner from me (state record black crappie holder) and he fishes there nearly daily and even he struggles many days.
about 3 years ago I was catching a bunch of crappie there, I would catch 70 to 100 and maybe have 20 to 25 keepers, I was excited about the next year just knew all those short crappie would be keepers, then the last two years I don't think I have caught 20 of any size there ,don't know what happened to them. I know TWRA stocked sterile black nose crappie in several lakes I wonder I that's what happened to Graham crappie , they were all caught .. and yep, if Clyde not catching any you might as well go home..