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Fished from 8-1pm. Caught around 30, only 6 keepers. Water temps 74. Down about 2'. Float and minnow and jig/minnow were the ticket. Fish came from 30' of water. Anyone have a report, when will the jig bite come on? Anyone catching fish shallow, in the creeks?
Bassky:juggle
Jig bite has been funny for me lately. One day it's hits & ticks on every cast, next day they won't touch them but have consistent success on minnows and the next time I can feel the tick but get no hook ups until I tip the jig with a minnow. I imagine the better jig bite is still a few weeks away but since I spend most of my free time this time of year up in a tree stand I'm only guessing.
it will be quiet on here the championship is next weekend..
BS!!! I'm here to say its on fire!! 300+ per day, jeepy turned me on to this 6" purple worm 60ft deep bite and its amazing!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Tbone72
CRAZED!!!!!!! don't tell everyone ........ Geez man........ Me and Jeepy Jr put a whoopin on em Sunday eve....... Had a pretty good bag ........ We've been on em good all summer.....
lol been on em good then quit be skeeeered and fish the tournament shawty.lol.the bite is always great in the evening
you 3 guys are to short to fish 60 feet deep...
your are going to need more string...
Yep ...... Truly terrifying to fish a crappie tournament on the same lake over and over again...... :RoflQuote:
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also likes refried beans
i knew u was skeered.lol
I just heard there has been a fish kill on efl. I heard crappie, shad, buffalo, and catfish are around the banks, floating and gasping for oxygen!! Anyone know anything about this?
bassky
Yes it's true. There are fish dead everywhere. I just heard about it Saturday but apparently started sometime early last week.
I stopped by the lake Sat & Sun...it's a shame there are some pretty nice fish I saw dead.
I guess I may have to join tbone72 in those river creeks this winter.
Curious what would cause that ?
Lake turn over
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That was my exact thought too. It's that time of year. Some fish got caught in the turn over.
I was headed there Wednesday since the creeks are still green with algae. What's everyone's experience with this? Assuming it's a turnover and not some chemical thing, do you think it's destroyed the crappie fishing for a while or that it only got a small percentage of the overall fish and it's still fishable?
By the way - when I was putting in 2 weeks back, the Ohio Fish&Wildlife truck was at the ramp and it had just dumped 50-100 12-14" musky in. They were just hanging out at the surface near the ramp, dazed and confused. I don't fish for them but hopefully it didn't wipe them out.
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This pass weekend classic I think everyone had a limit Sat & Sun with temp dropping & the turnover the bite is slow try the main river
I've saw ponds turn over but never a lake that size.
Almost all lakes in SW Ohio establish a thermocline by late summer, and they all turn over. East Fork turns over every year. There's been some discussion about the algae control DNR put in the lake to kill the blue-green algae. Apparently, that action depletes oxygen as the algae dies, killing fish. No one's admitting anything at the moment though.
I fished Cave Run lake in Ky last weekend, I think its like 8200 acres and 70ft deep, when we first got there we stopped at the marina for Minnows and a fishing report, bith people working there said the lake is getting a brown color, which means it may be turning over. I didnt think to much of it, but once we got fishing I could clearly see 2 thermoclines one at 30ft which seemed normal to Me, but there was a second at 10ft, and both where showing up through out most of the lake. The cold front and relentless rain made fishing tuff, but the fish that were caught were caught suspended around 20ft.Quote:
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I went fishing at EF on Thursday, the 24th - and did very well trolling for crappie that day - but I did notice the lake looked brown. I thought nothing of it at the time and did not think of it again until I read this... Only reason I remember it is because I was surprised that it wasn't green at all, which it had been the few previous times before that. It looked dirty even though it hadn't rained that much in the days before. I guess that was why.
I have done very good at EF this year so I will probably try it again this fall but I'm certainly curious to know how others do who live closer and fish it more often.
All the fish in EF are dead....everyone go away:pray
And the river tribs have been depleted also. Might as well hang the rods up for the year. :yikes
crappiemax -
I believe you live out that way near EF. Have you tried fishing it in the past week?
I am curious how extensive the damage was and I guess the only way to really know is to trying fishing it. I was thinking of trying this week so I would know for sure. If it truly killed 50% of the fish, it will probably be years before it fully recovers.
I fished a few hours in an Ohio trib in N.KY this morning. Algae is still there. It is getting a bit better but its still not too good. I caught a few crappie and a nice hybrid. Crappie are still on the small side. However, I don't think it will be long before crappie fishing is really good in the creeks. Guy who runs the ramp said that the Fish&Wildlife were electofishing this week and they showed him pictures of bunches of 14-15" crappie coming from 3 foot of water in shaded brush. So, maybe they're there now, but I couldn't catch them today.
It's been hit or miss up this way. I went Monday and caught mostly dinks but my brother-in-law had 26 keepers Tuesday. Same thing here find the shady spots in the morning.
I live approximately 8 minutes and 27 seconds from the launch ramp. (at the dam)
I actually stopped by there a little bit ago and it doesn't seem like it got any worse than what I saw on Sat & Sunday. Since I was there I threw a jig around for about 30 or 45 minutes. I wasn't expecting much but I had a bunch of hits on a twister tail. I switched to jig and cork and caught a warmouth sunfish right away. I think that's what was hitting the twister tail. I changed spot a few times and finally caught a black crappie about 9" or so. I had a few more hits and left. Honestly I think everything will be alright fishing wise but we won't know for sure until we get a few guys out and get a few reports. I will say it still smells pretty bad it the wind blows just right. That smell is what made me leave.
While fishing I did see lot's of algae floating by.