I went fishing for a few hours Saturday morning and I bet I saw 50 crappie floating dead on the surface. Most were shorts but a few were nice keepers. Any ideas about what the deal is? I was fishing in the Robinson creek area.
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I went fishing for a few hours Saturday morning and I bet I saw 50 crappie floating dead on the surface. Most were shorts but a few were nice keepers. Any ideas about what the deal is? I was fishing in the Robinson creek area.
I have been seeing these as well. It happened after the lake flooded and then they sucked it back down to summer pool. I was fishing there again today and am not seeing any new ones but did see the same ones you probably saw on Saturday and Sunday.
Could have had something to do with the flooding, or it could have been simply someone's catch that died/spoiled in the livewell and got dumped. If it was a localized event, I'd suspect the latter. But, if it happened in several other areas of the lake, then it could have been associated with the high water event. :dono It's hard to tell, seeing as how "short fish" were involved !!
A lot of the fish are 5"-7". Only saw a few that would have been keepers. I have saw them from Robinson creek to Stone quarry. But the most was around the cut through on the smith ridge side.
Yup, those were my observations as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Drakeky
i didnt see but a coulpe around holmes bend today
How was the bite at Holmes Bend? We caught several good fish on the smith ridge end today on brush piles. I almost went to Holmes Bend to put in but at the last second went to Smith Ridge.
How was the bite for you Saturday? I took my mom and sis. We didn't do to hot. Found an area with a bunch of bait suspended on a big flat but only managed a handful of keeper crappie. I was pulling cranks.Quote:
Originally Posted by Drakeky
Saturday I pulled cranks as well and managed 12 keepers. But once I saw the muddy water and trash floating at the cut through. We left and headed toward Corbin's point. Caught about 18-20 total. Some short fish and a catfish. Was decent for the conditions I suppose with the lake so high.
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We managed 6 keepers, nothing over 10 3/4. Prolly 10 or so shorts.Quote:
Originally Posted by Drakeky
I Bluegill fished Robinson and Quarry on Saturday and did not see any dead crappie however Robinson was muddy and there was a lot of debris I'm sure u saw as well.
I will be fishing Thursday morning. I will check and report back. I plan to crappie fish early then hopefully catch a mess of 'gills.
the bite was fair,kinda slow between holmes bend and butler.fish were scatered bad,only 3-4 per brush pile.18-22 fow and 12-14 feet down.