Dec 29th - Town Creek

Good afternoon. I wanted to share my report.

Weather was 30 low / 48 high / wind said 3 mph (I forget the direction)

Got to the bridge pylon at roughly 5am (still dark). People were lined up all on the banks, but not one boat! It was sweet! Had the entire spot to ourselves.

I rigged up and set out to tight line minnows and cast a double-jig rig with 1/32 oz heads (Chart / Pink heads).

The water there is 27 feet deep. We were seeing bait fish all around us in the channel, so I set 3 poles at different depths. I had my slip cork set at 10 (not one bite), I had my other set at 12 (which got most of the Crappie) and I set the other to 15 (which got a few). So many they were hanging at 12-15 ft. And get this, not one bite on the jigs. No matter the color. They just wanted the smallest minnow you could grab. All in all it was a great day! God held the weather back and answered my prayers. The guy I was fishing with I met off of Facebook in our group and he caught his first SLAB! It was so much fun!

Thanks for letting me share this memory. Pics below. Look at those moose lips top right fish. Man, she felt like a catfish!




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thanks for the post bud good lookin fish hard to believe they wouldn't hit a jig but I been there too

Very nice. Thanks for sharing. And, congratulations!

Geat job!

Thank you.

Yeah, I was throwing all colors I had at em. They did not want baby shad.

If any of you would like to hook up, I know the spot! ;)

Sounds like you figured them out! Way to go and thanks for posting!

Thanks! I'm leaving work now, so if I don't respond quickly, I'll be on the road. 1.5 hour drive back to the house.

Great report, Thanks for sharing!!

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Originally Posted by Jiggah

Thank you.

Yeah, I was throwing all colors I had at em. They did not want baby shad.

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You should get some Slab Sauce and spray it on them....made all the difference in the world the other day when they would not bite a jig and were biteing the live minnows slow. Put the Slab Sauce on and the plastic jigs out fished the minnows. Click on Store at top of page to order. Its good stuff.

Slab sauce works for me ! Glad you got to spend the day on the water and catch some fish and introduce someone to fishing!

Nice catch, thanks for sharing

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Nice job!

It's that time of year for Town Creek to start getting good! Glad you found them at the right depth. Thanks for the details on your report.

Nice fish, looks like a great day!

email me. Would love to fish.

What kind of rigging do you have for attaching to the bridge? I have two 2x4s that I need to cut a couple of inches off that I've used under Short Creek Bridge. I believe Town Creek is much higher.

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Originally Posted by nathansmithusa

email me. Would love to fish.

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Originally Posted by WileyG

What kind of rigging do you have for attaching to the bridge? I have two 2x4s that I need to cut a couple of inches off that I've used under Short Creek Bridge. I believe Town Creek is much higher.

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Never tied off to Short Creek, but Town Creek bridge gap is 60" ... 5 ft. You will need about 15 ft of rope. But yes, Town Creek is higher. It's about 10 ft in the air. The pole I use to put the boards up there with is 6ft, so I'm assuming around 10 ft-12 ft in the air in the total height. The boat I was in I'm about 1.5 ft off the water.

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You should get some Slab Sauce and spray it on them....made all the difference in the world the other day when they would not bite a jig and were biteing the live minnows slow. Put the Slab Sauce on and the plastic jigs out fished the minnows. Click on Store at top of page to order. Its good stuff.

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I purchased some a few weeks back. I've tried it twice there with no results. It may just be the fish there, I don't know ... lol. The stuff smells good though. Maybe I just sprayed it on the wrong color? I have seen people throw a jig out and catch a ton one day then the next day all they want is minnows. Strange. I'm hoping soon they move shallow so I can fish my pier that I had my friend set brush at.

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Originally Posted by Jiggah

Never tied off to Short Creek, but Town Creek bridge gap is 60" ... 5 ft. You will need about 15 ft of rope. But yes, Town Creek is higher. It's about 10 ft in the air. The pole I use to put the boards up there with is 6ft, so I'm assuming around 10 ft-12 ft in the air in the total height. The boat I was in I'm about 1.5 ft off the water.

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Thanks and congrats on that nice mess of fish!

Hey thanks Wiley! I hope you have a wonderful New Year! You are most welcome. I don't mind at all. Maybe we can team up sometime and I'll show ya where I catch em at :highfive

Inbox me and I'll put you in on a little tip for TC.

Jiggah,
Are you talking ab Town Creek next to Gville state park? Congrats on the successful fishing trip!

What about the Hwy 72 bridges on the other side and a bit further north. Those bridges cross some creeks, are they any good for fishing?

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Originally Posted by nathansmithusa

What about the Hwy 72 bridges on the other side and a bit further north. Those bridges cross some creeks, are they any good for fishing?

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Hit or miss only when fish passing through most bridges north of Scottsboro have a lot shallower water up that way and they don’t hold near as many fish as the deeper bridges do!

Sorry for this delay.

@weezy - Thank you! Yep! That's the spot! There is also a pier by the baseball fields I am hearing people doing good at too. Kawanis Park I think??

@ nathan - Behind Publix is good, behind Wayne Feed Mill, 69 bridge (Brown's Creek), South Sauty bridge and 431 bridge are all great locations. I mainly fish TC because that's where I have great success. Now, some days you won't catch anything at TC, but other days you'll have 3-4 limits! You don't even have to have a boat either! People catch them off the bank all day long! I was very blessed to be introduced to this location because I don't have a boat due to having a car and people scaring me to not buy a boat, LOL, and so therefore I just have to wait for Spring to bank fish. But this has been a great spot for me and seeing people catch them like that from the bank is so encouraging. You got to get there very early though or you won't get a good spot. Like 1-2am and wait for that dawn bite. Now I will say this and my buddy might get upset at me haha, but I like to help other people. During the summer nights, this place is on FIRE! Find you a bridge that sits in a Creek Channel. This is what I do personally when checking out spots, because I don't have a boat yet. I go to https://webapp.navionics.com/#boatin...7B%7BcEv%7BgmO and zoom in and it will tell you the depths and such. Look at the bridges and it will show you Creek Channels and depth. Right now, you might want to look for that close to 30 ft range. Crappie feed up in case you are new to the species, so if you see fish at 15 ft, try fishing like 12-14 ft. Always try to fish above them. If you see them at 10 ft, try like 8 ft. Look for the bait fish and try to fish at that depth too. Crappie will follow the bait fish. Tip: I have seen NO bait fish at all on the FF, then all of the sudden about 30 minutes later, they are everywhere popping the water and you can look down and see just huge balls of them all around your boat! Hold that pole tight!! So just be cool and eat a snack till they show up! Lol. Good luck to you all! Be safe.