Anyone know anything about Ryan Creek in Cullman??Was talking to a guy at wal mart while we were waiting on tire work. He said there was good crappie fishing and it would be safe for a kayak.
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Anyone know anything about Ryan Creek in Cullman??Was talking to a guy at wal mart while we were waiting on tire work. He said there was good crappie fishing and it would be safe for a kayak.
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Never fished Ryan but you have my attention.
I've never heard of Ryan Creek, but two areas are always of interest for me in a kayak on/near a big lake.
1) Feeder creeks. Best ones are always at least 8 to 10 feet deep with laydowns. I look for creeks that have something to block big boat traffic much of the time. Limestone with the winter drawdown causes the low water at the mouth. 8 Mile creek is blocked by the county road. These features limit angler traffic, but not fish movement.
2) I love finding borrow pits behind or adjacent lakes (typically near the dam). No one drives miles to big water just to fish the 10- or 15-acre borrow pit behind the dam. Many borrow pits only connect to the lake or river during high water and aren't accessible by road but are on public land. If they don't go dry in the summer, they can be epic!
So I guess this leads me to a question about 8 mile creek, the road runs between the lake and the creek, are there pipes or something under the road that allow the fish to move back and forth? And if so is 8 mile creek considered a separate body of water from Catoma? Thanks I have always wanted to ask this question.
IMO depends on where he was talking about. Ryan Creek gets wide, deep and popular the closer to the dam you get. From Smith Lake park/Spiegel's back away from the dam, I would agree. This time of year would be ideal for a kayak. Not many big boats gonna risk it and if they do they will probably not be on plane and sticking to the creek channel. Along 222 I see lots of stumps and trees sticking out of the water. We are 10' below summer pool so most of that is usually covered....but not all. Full disclosure.....I drive by it every day and tell myself Imma try it.....but I never have.
PS - there are no crappie in Smith Lake.....barren.....striper ate'em all...lol
He told me to put in at the park and go up the creek. He said the same thing,the boats that come in there take it easy. I may give it a try sometime. It’s only 15 miles from me. Closer than anywhere I fish.Quote:
Originally Posted by Physiksgeek
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I’d like to find a put in a little farther on upstream though.
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I’d like to know the answer myself. I’m thinking there are pipes but don’t really know.Quote:
Originally Posted by Attack123
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Across from Cappys boat rentals just past the four way at whitsons is where I see people put in. Not sure the process for doing so. They got a pay box for people that launc small boats in the summer but they are closed for the season currently.
There's a large pipe where 8-mile creek goes under County Road 1422.
I haven't seen the pipe (it's under water) but the current was obvious while jigging.
There's a large pipe where 8-mile creek goes under County Road 1422.
I haven't seen the pipe (it's under water) but the current was obvious while jigging.
I thought I had been told there was a pipe running under but wasn’t sure.
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Thank you
Wife left going out of town for a few days so I rode down and looked around. Geek those sure are some good looking stumps you can see on 222. If nothing else I’d love to get in there and mark them for when the water comes up.
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Yeah......aware of the rule for coveting thy neighbors wife.....not as sure about stumps. The water goes down some more there are others up creek that will begin to show. What you see now is normally in about 12'ish foot of water. The other(s) is sitting in 17'ish normal pool.
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You check out the ramp across from Cappy's. Thinking about it, that may be a key drop box rather than a pay box. Everything I'm telling you is at 45mph. So take it all with a grain of salt.
No I didn’t go that far down. I rode to the park and back.
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If you don’t get on the stumps I will. Lol. Totally different than the wife. Lol
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Attack 8 mile is a feeder creek to Catoma and there is pipes that run under the road and I'm fairly sure the fish do use them--every time I fished Catoma I would go and start there and fish my way back to the launchI caught a 7 pound bass while fishing one pipe years ago before I started concentrating on crappie all the timeQuote:
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From what I remember there is not a launch to put in any closer than the park but maybe some place you can park and throw your kayak in from the bank there was a launch across from the small store at Trimble but not sure if it is still openQuote:
Originally Posted by Damion Kidd
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Sent a Facebook message to cappys. They said it was fine to launch there year round. Still want to get on up the creek if possible but that’s much better than the park.
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