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Fished gravel pits from 130-630 today and finally found some fish in pit closest to the bay but only after I set depth at 40 inches below the cork. Super slow retrieve and occasionally the cork would softly sink and there would be a nice crappie on the hook. Got 10 keepers and 2 cats for a friend in need…….fish were moving around in the deeper part of the pit. No fish caught on bank
Nice !
Thanks for sharing!
Nice job riverboss! Thanks for sharing, quick question....how's the creek and depth in terms of boats?
Good catch. WTG
Yessir!!!Hoping to try Friday if the weather will cooperate.
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Way to go, I told you they were all 12 to 15 inches!
Nice mess
Congratulations on a great outing
the creek is clear and water is 2 ft below pool and wasnt moving....TVA is prob bringing it up to pool slowly for the summer.......I didnt have any problems getting my 16 ft flat bottom into 2 of the pits but the one I caught fish in needs a lumber jack to remove deadfalls blocking the entrance and exit ....saw and even larger boat in the big pit...fish obviously had a hangover from feeding the day before and seemed to be hugging the bottom of the deepest part of the pits.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jcpate3
Many are probably just eating and waiting the water to get a little warmer and the full moon. Almost everything I caught were males, looks like you may have picked up several females.
I've fished all over that area for many years, and I still have no idea which spots y'all are referencing when you say "big pit", "first pit", "middle pit" etc. To me, it's a couple of creek channels with a bunch of connected backwater. Throw in a 3 or 4 landlocked ponds and a handful of gators, and you've got the area everyone calls "the gravel pits."
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Here's and overview of upper Limestone.
When the water is up it all looks the same, but when viewed at Winter pool with the water down five feet you'll quickly see the areas we discuss. I've marked the three main "pits", the Limestone Creek channel that always has some level of current and the old Limestone Creek channel that only has water moving when flow is high after a rain event. There are numerous other pits that only connect when the area is flooded that also have fish. This area always holds Crappie year-round except Dec - Feb when the water is at low pool and in the mid 40's and colder.
Thanks for that, DB. I've always just been confused on what was being called what. I thought that flat north of the "big pit" on the creek channel was probably the big pit. Anyway, thanks for clearing it up. I've fished all over it in my kayak, before that my canoe, and even before that from the bank. I'm sure I've fished there for 15-20 years.I just never knew what was being called what