Returning to the Brook

Many would tend to think since it's a 10 minute drive , the "Brook" would be my baby ...ie .....Home lake ....
Full of timber and white crappie, black crappie and mohawks too , and for sure a sling festival if you know the lake :highfive
But it saddens me to say the new wore off and I have not been there in several years ...
Fast forward to last night and the text says hey you wanna hit the "Brook" tomorrow ?
Wife started asking questions and I thought careful with your answers mister ....rotfl
Said we are going to the "Brook" tomorrow to ketch a few !
She didn't protest very much , but the threshold thing became a bit of a nuisance :bash
Off I went at 6 to meet at 630 , he wanted launch on the farthest point from me . We loaded up at about 7 and used his SI and LS and our general knowledge of the water body and proceeded to play let's ketch them...:highfive
the particulars that I found interesting that with no thermocline and really deep water , NO crappie were in them deep waters ....! :yikes
All the best spots were in 15 or shallower for the most part and most fish were down on the trees about 2/3 of the way down .
Bites were odd and reminded me of the back when over there , whatever your desires in a bite is what the next drop will likely be ....rotfl
We found fish all over piles and trees and on lots of places there were hundreds of unders all stacked around stuff .
Had to work for a decent one and keep moving , but it was pretty nice and we left before lunch . too hot to keep going ....the bite was still good ...
thats my story and I am stickin it to em ...
KABOOM :Cowboy
p. pearl was the color early and after 9 am ....HOT pink was the ticket ...keep in mind you use whatever makes you happy , it is just something we both noticed when I dropped the first one ...fyi

Got some good ones. Nice baits. KABOOM!

Awesome posting bud! Thanks

Looks like the Brook is loaded with crappie.Nice ketchin.


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Nice catches

Thanks for taking us along with you.
Nice to have a productive lake so close to you! I have to drive 45 mins to Lake Orange

That sure beats what I did yesterday. Nice fish and a good trip for sure. I think StevieWonder could see that pink one.

As always, a great story and you found success.
Bob

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Originally Posted by Herewego

Looks like the Brook is loaded with crappie.Nice ketchin.


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It amazes how well a lake like this, can take the onslaught of crappie fisher folks and still produce lots of nice ones year after year , some folks talk about hitting it way way back when and hammering them , never seen a fish over 3 lbs out of there , but to be sure it has a fair number of over 2 lb fish and loads and loads of eater quality fish as well .
to be situated in a big city and get the pressure it gets daily makes you scratch your head as to how it can keep up the pace with the ice chests and livewells full that leave there all the time . :highfive

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Originally Posted by skeetbum

That sure beats what I did yesterday. Nice fish and a good trip for sure. I think StevieWonder could see that pink one.

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you know sir , I NEVER tried PINK in there before and it was about always the brightest chart I could find as my go to bait . In the spring I like the brightest ORANGE I can use in there , but never have dropped the pink ...sure was an eye opener ...
likely not about the color as much as it's visibility , sure saw tons of fish race at my jig on that LS yesterday when the pink went down , thats a fact :highfive

Great read and pic's as always Ketchn. Thank you for the ride along.

Kaboom is the word


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Originally Posted by Slab Apprentice

Kaboom is the word


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if you never been to the brook you might like it , full of crappie for sure , BUT the timber is a boat killer in there , so be REALLY careful , that stuff kills more boats per year than you can imagine ,open water is often NOT open water , me and several folks I know have killed a few boats in there , one buddy took the air on a huge stump and my hit wasn't much different
just a quick fyi if you go there bro ....
with the lake going up and down in depth so quickly and frequently what was safe yesterday may not be today....

I too am literally on a good fishing lake every weekend but it's where my pontoon and condo are during good weather months but havn't really fished it last two years. Probably because I have had such good success on other lakes from winter into spring and despite giving away lot of my ketchn still have plenty so kinda go into cruising moded with the wifey and friends. just realized havn't had my TM in the water for two summers nor fished the productive docks like I usually do.

Inspired me to get toon out and call my fishing buddy capncrappie and get after them. He is like me a mostly bank/dock dude who does live on this lake and ketch's loads more than me but when we do hook up Kaboom usually is in order. He rarely gets his good bass boat out to fish our two lakes. Last time we went out to hit docks we loaded up the livewell with good sized crappie. Times a wasting!

about how a metro lake can still have large populations of crappie despite a lot of pressure? Fishing biologists who I have spoken to say we worry about it way too much as it's more about how good was the spawn that matters. Crappie are uber productive and can out reproduce what the fisherfolk take. Obviously the Brook is a good example of that with a lot of cover for them.

even the open water lakes in these parts consistently produce large quantities of crappie and like stated anglers really dont' make a difference in the numbers according to the fisheries folks here as well .
one big black nasty cormorant can easily ketch and eat more than most anglers do in an entire year in a short period of time and then imagine a swarm of em out there just pillaging herds and herds of crappie ....:yikes
when it comes to crappie mother nature drives the numbers of them :highfive

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Originally Posted by Ketchn

if you never been to the brook you might like it , full of crappie for sure , BUT the timber is a boat killer in there , so be REALLY careful , that stuff kills more boats per year than you can imagine ,open water is often NOT open water , me and several folks I know have killed a few boats in there , one buddy took the air on a huge stump and my hit wasn't much different
just a quick fyi if you go there bro ....
with the lake going up and down in depth so quickly and frequently what was safe yesterday may not be today....

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Appreciate the heads up bro! I need to get up to PK and try to find them bluegill!! Long drive for me tho about 2.5 each way


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Appreciate the heads up bro! I need to get up to PK and try to find them bluegill!! Long drive for me tho about 2.5 each way


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If you really want to hurt pk bluegill, word has it that it’s KABOOM at night under the lights…fyi