Fished from 7-10 AM this morning just inside Clear Creek and Rabbit Branch. Didn't have alot of bites around docks, but caught 12 legal fish, and four were over 2 pounds. Using minnows about 4 ft deep.
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Fished from 7-10 AM this morning just inside Clear Creek and Rabbit Branch. Didn't have alot of bites around docks, but caught 12 legal fish, and four were over 2 pounds. Using minnows about 4 ft deep.
Thanks for the info is appreciated, have been trying to learn logan martin this year and happen to be concentrating on the same coves--also had some luck in the mouth of clear creek.
Thanks again,
Michael Holden
Greatly appreciate the info, have been learning logan martin since jan. Have been concentrating on the same areas you mentioned and further back in the cove with most catches of good crappie in the mouths.
thanks again
Michael Holden
Despite the North wind and slightly cooler air temps today, I got a few good crappie under docks in Rabbit Branch. I started at the mouth and worked up the creek fishing docks on the west side. I never got more than one from a given dock, but they were quality fish, including a 3#.
The deep ledge off the island at the mouth of Rabbit Branch has held lots of deep suspended fish all week at 20'-30'. I've caught quite a mix there: stripers; white bass; spots; crappie and catfish. I think the fish are staging on the ledge, filling up on shad and waiting for a little warmer water to head up the creek. Surface temps at the mouth of the creek were 53-54 today.
If you fish mostly the Rabbit Branch/Clear Creek part of the lake maye we should compare notes. I'll probably be out tomorrow afternoon with my wife and little boy. We have a black & grey boat with a 100 Mercury. Say hello if you see us.
Don R
Will be in that area sunday, hopefully rain & thunderstorms won't be to bad. I'll be in a silver G3, Yamaha motor w/my buddy, give me a hollar if you see me, trying to track the crappie leading into spawn. Did not see many fish or activity in the further back portions of rabbit or clear earlier this week so guess their still staging in the mouths.
See ya
Michael Holden
Fished Logan Martin today,Me & my fishing buddy brought home 50 nice ones.released about 20-25 good one's.Got them on Black & chag jig's in about 10- 15 feet of water.most of them had egg's in them.>>>>Bentpole
Sounds good, bentpole. I need to learn how to fish those jigs. I usually just flip minnows.Quote:
Originally Posted by bentpole
I've been after bass lately, but I did catch one big crappie yesterday back in Clear Creek on a tenn shad minitrap. Surprised me, she must have been really hungry.
Don R: I'm in an older red 17 Nitro.
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Originally Posted by lmc
:confused: where is Clear Creek and Rabbit Branch. where do i launch to get to it. i normally lauch at the town and country gas station and fish that old road bed out there. I've caught a lot of slabs out there. I also night fish out there. It's a good spot but i'm always looking for better.
Clear Creek and Rabbit Branch are major creeks off the lower end of Logan Martin, about 5 miles down from the Cropwell Creek area where Town & Country and Lakeside Landing are located. Rabbit Branch is on the west side of the lake. Clear Creek is on the east side. A map will show marinas with ramps in both creeks.
I haven't fished the Cropwell area much, so I can't say that it is better or worse than either Rabbit Branch or Clear Creek. I suspect there isn't a lot of difference except that Rabbit Branch may warm a little faster because it is shallower and protected from winds off the main lake.
I may spend more time in the Cropwell area this summer because the old highway 231 roadbed looks promising for trolling. I used to do a lot of trolling using "spoonplugging" methods developed by Buck Perry. I have an old box of spoonplugs around somewhere and I am intrigued by the idea of using them on that old 231 roadbed.
Rev.: It's been many years since I fished for crappie in that area, but I know there's an old roadbed in the slough just out from the Big Bull that used to be very good for staging fish. Don't know if it's the one you're speaking about. I know there's another further out in Cropwell Creek.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rev.
If you're having good luck, I'd stick with it. If you get bored and want to try something different come down the lake.
Don R: Weird you mentioned spoonplugs, I thought about them last night. First read about them, I think, in Outdoor Life mag. I just looked and he has a website. We used to catch some nice summer fish trolling those roads in Cropwell. That was back in the old days, when finding them was the hard part.
According to my map, old US 231 runs pretty straight for 3 or 4 miles under the Cropwell Creek area with a number of intersecting submerged roads, building foundations, creek channels and other reachable structure along the way. I intended to troll spoonplugs over the roadbed last year, but never got around to it. Frankly, trolling is not my preferred way to fish, even though trolling by the Spoonplugging system is the best way I know to catch summer bass and other gamefish. My plan is to troll the roadbed with progressively deeper spoonplugs until I pinpoint a few good spots for long term casting. I'd rather catch 1 bass casting than 5 trolling, which is about what the trolling/casting ratio usually is. If it were just about fish numbers and weight, I'd seldom do anything but troll spoonplugs.
i fished that roadbed a couple of years ago and caught alot of crappie. The biggest weighed almost 3 pounds
What is a spoonplug?
Spoonplugs are metal swimming lures that come in a series designed so that each size runs in a precise depth range. The smallest Spoonplug is 1.5" and runs 2-4' deep. The largest Spoonplug is 5" and runs 20-25' deep. In between are 5 sizes that run in increments of 4-6', 6-9', 9-12', 12-15' and 15-20'. Spoonplugs were created about 40 years ago by Buck Perry, who is considered to be the father of modern structure fishing.
As Buck Perry would say, there is no magic to Spoonplugs or any other lures; they are simply tools to help find and catch fish. When used in a systematic way that relies on trolling, sometimes quite fast trolling, Spoonplugs strain the water and are still the best tools I know for the "find" part of catching fish.
For more information go to buckperry.com. Spoonplugs may be purchased at that web site, but I recommend against trying the lures until you learn how to use them. Get Perry's book, "Spoonplugging: Your Guide To Lunker Catches". The book was first published 40 years ago, but it is still the best source I know of for freshwater fishing knowledge.
Spoonplugs and books are often offered on EBay as classics and collector items. Beware that EBay prices regularly are a lot higher than new items from the buckperry web site.
That is interesting...I haven't heard of those yet either...thanks for the info....
those are some prime waters in and around logan martin