Crappie By The Dozens!!!

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09-29-2007, 11:10 PM
Wiskers

Crappie By The Dozens!!!

Well Jigboy got me started with that Barkley post. I decided to load up and hit Barkley today. Boy I had a ball. I found a good drop off coming from about 10' almost straight down to 23', with a ton of brush. I bet I caught 100 fish working that ledge. :eek: But...... out of all those fish I only had 3 keepers. :o All except for 1 were White Crappie. Most of the fish were holding about 10' deep over about 14' of water. I caught'um casting, I caught'um vertical jigg'n you name it I tried it. The only colors I could get them to hit on was purple & chartruse tubes & a white marabo roadrunner. Well I think I'll go back tomorrow & try to find some bigger fish. See What you've started Jigboy! :D

Good Fish'n :D
09-30-2007, 07:23 AM
frank lawhead

Barkley

Man that would be a great day [just too catch fish like that]----how much to sell me :) the cords. ? --I,d borrow money for gasline to drive down and catch fish in that numbers hehehe
09-30-2007, 09:06 AM
Wiskers

Size Does Matter!

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Originally Posted by frank lawhead

Man that would be a great day [just too catch fish like that]----how much to sell me :) the cords. ? --I,d borrow money for gasline to drive down and catch fish in that numbers hehehe

It was a ball. I got up this morning & my sholders are sore from setting the hook & pull'n in fish. I'm not as young as I used to be. :o My hands are sore from all the fins I took yesterday from those little buggers. I hate handling small fish! The bad part of it all was that just about every one of the throw backs liked about 1/8" to 1/4" hitting the line for our 10" limit. They'll be legal by this spring! :D I like to know where the Ky dept. of Fish & Game get the notion that we don't have many juvinial crappie in these lakes! :confused: I guess I shouldn't complain though. It was a beautiful day & the lord let me have a little fun! :D
09-30-2007, 09:21 AM
EDDY CREEK BANDIT

AINT YOU ASHAMED! I had to work yesterday and church today. Which bay was you in? I am going to try to go next week or next weekend. Eddy Creek will most likely be my target.
THE BANDIT
09-30-2007, 05:01 PM
Wiskers

Buzzard Rock

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Originally Posted by EDDY CREEK BANDIT

AINT YOU ASHAMED! I had to work yesterday and church today. Which bay was you in? I am going to try to go next week or next weekend. Eddy Creek will most likely be my target.
THE BANDIT

I was at Buzzard Rock. You know that big hump in there? Get on it & look around. I guarantee you'll find the spot I was on. :D
09-30-2007, 06:18 PM
SLAYEM69

What a day

:D Sure wish i could have gone yesterday but had to work all weekend. I would have to agree with you on where KDFW got there info because i seem to catch alot of small fish now and back in the spring. Especially at Jonathan last spring, all i did was measure fish.

I am on vacation the week of the Oct. 8th while the kids are on fall break and plan on fishing alot. We will be camping at Hillmans. Hopefully those slabs will have turned on and the kids and myself will slayem, HAHA. I havent tried purple/chartruse, i have been catching them on red/white/chart. and orange flake.

good luck next time out!!!!
09-30-2007, 08:27 PM
Wiskers

Small World!!!

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Originally Posted by SLAYEM69

:D Sure wish i could have gone yesterday but had to work all weekend. I would have to agree with you on where KDFW got there info because i seem to catch alot of small fish now and back in the spring. Especially at Jonathan last spring, all i did was measure fish.

I am on vacation the week of the Oct. 8th while the kids are on fall break and plan on fishing alot. We will be camping at Hillmans. Hopefully those slabs will have turned on and the kids and myself will slayem, HAHA. I havent tried purple/chartruse, i have been catching them on red/white/chart. and orange flake.

good luck next time out!!!!

Hey we may bump into ya at Hillmans that week. I think that the brother-in-law & I are gonna camp that week too. It's kinda up in the air right now. He had surgery on his foot & if it feels ok we're go'n. Even if we don't camp I'll be up there off and on. Probably gonna go to the Crappie Classic for atleast 2 days on the 12th & 13th.

Look for a White Tundra with a fat boy in it, pull'n a white Lowe Stinger 180W. Also look for a white Z71 with a big ugly guy with a cast on his foot, pull'n a blue ranger (that'd be my brother-in-law) :D . If we bump into ya I'll show you some good spots in Pisguh, Smith & Birmingham.

BTW purple & Chartruse is a killer color on Ky & Barkley! :D
10-01-2007, 04:08 PM
EDDY CREEK BANDIT

Whiskers, You have a private message. I know that you fish Jonathan and Blood River. A buddy of mine has caught some good numbers down there in the last week or so.
THE BANDIT
10-02-2007, 07:21 AM
Downwind

Slayem/Wiskers--I'll also be down that week, starting the 6th. Staying at Town & Country. Maybe see ya on the water.
10-02-2007, 08:11 AM
EDDY CREEK BANDIT

Whiskers, Thanks for the heads up. I almost never fish that area but will keep it in mind. I'll bet that one of these days you and I will meet somewhere on the lake, when we do I want to share a Pop with you. Good fishing,
THE BANDIT
10-02-2007, 11:28 AM
crappie&shrooms

Stop It!!!!!!!!!!

You guys are driving me nuts talking about catching all those pool little fishes. Stop it right now and save some for me. Actually I am comming down the 12th of Oct for a week or more. Hope I have timed it right to pick up a few of those fall slabs along with a few yellow bass just to fill the freezer. Last year we were down later in the year and done real good. I hope I am not too early this year. Could a person d any good night fishing this time of the year. I will be in the big bear bay area.
10-02-2007, 01:25 PM
CatFan

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Originally Posted by crappie&shrooms

Actually I am comming down the 12th of Oct for a week or more. Hope I have timed it right to pick up a few of those fall slabs along with a few yellow bass just to fill the freezer.

Might want to keep an eye on the forecast. I'm coming down around the 17th, and have been watching the Accuweather long range forecast. Doesn't look good for the 12th to 14th. :( Rain starting around the 12th, then a big temp drop for lows in the mid 30's for a couple of days before it rebounds about 10 degrees mid-week. I can handle wet and I can handle cold. Wet AND cold is where it stops being fun.

http://www.accuweather.com/forecast3...42071&metric=0
10-02-2007, 04:20 PM
crappie&shrooms

Rain

I am already booked so I am comming rain or shine. I will be there till the 21st so hopefully I will hit some good weather. I don't mind the rain at all. Actually seems to be better fishing in the rain and there won't be as many people out. I can do without the cold. I HATE THE WIND. Give me rain any day over the wind.
10-02-2007, 09:03 PM
CatFan

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Originally Posted by crappie&shrooms

I am already booked so I am comming rain or shine. I will be there till the 21st so hopefully I will hit some good weather. I don't mind the rain at all. Actually seems to be better fishing in the rain and there won't be as many people out. I can do without the cold. I HATE THE WIND. Give me rain any day over the wind.

I'm going to try for the 18th to 21st. Probably be camping at Hillman Ferry if it isn't too cold.
10-02-2007, 09:47 PM
Wiskers

You Betcha!

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Originally Posted by EDDY CREEK BANDIT

Whiskers, Thanks for the heads up. I almost never fish that area but will keep it in mind. I'll bet that one of these days you and I will meet somewhere on the lake, when we do I want to share a Pop with you. Good fishing,
THE BANDIT

Look'n forward to it! :D
10-02-2007, 09:52 PM
Wiskers

We've got a cold front coming in around monday. This is just what we need to drop the water temp. I wish I could get on some bigger fish though. I bet that the bigger fish are still further out towards the lake.
10-05-2007, 06:42 AM
SLAYEM69

Whiskers, I'll be at Hillmans beginning Sat. afternoon, I am on C-70. Look for a gold Ford 250 with a Blue Ranger 681 Fisherman. Hope to see you guys up there and talk Crappie!!!:)
10-05-2007, 07:23 AM
Wiskers

Got Ya

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Originally Posted by SLAYEM69

Whiskers, I'll be at Hillmans beginning Sat. afternoon, I am on C-70. Look for a gold Ford 250 with a Blue Ranger 681 Fisherman. Hope to see you guys up there and talk Crappie!!!:)

I got ya fine. C70's a good spot. If I run into ya I'll show you some good spots. :D
10-07-2007, 03:13 PM
Jigboy

Can't wait to get down there myself but I won't be down until Thanksgiving. I am so jealous of you guys.
10-08-2007, 12:47 PM
crappie&shrooms

4 Days

Just 4 more days and I am headed to Ky lake to help thin out some of those crappie's. Its a dirty job but somebody has to do it. Hope the weather cools down and stabilizes a little by then.
10-09-2007, 01:06 PM
crappie&shrooms

3 days and counting down

I can hear them crappie calling my name already.
10-10-2007, 08:01 AM
EDDY CREEK BANDIT

Me thinks you are hitting it OK. I intend to fish this weekend for the first time this fall. Water temps are coming down and water levels are good for fall fishing. It is still a little early for the good bite but you know how it is, have to go anyway.
THE BANDIT
10-10-2007, 10:06 AM
Wiskers

Still There But Some Moving Up

I went back to the little honey hole on the drop off again the other day. Man was it hot! The fish were still there but I soon got bored with the small fish. Decided to do some exploring. The lake was rising a little so I went further backin the bay to see what I could find. I found 2 goooood brush piles. 1 on a flat in about 12, of water & the other in 15'.

BAMMMM! The fish were there! The quality was better too. Suprised me though. They were only about maybe 5' deep over the cover. Don't get me wrong there were some dinks, but there were also some 3/4# fish in there.

You could walk across the flat on the shad! Everywhere you looked there were balls and balls of shad.

I think this cooler weather will have them even shallower if they don't start draining the lakes.

Purple & Chartruse 1 & 1/2" tubes on a 3/32oz head has been hard to beat.

I went again yesterday on Ky & could only muster 1 keeper until right at the end of the day. I decided to check some stuff in about 9' of water further back in the bay. Wouldn't you know it... I caught 3 keepers in about 2 minutes & had a good one wrap me around a limb & break me off. I got in there on the top & spooked'um out so I decided to load up & get'um next time. :D
10-10-2007, 10:08 AM
crappie&shrooms

good

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Originally Posted by EDDY CREEK BANDIT

Me thinks you are hitting it OK. I intend to fish this weekend for the first time this fall. Water temps are coming down and water levels are good for fall fishing. It is still a little early for the good bite but you know how it is, have to go anyway.
THE BANDIT

Oh yes got to go. A bad day on the water is much better than a good day at work. I like the fall down there much better than the spring. Don't get as many fish in the fall but seem to average bigger fish. Last fall wife caught one crappie 2&3/4 lb. We had several around that 1-2 lb range. Lots less people on the lake too.
2 days and counting
10-10-2007, 02:26 PM
EDDY CREEK BANDIT

The Honey Hole on Barkley? I may have to ry that area before the fall is over but my trip this weekend will be to my buckets so I can tell if they survived the Jet Ski season.
THE BANDIT
10-10-2007, 02:30 PM
crappie&shrooms

Jet Ski's

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Originally Posted by EDDY CREEK BANDIT

The Honey Hole on Barkley? I may have to ry that area before the fall is over but my trip this weekend will be to my buckets so I can tell if they survived the Jet Ski season.
THE BANDIT

Don't get me started on them.:mad: They should have a season on them things.
10-11-2007, 06:31 PM
Twobrokefarmer

Hey Wiskers

I'm coming to Lake Barkley this weekend visiting some friends, in the Rock Castle area. I was just wondering if that Buzzard Rock you mention is any where near that area. But I will proable run up to the Little River area also. I'm pretty new to Barkley just fished it a couple times this year for bass, not crappie. any help would be appreciated.:)

Thanks,
Kevin
10-12-2007, 07:29 AM
Wiskers

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Originally Posted by Twobrokefarmer

I'm coming to Lake Barkley this weekend visiting some friends, in the Rock Castle area. I was just wondering if that Buzzard Rock you mention is any where near that area. But I will proable run up to the Little River area also. I'm pretty new to Barkley just fished it a couple times this year for bass, not crappie. any help would be appreciated.:)

Thanks,
Kevin

Rock Castle is gonna be up river from Buzzard rock several miles. Buzzard rock is on the other side of the prison a few miles near Kattawa. Not a real long drive though. Little River's just right up the river a minute or two from Rock castle.
10-12-2007, 07:31 AM
EDDY CREEK BANDIT

Buzzard Rock is on the northern end of the lake. Pretty long run from the Rock Castle area. You would be running by a lot of good water, Dryden, Eddy Creek, Tinsley Hollow, Etc.........
THE BANDIT
10-12-2007, 04:09 PM
EDDY CREEK BANDIT

Who's fishing this weekend? I intend to wet a line one way or another.
THE BANDIT
10-12-2007, 06:10 PM
Wiskers

Me, Me, Me!!!

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Originally Posted by EDDY CREEK BANDIT

Who's fishing this weekend? I intend to wet a line one way or another.
THE BANDIT

You know I'm fish'n! I went the last two days & finally located some decent fish way out in the mouth of a couple of bays. The water temp this morning was 72 & the fish were about 10' deep on the dropoffs. Purple & Chartruse & Orange & chartruse proved to be the best colors.