Thread: Crappie Below Pickwick

Well Sunday will still be fairly warm but the now forecast 40 mph winds will keep me home. Even below the dam that much wind is too much for boating.

Guy's your just beating a dead horse to find crappie around Savannah. Not saying you will not find one but for the most part its tough this time of the year. I have fished that section of the river for 40+ years and have loaded the boat with crappie. But most times its not this time of year. I can think of 4 or 5 spots that you can.
(1)And one being like the post above South side of the lock wall fishing off the bank is best. Lots of limits coming from there each morning.
(2) Between the dam and the wing wall, but its tough fishing but big crappie in there.
(3) Slack water at Nash landing down from the dam, under the power lines idle back up until it widens out and theres always crappie back up there.
(4) Check out the creek mouths, some of them will hold crappie this time of year.
(5) Little Shoot (SAvannah side) of Diamond Island when the waters right will hold some crappie on the trees along the east bank.
(6) dead water at Wolf Island has crappie but man there tough to find. But find them and you have fun until the cows come home. They will be in a tight school there and have to force feed them. As in leave a jig or minnow in front of them for up to 5 minutes and one will suck it down. I have a few PVC crappie beds in there but for some reason they have not pulled the fish in to them? And I have caught sauger off them but not Crappie?
(7) Slow current for a few days fish will hold on the lower sides of the BRidge at savannah. Those pilings holding the bridge up are not solid all the way to the bottom. They have few round concrete pilings to bottom the rest is open. And will hold fish, but again hard to fish

I know this is not lot of help. But hope it can get you started. I sure plan on getting out for the first sauger trip next week. Need to find someone to go with me.
All I have gotten to do all winter is tie up sauger jigs not getting to use them. But durn back is just going to have to hurt. I'm going fishing. Have Artic Armour and cold weather is not an issue.