Thread: Crappie Below Pickwick

I have never done it, but I watch guys fishing up next to the dam over near the wing wall and also over along to outside lock wall catch boat loads.

My brother lives bout six miles from the damn.
he and his son fish on the river side of the lock wall with a 32oz jighead with a crappie magnut in purole and chartruse. And my i add they do pretty good too...

Originally Posted by BigDfromTenn

My brother lives bout six miles from the damn.
he and his son fish on the river side of the lock wall with a 32oz jighead with a crappie magnut in purole and chartruse. And my i add they do pretty good too...

What kind of rod does he use with that?

Rod didnt seem to matter the key was to have four pound test line. The slower it falls the better the bite was. He would cast out and count one thousand one etc. to eight then start reeling in slow and would catch four or five fish to my one. I had eight pound test line on my reel didnt take me long to re-spool my reel with the four pound.

YOU THINK he might be talkin bout a 1/32 oz. 32 oz would be the size of a golf ball and no way 4# test would hold it.

Thanks guys. Maybe once they stop spilling I can go fish!

Originally Posted by jaredsmith

Thanks guys. Maybe once they stop spilling I can go fish!

Looks like they stopped spilling overnight! Good luck, I may try to go Sunday while we are in the 50's.

Try the lock side with (2) 1/32oz tube jigs with red/white on bottom and chartruse/black on the top tied about 7" inches apart.Fish off the rocks near the end of the lock wall.Be carefull reeling back in when you get close to the bank as there is lots of broke off fishing line that will snag your baits.

Fish as slow as you possibly can!! without getting hung up.

Here is my Pickwick bank fishing setup--basically the same since 1984 when i started fishing off the bank at Pickwick.6lb test Shakespeare omni flex from Wallyworld---it is supercheap and I have never had a fish break it off while bank fishing at Pickwick and a size 20 Quantum Snapshot spinning reel and a Berkley light/med rod with a fast tip.Bring about 3-4 rod reel setups so you can swap colors quickly and when you break off you can just pick up another rod.

And be very carefull walking on the rocks it is very easy to fall and a trip to Hardin County Hospital would not be fun!! I have seen some people have big time falls!!