Actually, Capt .... I quit fishing Caney Creek after they started expanding the park. There just didn't seem to be any fish there, anymore
I moved on down the lake to the White's Creek area, and some foray's down to the Piney area.

And you're right ... the water temps were way higher these last two Spring trips !! My notes from 2009 (mid April) say the water temps were in the mid 50's and the fish were in 12-18fow, just off the bottom, and the eggs were not ready to drop. The last two years we've encountered water temps in the low to mid 70's during mid April, & caught fish anywhere from 8-20ft deep, some in brush & some suspended out over deeper water, with eggs ready to drop or nearly ready ... and few, if any, male fish in the shallows of the normal spawning banks.