Thread: Cold Front Crappie. 72419

Gary Fomby and I found cold front conditions this morning and the lake level about one foot above summer level and surface temp off over 2 degrees from yesterday morning. Plus TVA opening the flood gates on the Chickamauga dam. Flow rate up to 61,700 by 8 and 67,500 by nine.

But we managed to scratch out 5 keepers and several juvenile crappie. All fish released today. We each caught black crappie keeper and a White crappie keeper as well. My White crappie was a 14.0” tarp fish that looked like a razor blade with a big mouth. I’ll bet that it didn’t weigh 8 ozs.

Blue Ghost and Blue Ice Baby Shads caught fish. Only color that worked today. Fish were bumping bottom with their bellies. Grin. 20-25 feet deep mostly. 3/32 oz jigs. Wind from the NE at a pretty good clip. I’m thankful that I put a long sleeve shirt over my T-shirt.