Flat Creek Crappie

[Haulin Bass]

We were going to go to Stockton Saturday, but decided on Table Rock when the weather looked crappy.

We put in at Cape Fair and fished from Piney to Peach Grove cove.

Fished for Crappie all day, and didn't get a bit until late afternoon, we switched to the man made fish attractors in the main channels. AND WE CAUGHT SOME FAT CRAPPIE. We ended up with 12 total, but it was a work out getting that!

I too caught a HUGE BLACK, he was almost 15" And it was a MALE!

All the females were small, and FULL of eggs. And the fish eggs were still small. I heard that the warmer water swells the eggs, and then that triggers the spawn. Don't know myself for sure. (?)

We found that the water was 57 to 59 degrees, and that the fish were about ready to start staging at the points. But the eggs still have another couple of weeks to mature yet.

If we have 1 solid week of warm weather, these crappie will piled up on top of each other at the deep points next to the coves, and be ready to pop by the full moon at the end of the month.

[aarchdale@coresleep.com]

Me and the ole man went today in flat creek and both caught a limit. Pretty good day