best access if using a kayak for crappie fishing? (PHOTO) . . . wind protection, away from big open water, not far to paddle

[Gavin]

Bring a big golf umbrella. Paddle into the wind, sail back.

 

[Ranger520vx]

Good luck with your knee and your fishing when you get there. Looking forward to your report to see how you do.

[oneshot]

Go to Pittsburg Park go up the Creek, very safe and catch plenty Crappie and White Bass this time of year.

 

oneshot

[wareaglecamo]

oneshot . . . thank you so much for the advice . . . I will definitely give it a try . . . sounds perfect . . . that gives me 3 places to try on PDT that are all out of the mainstream and protected . . . I am soooo anxious to give them all a try . . . thanks to EVERYONE!!!

[MOPanfisher]

there is another access up on the Lindley, its sort of a gravel/mud access, but you are a ways up the lindley, I am not sure about crappie but often times white bass are thick up there.  We call it Sleepy Hollow access, it would be in Polk County and CR 333 from looking at Google map.  Also on the Pomme river side, PP hwy access has seen a lot of kayaks put in there and go up and or down, fishing for crappie and whites, but the wind can really whistle down that channel at times.

[shockley32]

On the Pomme arm you can launch in the back of Cooper cove, a ton of trees to fish in the summer.

 

On the Lindley you can launch in Haverstick and have excellent fishing - you can fish here every day for a year and not exhaust it.

 

There are numerous gravel launch sites all up and down the lake, take a look at google earth (maps) to pinpoint them, most coves, if any size at all, have somewhere to put in.

Good luck and give us some reports!

Brad

[wareaglecamo]

thanks so much Brad . . . very helpful info . . . definitely will report back

[hurr88icane]

I agree with MOPanfisher. I was at the Hwy PP access about a month ago, two Saturdays in a row. The first time my buddy and I caught 50 white bass between the two of us. The second time we went out there was five of us, and between all 5 we probably caught a similar amount. It sure did get windy though. We put in at Hwy PP and paddled south (upriver) for about a mile and found a good hole with lots of whites.

[jim m]

ditto on lightfoot, lots of fish and a no wake cove which is a big plus for a kyack

[Coloradospinner]

On 3/9/2017 at 5:10 PM, hurr88icane said:

I agree with MOPanfisher. I was at the Hwy PP access about a month ago, two Saturdays in a row. The first time my buddy and I caught 50 white bass between the two of us. The second time we went out there was five of us, and between all 5 we probably caught a similar amount. It sure did get windy though. We put in at Hwy PP and paddled south (upriver) for about a mile and found a good hole with lots of whites.

I finally made an account here after years of reading everyone else's posts. Pp is a great spot this time of year and if you can get all the way to cave hole fish a white or green pumpkin jig right on the bottom and you can have some fun with smallmouth. Plus you can catch whites all the way up and back.