Stinking Cteek Causeway Crappie

[Gatorjet]

Fished Friday and Saturday along the West causeway. Stinking Creek arm of Thomas Hill. Got in a few hours each day inbetween rain showers, thunder storms, wind, and other things that needed to be done.

Between three of us we managed to get around 44 nice slabs in the two days.

red/chartruse or blue/chartruse tubes 6-7' under a float cast about 30' or so out to various brush piles pn either side.

A few small channel cat as well. No Hybirds yet. I talked to a couple bass fishermen as they went past me. They said they saw people catching fish along the East causeway also.

The bridge is now open so no more fishing from it. But transportation in the area is much better that the past year or so.

A side note, word has it that somebody from Shelbina has bought the old Kaseyville store, and will reopen it soon. Including the diner part for breakfast and lunch

 

Here is our Friday afternoon catch.

  

[Johnsfolly]

Thanks for the report. Nice bunch of fish! Congrats! Were you fishing from the bank or in a boat? The water was pretty stained the last time my daughter and I fished the east causeway bridge area two weeks ago. Caught only a few small ones. Is it still pretty colored up?

 

[Seth]

Lies! There are no big white crappie in Thomas HIll.

Nice haul!

[snagged in outlet 3]

A lot of cottonmouths there too. 

[Gatorjet]

Fished from the bank. Long crappie rods help. The water is still a foot and a half high, and stained. The bite was very light for the most part. Fishing two tubes about a foot to foot and a half apart. Set the hook with any movement of the float. That's what made fishing when it got windy tough. I had one double. Not two fish at the same time, one fish took both tubes. LOL. With the heavy chop on the water I didn't even see the float move when it inhaled the first tube.

Lots of common water snakes, no conntomouths that far North.

I'll have the boat next trip. The crappie should be moving out to the deeper beds away from the bank. Still could catch some on the causeways, but better in a few better places from mid June until Fall.

[JR_ECE]

Might try to fish from the bank this week, but you are probably right about the deeper water. Wish I had my boat with me