Thread: Kayak Trip Report, Flint River

I gave the Flint River a try today putting in at the Turkey Springs Ramp off Cloud Cove Rd. I fished from the Ramp to the Tennessee River and back, but it was a tough day. Water is still rolling from the rain Christmas day and muddy with visibility of only about 6 to 8 inches and 52 degrees. I still scratched out 11 to keep and returned 6 larger fish. No pattern, the few that I got came off larger logs the fish were using as a current break. I'll give it another try in a week or so after the water gets down and cleans up.

Good job getting out and catching some. Sounds like tough conditions but you got it done.

Was the same at cotaco yesterday. It rained more than I realized. I didn’t adjust to the conditions near as well as you. Lol


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Its possible theres only 11 crappie in Flint River. You managed to. Atch them all. Good report

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Lots of 8-to-12-foot water with laydowns, let the current drop and clear a little and this place is loaded with Crappie. Today there were no baitfish schools and fish (mostly stripe) were scattered everywhere from a couple feet deep to just off the bottom in 20-feet of water. All of us have seen this happen when a creek gets blown out by rain. The fact that got a few means there's lots of Crappie in this area!

Actually found the ramp couple weeks ago scouting for deer (never been in that area) and looked at it on the map when I got back home. Looked very fishy and wanted to go back with the kayak to try but didn’t know how safe my truck would be at that ramp. You ever have any trouble there Ditch?

Thanks for the report DB

With the water rolling so good I would have figured the place would have been stacked with cats

I caught two channel cats and lost two more (I think). Several bass also in some pockets out of the current.

Thanks for the report. Glad you were rewarded for your efforts