Izzy - Are you talking about Coffeen Lake in Illinois or do you also have one in Missouri?
Has anyone fished Coffeen's reclaimation pool. I've been told the crappie fishing is great in the winter due to the warm water from the turbins being pumped back into the lake. A guy I worked with yesterday brought us some for lunch, they were the biggest filets i've ever seen. He said he caught them last Feb.
Izzy - Are you talking about Coffeen Lake in Illinois or do you also have one in Missouri?
Ken
Winter time is great fishing at Coffeen and other local power plant lakes. The warm waters congregate the shad.... Continue to look for that "comfortable temp"...
izzysfishin, there is a coal power plant on the river where I use to live and the turbines pump warm water back into the river. Sometimes people have gone in there and caught anywhere from 50 to 100 measuring crappie in one day. They might be in there thick like that one day and then you might not catch anymore there for a while. Catfishing is good there and so is striper fishing. the fish love the current for feeding and the warm water.
The one in Ill. ken I was led to believe warm water was pumped back into the lake, maybe I was wrong. I do know those filets covered 3/4 of a paper plate, and mighty tasty too.
I've fished the discharge at Labadie Power Plant on the Missouri River for catfish. Not many crappie there, but have taken some pretty nice Blues and Flatheads, 30 to 40 lbs.Originally Posted by crappieseeker
The map of Coffeen Lake. If you look on the right hand side the arm of the lake coming up from the dam you'll note the warm water discharge. This is where the hot water from power plant is returned to the lake.
Most power plant lakes this area is good winter time fishing.
Most crappie in this lake are on the north end in the brush and coontail. Also... it is a 25 hp max and will have restricted areas around the plant and for the waterfowl season. Alot of bass and bonus stripers. Check with Brad at the office...
Originally Posted by izzysfishin
You might try fishing Thomas Hill, its north/west of Moberly, Missouri. It also is coal fired, and has a warm water arm. I have only fished it once, but know several people that fish it during the winter. Usually nothing to big but lots of fish are caught.
Ted
Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night will keep me from crappie fishing!
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