Hi all!
I have been a fishing junkie for almost 2 years now. I have just recently tried to target crappie. I live on a feeder creek of Norris lake in TN. I live at the end of Cove Creek near the Cove Lake Dam. I have been trying to catch crappies here since it is a headwater. The water has been coming up slowly and steadily for the last couple weeks. It has been in the low 50's and it was 60 yesterday. It is 3 or 4 miles to the main lake but very far from the main rivers that feed the lake. I never see any schools on my fish finder but I am able to catch one to three crappie each time I go. I fish out of a kayak and am very quiet, I use 4 lb clear line. I have caught some using minnows on a slip bobber and jig head, and with plain jigs. I get one fish from each of three trees down in the water. I have tried different depths as well. Any tips on how I could do better? Do I need to try further toward the main lake? There is a small dam at the end of the creek which dumps warm water in when its warm out and cold water when its cold out. It comes from a real shallow lake. The water is stained but not too muddy. I have been told Walleye used to run here and someone caught one at the dam but I couldn't. I thought the fish would be up on this end, although there is no current unless it is raining a lot.
Any tips or suggestions from the guru's?
Thanks
Mike