Thread: Jordan after a heavy rain

Originally Posted by JordanLimit

I can't prove this idea, but I believe that when the water gets up high, a number of the crappie go up into the woods. I've been in some areas and caught nice fish. Rain comes and lake goes up--fish disappear. We're talking more than 5', probably what will happen tonight.

I think that your observation is a valid one indeed JL. I believe that the reason for this is because crappie are members of the sunfish family; they will behave much like Large-mouth Bass, Bream, Bluegill and many others who in fact do tend to go into the woods during high water conditions. I don't think they do this to explore new territory or anything like that... but instead to pursue baitfish which I believe are busy pursuing and foraging on a vast plethora of microbes and insects that can be found on the newly flooded ground... and the larger sunfish (including crappie) and other fish species are simply keying in on the shifting high water food chain.

At least you guys went for it instead of staying home and blowing and mulching leaves like I did.
You could have just as easily killed 'em. I plan to hit Harris or Jordan in the next couple of days.