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Watched a livestream this week with the IDNR fisheries bioligist Shawn Hirst for Kinkaid, he stated that the crappie regs were changing 4/1/2022. 15 fish total only 10 over 10", similar to Rend.
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Anyone been out to Kinkaid lately? I tried last week but could only find 7-8.5" fish, seems like that's been the norm there for me this year other than a few days this spring.

There is standing timber in the back of the majority of coves at various depths. Numerous placed piles and structures, some are listed on the ifishillinois website.

I went Sunday 4/25, cleaned 20...

I went on 12/26. Put in at the main ramp water temp was 41 level was what I would call normal (not low or winter draw down). I was mainly bass fishing but did stop to catch a few crappie I saw on...

Yep that was an accurate report. Water was very clear and tough fishing. Cleaned 6, 3 over 12" but the rest were 9.5". Caught them on minnows in 8 FOW over brush, very slow bite. Almost hot...

Any recent reports from Kinkaid? Going out Saturday to take advantage of the warm weather.

Are they still waving the launch fee?

Tons of crappie in that lake, but as stated most are very small. I have caught a few 9-10" fish but very few and far between. There is flooded timber throughout basically the entire lake that holds...

Anyone been out to either of these lakes recently? Just looking for a general report. Thanks.

Nice haul! Does anyone know if the ramps are still open? I assume they fall under the closings since they are IDNR???

Looks like it just tilts the current transducer? I wonder if the current down and forward will still be functional with this mounting, it doesn't appear so.

Anybody been over to Kinkaid recently?

Yep, keeping up with the electronics game is hard on the wallet.

Wow, I didn't figure they needed to offer any incentives at this point.

I went a few times around Christmas when we had that warm spell. We caught a few on jigs in 10-12ft. They had the lake drawn down approx. 4-5' from normal apparently to do some repairs on the upper...

Anyone been out since the weather has cooled off?

I'd suggest running up towards the Johnson Creek arm. There's plenty of coves with timber and shallows to fish. Best bet for a ramp is either the main marina off of 146 or Paul Ice ramp. I pasted...

I'm no expert but I fish there quite often. Haven't fished in the last 3 weeks but I'd suggest finding some brush in 8-15 fow. Fish are also suspended out over open water. You can use your...

Agreed with all that was stated above. I'd like to add that they are great for vertical fishing but very limited for casting. The viewing cone (width) is small and if it's not pointed directly at...

I went out last Friday and Sunday, cleaned 18 Friday caught a bunch of shorts 5-6" as well. All of the keepers were in 3-6 FOW. Sunday was much different only a few keepers and several shorts. ...

I went out late Sunday afternoon, fished several brush piles in 10-14fow no luck. Pulled up to a tree in 8' and started catching them about 4' deep. Caught roughly 15 pretty quickly but only 5...

For you guys who have been doing this awhile do you start out by finding fish with your electronics and then target them or just target creek channels, drop offs, structure? I too just started...

I caught 3 of my fish in about 12' and 1 in 4'. Not sure what to make of that, I'm fairly new to crappie fishing at Kinkaid and have found it to be pretty challenging for the most part.

Went for a few hours yesterday, was a little chilly for late April. Fishing was slow for me, only caught 4 fish. Water was around 62 and very muddy up Johnson creek.