I hate snakes!

**ET Fish** · 03-07-2018, 09:33 AM

However, I appear to be snakebit in my fishing. We are talking major slump! I can remember getting into a slump in baseball while in my teens, and it always was at the worst possible time! I am rarely skunked, but I was totally skunked yesterday...and for all practical purposes, it has been happening a lot more lately. Oh sure, we will pick up a few here and there, but never enough to warrant bringing any home. My threshold for cleaning fish is at least five, less than that, they are pardoned. I haven’t cleaned a fish in 2018!
Yesterday’s trip. Finished up work and launched at Poland Creek on Ft Loudoun around 3:00. The sun had come out, the water was pretty muddy, visibility around one foot. Some wind, and water temp 52-55. TVA was pulling at 46,000 ish, and current was evident. I prefer to fish single pole. We tried creeks, main channel, docks, brush, bridge, marina, and in desperation, did some long lining over a creek showing bait and fish. Now, I can identify bait, and I can identify fish, but they could be crappie, bass, bream, unicorns, I don’t know! Barometric pressure was around 29.7 something. The wind got fairly brutal around 5:30.
Now, I’ve sort of set the stage. I am looking for opinions from fisher people who are better than me, and right now that pretty much includes everyone! What would your plan be?
Thanks in advance!

**chimneyman** · 03-07-2018, 12:01 PM

I ve been trying to learn Watts Bar this year. Monday we caught 25 Fishing in a creek 6-8 foot deep pulling planer boards. Yesterday tried another creek didn’t catch a crappie although this creek was stained to muddy. I’m fishing 3-4 times a week weather permitting. We either are catching limits or close to limits or not catching any. Just depends on the creek or bay we are fishing

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**drumking** · 03-07-2018, 01:05 PM

When water is stained, I go to black lures or chartreuse glow colors that are more visible to fish. If you are fishing current as you alluded to, then look for some eddy water near the current and if you can find brush, stumps, etc in those areas, the fish will surely be there or show up shortly. Grin. On Chickamauga, before all the rain and the cold dropped the temps, the crappie were beginning to move toward the spawning grounds. Now they have backed off a little bit. Fish eddy water in current. Crappie don't like to battle a lot of current.

**ET Fish** · 03-07-2018, 01:37 PM

Originally Posted by drumking

When water is stained, I go to black lures or chartreuse glow colors that are more visible to fish. If you are fishing current as you alluded to, then look for some eddy water near the current and if you can find brush, stumps, etc in those areas, the fish will surely be there or show up shortly. Grin. On Chickamauga, before all the rain and the cold dropped the temps, the crappie were beginning to move toward the spawning grounds. Now they have backed off a little bit. Fish eddy water in current. Crappie don't like to battle a lot of current.

Thanks for the input! I fished dark jigs, but didn’t try glow. I just don’t enjoy trolling, because it seems like work! I like to move around to different locations a lot, and gathering up all those rods makes me anxious!

**tenncrappie** · 03-07-2018, 09:12 PM

don't be so hard on yourself. The amount of rain we have had and the drop in temps, will make anything change their habit and hard to predict. 2 weeks ago water temps were 63-65 now its 53-54 . We were catching limits. Now half limits not to mention battling these March winds and TVA sucking the bottom out of lake levels. When things level out, so will the success rate. Keep plugging my friend.

**ET Fish** · 03-07-2018, 11:04 PM

Originally Posted by tenncrappie

don't be so hard on yourself. The amount of rain we have had and the drop in temps, will make anything change their habit and hard to predict. 2 weeks ago water temps were 63-65 now its 53-54 . We were catching limits. Now half limits not to mention battling these March winds and TVA sucking the bottom out of lake levels. When things level out, so will the success rate. Keep plugging my friend.

Thanks for the encouragement! However, it is my goal to figure this crappie thing out! My winter fishing has been much worse this year.

**COLDWATER CRAPPIE** · 03-09-2018, 01:50 PM

What tenncrappie said ! TVA raises the water two feet in one day and drops it a foot the next day . Fish are scattered .

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