Cedar creek crappie?

[bassjb09]

Headed to cedar creek tomorrow, going to try some crappie. Anyone know where to start (usually bass fish) and there is any size limit?

[crappiepappy]

(copied from Oct 29th report from Cedar Creek Lake Outfitters website)
Crappie are still being caught at night under lights in really good numbers, and are hitting better than before during the day. Try crappie at 7 to 10 feet deep, and in the mornings as shallow as 4 feet deep. Some really nice size crappie (12 plus inches) are included in the catches, and lots of healthy 9 to 10 inch fish are being caught. I?m hearing the crappie fishermen say they are catching some bass and an occasional catfish on minnows.

There is no longer any size limit on Crappie at Cedar Creek .... daily limit is 30/person.
Can't really tell you where to "start" ... but, I'd start in the creeks, at the depths in the above report, and work my way deeper until I found them.

... pappy

[bassjb09]

Thanks for info pappy! We didnt go to cedar we ended up going to green river. Did what we usually do caught a bunch of crappie about 8 1/2 to 8 3/4. I think we had 4 keepers just at 9 inches. We fished out of casey creek and the river. Its amazing to me that crappie are all the same size!! Do they run in packs or something

[crappiepappy]

Actually ... yeah, they do school by size (year class) alot of the time. Been hearing alot of GRL reports of catching a bunch of shorts, with only a few keeper size in the mix. There's plenty of big Crappie in that lake, though. They're probably out along the channels, in deeper water, still following the Shad schools.
Green River Lake also seems to be one of those lakes that goes thru a cycle. A couple of years of sub average to average sized fish caught .... then a banner year of slabs ... then back to the sub/average size fish.
Post turnover fishing can be tough, too. It scatters them out, through the depths. With the thermocline gone, and the water/oxygen mixed throughout the depths, they're no longer confined to the upper layers of the water column. Turnover can also be a stress factor to them, until things settle down & they get back to their early Winter routine.

... pappy