Barren Crappie?

[RICHYD4U]

RiverLew-
Sounds like you are the man for catching crappie at Barren. Could you help a brother out and give me a few pointers. Not looking for exacts, don't want to intrude, just some tips. Would really like to learn since I live so close. Thanks.

-Richyd4u

The crappie are hitting well. 50+ Tuesday. Last Thursday and Friday were good also. Saturday stunk and was slow and we oly caught 10 or so, but it may have been I was fishing way over them. They were shallow on Thursday and Friday then were deep Monday and Tuesday. Cold front! 2ft - 19ft.

RiverLew

[RiverLew]

RiverLew-
Sounds like you are the man for catching crappie at Barren. Could you help a brother out and give me a few pointers. Not looking for exacts, don't want to intrude, just some tips. Would really like to learn since I live so close. Thanks.

-Richyd4u

The crappie just happen to be where I stopped. They are full of eggs and they want warm water to spawn. The dark rocks and wood seem to warm first and warm rains send the temps in the creeks up first. So I always put 2 and 2 together and go up the creeks and find some dark cover that will attract sun rays and radiate warmth into the water. Fifty plus years of fishing. When a cold front comes in, they will drop off the first drop and hold there until they feel warmth again. When they feel warm water then they will be in two foot again. When they are in two feet EVERYONE is catching and you may not get to choose where you fish. (unless you are rude)

After the cold front Saturday I tried to catch them in shallow water (like a dummie) with no success, then I backed off to 19 feet drops and HEY there they were. They were not as eager as they were in 2 feet but they liked minnows on blue tubes, slowly but surely.
My dad always told me some times you don't want to go out for a hamburger, but if someone puts a pizza in front of you in your easy chair, you might just eat it. I think the crappie are the same way.

Good fishin',

RiverLew