Reply With QuoteI fished last Thursday and caught several crappie, the only ones I caught shallow was on a channed bluff. The only thing I could get these to hit was a roadrunner. I had weeks before, caught fish 3 feet shallow on the float and fly, on some stumps, but they would not hit that at that depth around the same places. I could move out deeper and catch a few, and that's what I did. I ended up with 23, but it took all day and I fished hard, some of the deeper fish I caught on minnows. Fished seemed to be scattered too. I was catching my better fish early in March shallow. I believe the best fishing for crappie may have slowed some, in some areas. I am catching more white crappie now and the bigger blacks have moved out of the areas where I was catching them. Not saying. that somebody else may be having better luck with where they have been fishing or using a different technique to have better success. Sometimes I have seen a little spring turnover occur, and the crappie will shut down in that area, and then its time to move. Sounds like you moved around enough, and didn't just stay in one area. I know the wind can really limit the area's you fish. I will be down tomorrow on the lake, and I will be fishing mainly for crappie and posslbly some hybrids. I have fished Barren 6 times in the last month, and have yet to fish in any coves for them. A month ago there wasn't any water in to many coves. I will try and reply back and give you a update. Good luck and hope this helps.
Originally Posted by missionFISHIN
