Patoka

[Moveon]

There is an old creek channel or ditch that flowed into the old river by that cove. The one right across the lake from Walls Ramp.

If you are wanting to keep a kid's interest in fishing try that cove this time of the year. I fished it once in eary May but it was cooler that spring. This spring April seems like Summer to me. It was almost 80 deg f yesterday at Loon Pit and the water temperatures at the surface of Loon Pit was 74 deg F over the deeper water and 78 Deg F at the surface in 4 ft of water.

Upstream of Kings Bridge is normally pretty good about right now.

I have a brother that has been fishing the area, he plans a trip this weekend.

I have had good luck with red ear just down stream of Wall ramp on the north shore in the tall grass, about 12 ft of water. But that was a few years ago.

Almost across from the Walls ramp there is a finger that use to have beaver and fat rock bass?

[Arauthator]

Kings and Walls are definately good places for crappies. But I have also found the Spring time to have crappies under and around the bridge to your left as you come out of the cove at Fishermans Campground. There is a boat ramp off that highway too. Fish the stickups around there and if you have a good fish finder, there is a submerged road before you get to that bridge holding good bass and crappie both.

[JustinM]

15 degrees colder tomorrow than today. I don't know crappie up there. It's gonna be a tough one I have a feeling!

[JustinM]

Day one is over. 19 crappie. Biggest was a hair over 13". Everything on minnows. I couldn't pick up anything on jigs.

[Moveon]

Are the crappie eggs ripe? Down here at Loon Pit the 11" crappie that I caught had eggs but they were not quite ready to be laid. They were getting close though.

If those were 19 keepers then I would say you did good. Hopefully your son got to land a few of them. He may get you hooked on crappie fishing someday too.

The best thing about crappie fishing is the fish dinners after the trip. I use to eat them fried up in hot peanut oil.