Monroe trip tomorrow (4/30)

[Legato]

Will be starting near paynetown rd. - thinking about going up towards Baxter Branch and then towards Ramp Creek/Sugar-camp hollow/Jacobs hollow.

Any tips? Never been to Monroe before. Looking for Bass, crappie, & bluegill - take some Walleyes if I can catch them too, but not really looking for them. Will be on the water from 8am-7pm.

Thanks and I will tell you guys what worked for me and what didnt. Maybe upload some pics too.

[lroberts]

From what I've seen and heard on monroe the crappie are spawning and the bass are up shallow ready to. The lake is about 2 ft. high....so fish flooded buckbrush and lay downs. had a friend catch some crappie today on the slowside using minnows. Fishing for crappie and gills around the docks at Paynetown and Fairfax is usually a solid bet, I would check out the back of Allens Creek also. For bass i would stick with soft plastics, crankbaits, and IF its windy spinnerbaits. A tourney I was in there last week was won using lipless cranks around laydowns. Good luck!

[NKY TRITON]

Yeah don't count out Paynetown Marina. There are some flooded brush and some laydowns in there. I fish for Bass when i'm in there but, Have caught some nice slabs out of there too.

Good luck and keep us updated

NKY TRITON

[Legato]

We caught 36 crappie. My dad caught 2 bass (1 little small mouth and 1 yellow). I tried crank baits, rattle traps, spinners, and plastic worms...not a bite.

Yeah, right around the marina was the best spot I found for crappie. Caught like 17 of the 36 crappie there about 1/2 hour before we had to return boat.

Good day and hoping to get back down there soon. About a 2 hour drive down there.

[ron64emm]

Fished ramp creek a week ago. Everything small. It looked like the locals were camped out on a couple of brush piles in the open water.
Caught a couple of nice crappie up in the slow end.

[lroberts]

We caught 36 crappie. My dad caught 2 bass (1 little small mouth and 1 yellow). I tried crank baits, rattle traps, spinners, and plastic worms...not a bite.

Yeah, right around the marina was the best spot I found for crappie. Caught like 17 of the 36 crappie there about 1/2 hour before we had to return boat.

Good day and hoping to get back down there soon. About a 2 hour drive down there.

Are you sure it was smallmouth???? Awesome if it was.....but not very many are caught in Monroe at all! Where and what on?

[Legato]

Up near Ramp creek - about 1/2 way up that area. It was caught on a live minnow. And yeah, was a small mouth - but was only like 6-7 inches.

Oh yeah, was WINDY in the morning - calmed downed in the afternoon though. Still only fished anywhere outta the wind.

[lroberts]

Up near Ramp creek - about 1/2 way up that area. It was caught on a live minnow. And yeah, was a small mouth - but was only like 6-7 inches.

Oh yeah, was WINDY in the morning - calmed downed in the afternoon though. Still only fished anywhere outta the wind.

Very cool.....nice catch even though it was small!