Well I like your attitude in that you are willing to fish in the rain and all. Don't give up. It took me a few years to start catching crappie on Loon Pit. It's the largest pit of the three big pits at Bluegrass Fish and Wildlife Area and takes a while to learn where the crappie are.

That lagoon on the West side of the Loon Pit's North Parking lot is good for crappie if you fish in the 7 ft water at the back end of the pit. That's the very North end of that little lagoon. There are some stickup back in there that hold crappie. The East side of that Lagoon is deeper than it's Eastern Side so stick to the parking lot side as you work your way back in there. In Oct and November when the water temps get down into the 50's that can be a good spot to catch some big crappie.

Fish the side next to the parking lot too as there are a few stickups that are submerged right below the surface of the water. You can see all these little submerged bushes when the water level is down.

Check out the Southern end of Loon Pit where the trees are submerged in 25 ft of water. There is a island where the Geese nest and they will let you know if you get too close to them. The crappie are hard to find in among all that timber but they are there and you can catch them at times if you fish it a lot. Try fishing the upper levels of the lake. Fish the tops of those submerged trees and find shallow water near the deep water for the most productive spots.

I just ordered a new Rain Suit today and hope it gets here before the crappie spawn is over this year. I need to get a new fangled life jacket too for this season. One that's comfortable and won't inflate if it rains. One that only inflates when it's submerged in water for a few seconds. Hydrostatic is what they call them. I read that the Mustangs are good ones. I want something that's equivalent to a type II or better though. Something that will hold my head out of the water and let me breath if I get knocked out and am unconscious while in the water. Those are hard to find for a good price. They cost more than the regular types but they are suppose to actually work and save your life.


Quote Originally Posted by Abrown0920 View Post
Water was 63.5 to 63.9 about everywhere I went on the Lake today. Put in at the North end and fished around the mouth into the cove on the West side a couple hundred yards South of the ramp.

I am really struggling trying to learn to crappie fish. Did even get a bite today, I fished from 2' to about 11'. I was marking fish on my fish finder but I really don't know what I am doing. I fished from about 1:30 to 3:30 between the rain showers. Quite a few boats on Bluegrass and some of the fished through some pretty heavy rain.

I am discouraged with the crappie but just have to keep trying. On a good note though I found the worm farm which is right on my way and has cheap minnows.

I started out the morning going to interlake to try to find some mushrooms. That place is so thick I couldn't hardly walk through it. I didn't find any before I got stormed out.