09-23-2010, 09:00 AM
My in-laws wanted some crappie, so I tried for them yestd. I put in at a private ramp at the mouth of Soddy Creek at 8:00 am. I fished vertical and near vertical structure and docks with at least 15 ft. of water in front of them. I was able to get a limit of 11-12.5 in. fish and about a dozen less than 11 in. All in BG&#39;s with some glitter on them. Pearl didn&#39;t work for me yestd. The crappie were near the bottom, some as deep as 30 ft., I think. The flow was 49 cfs when I started and increased to 32,100 when I left at 1 pm. The water temp started out at 76 and went up to 81. Very little breeze until I left. <br /><br />Once in a while I catch a crappie whose meat has a yellow/orange tint to it. Anyone know what that means? Ok to eat? Some crappie are already forming eggs.<br /><br />Before and after crappie fishing, I tried for bass. Saw some promising fish signatures on the graph, but the only things that gobbled up my jigging spoons were yellow bass, catfish and snags.