Time: 9:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Air Temperature: 54 degrees AM - 75 degrees afternoon
Water Temperature: 70 - 74 degrees
Lake Level: 580.06'
Weather Conditions: Moderate Winds from W to SW. Mostly Sunny.
Fished for crappie with Jessica today on Cedar Creek. As I have learned, there is no sense in getting there super early, so we got there about 9:30 AM. Concerned that spawn should already be early, but this year's odd weather patterns suggest conditions are still right for the spawn.
We launched on the north landing in the center of the lake and started our day by heading west to the next large bay. We kept with the same spawn tactics I've been using over the past couple of successful trips and we concentrated on fishing shallow brush: fallen tree tops, man-made brush piles, log jams, beaver dams, etc. We fished in 2' to 6' of water with a bobber and minnows.
Pretty successful immediately on the first top, but wind made it very difficult. Quickly picked up 2-3 before we had to find better cover from the wind. The bay by the road produced in the log jams. Kept "quick fishing" areas and moved on pretty quickly when we didn't have much luck in 10-15 minutes. Had pretty good success just about everywhere we stopped on the west side.
Late afternoon, we headed to east end of the lake to the north bay where before the bridge. Continued to pick up a few fish. Moved to the big bay in the center on our way back to the truck and stopped and fished a couple of new pockets on the east side. Had success there too!
Ended our day with 20 keeper sized crappie and threw one short back. Also caught a largemouth and a pumpkin seed. Overall, very good day!! Looks as if they are still on beds. Did see a couple dying crappie that suggest they may be spawning out.
Cleaned fish. 3+ lbs of fillets. Several (5-6) still holding eggs. Late spawn this season.
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