Let's Stay at Elliot Branch (AGAIN!)

Cedar Creek Reservoir

April 21-24, 2023

Air Temperature: Lows around 42-57 degrees, Highs 65-75 Degrees

Lake Level: 582.63 - 581.57 - High Water

Weather Conditions: Mostly Sunny, moderate winds. 

FULL YouTube Video Here:

April 21st, Friday

Lance and I had such a good time back last summer crappie fishing at Cedar Creek that we planned to come back in the spring and bring our families to stay at the cabins at Elliot's branch.  (https://bearcreeklakes.com/)

We arrived mid afternoon at set out.  Our families would join us on Saturday, so we had the afternoon to our selves to fish.  Friday would be the warmest day we would have, but it was cloudy with south winds sustained at 13-16 mph.  This made it a bit tough on us on where we could fish and we needed to concentrate on southern shores.  We were largely confined to shore bushes as the wind would make deeper jigging very difficult.  We managed to pull in a few keepers despite conditions, but had a fantastic time! I think we ended up keeping 6-7.

April 22nd, Saturday

Wind and weather conditions were much improved on Saturday.  We started the morning out on the west side of the lake fishing jigs over vertical structure.  We caught several nice ones and eventually began floating minnows as the day warmed up.  We come across one good log with several nice crappie under it.  In the afternoon, we moved east of Britton Bridge and continued to fish shallow picking up some additional nice crappie.  We kept 17 on one channel catfish.  By the time we arrived back at the cabin, we had enough fish for dinner and our families had arrived.  Let's Eat!

April 23rd, Sunday

On Sunday, we set out again in the morning to fish deeper structure with jigs tipped with minnows. The weather was much cooler and the winds shifted from the North from 6-10 mph. We headed for the power line area east of Britton Bridge.  From the minute we pulled up, the fish finder showed the structure lit up with crappie like ornaments on a Christmas tree.  It was ON!!  I didn't take a lot of photos today but most of our YouTube video footage came from today.  We absolutely slayed them and blue and white jigs were fantastic.  We caught 57 total crappie with 35 keepers.  Our families were traveling back home, so we rolled in a little early and cooked steak dinners.  What a fantastic time!!

April 24th, Monday

Lance and I both had to head back today, but we fished for a few hours before making our drive home.  I again didn't take much for photos, but we caught 17 with 9 keepers.  It was an awesome trip and I can't wait to do it again next year!