Fishing Reports

John Morgan's Fishing Report

Normally high and muddy water are just excuses for not catching fish. This last week or so I have used that one all up. My catches on crappie have been cut in half from a normal year.The only good thing is that today I saw a change in the fish here in bloodriver. The crappie seemed to be holding on cover again and not near as many fish suspended in the water column. They did bite a little better today and it should just get better as the water starts to fall. This is hardly ever the case but in our situation I believe that  the falling water will help more than hurt. As the water falls these crappie will pull closer to cover and get back around channel drops.I also think it will put them on top of the ledges again were we can cast to them. This is were I like to fish for them best but its hard when there is 15 feet of water on even the shallowest drops.

A few crappie are being caught in the buck bushes but they don't seem to be in there as good as they will if the temp rises a couple more degrees. The old traditional spawning banks have been bare here in bloodriver but they should get better with the water coming down. This past week my best method has been vertical fishing in deep water near the mouth of bloodriver. I have caught some crappie as deep as 33 feet. This is crazy I never seen fish this deep before but you have to fish were the fish are.

Bass fishing has been good . They moved up with the water and seem to be more coming every day. Best methods are flipping and pitching jigs or plastics to the flooded bushes and trees. Today it seemed like the fish were relating to the flooded birch trees more than anything else. This shallow water all looks good but is not all productive . I like the areas around were the old creeks run in also look for areas that the bank is close to the edge of the bushes.

You don't know if you don't go,

John Morgan
Angling Adventures--Murray, KY
270-436-2810 or 270-978-0307
johndm@wk.net