It’s Crappie Time in Tennessee

Top: Arkansas black noise crappie, Middle: black crappie, Bottom: white crappie

The crappie fishing is red hot and has been that way for some time. The Clinch River has produced some nice stringers. We started catching fish on the main river in March with a mixed creel of white, black and Arkansas black noise crappie. We even caught some nice yellow perch. White bass have started their spring spawn run and are staging up at the mouth of creeks. ¼ once white 3 inch grubs and deep running crank baits like shad raps are working well.

Watts Barr crappies are starting to move into the shallows and are being caught all over the lake. This week some friends from Nebraska came in and limited out with my brother Tuesday morning and limited out Wednesday morning with me and my brother.

I have made pheasant hunting trips to Nebraska for more than twenty years and they have always given use permission to hunt their land and set us up with a place to stay. In recent years their son in law has joined us on our pheasant hunts and invited us on several outstanding duck and gooses hunts.

Take someone fishing, Greg