Ok guys help me out with something. I watch all these show about guys catching crappie in "creeks". I'm relatively new to crappie fishing but have waded creeks my whole life. In that time I have caught maybe 3 crappie. The creeks i fish are 30 miles from any lake and meander through the farmland and woods. So are the "creeks" they referencing connected directly to lakes and the crappie leave the lakes for awhile? Very confused on this topic
CREEK CRAPPIE..
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maybe. on ky lake you can catch crappie in the trib creeks 7-10 miles from the main lake. some of these spots are no wider than 10 feet. and then again some folks like me call small rivers creeks.
This is a great question. I'm interested too.
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I caught ONE out of the probably 1000 times I've waded creeks. It was in Sulfer Fork Creek in the middle of Springfield. I just assumed someone caught it in a lake and tossed it in the creek on the way home.
I assumed the ones i caught washed out of flooded ponds. Now every other youtube crappie diva fills the cooler with creek crappie. I dont understand.
Crappieaddict
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Unless I have been wrong for a long time, the creeks flow into the river/lake, and are similar to coves, to over simplify. The dam backs up the river to form a lake and as a result the "creek" tributaries back up as well. Does this make sense? Look at a lake map and see the creeks that flow into the river/lake.
