David Baker, stream fisheries biologist for the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, holds two nice white crappie. (Photo courtesy of Kentucky Afield Outdoors)
By Lee McClellan, Kentucky Afield Outdoors
Although the redbud trees haven’t bloomed yet, it isn’t too early to start fishing for crappie.
Black crappie are likely along rocky banks now in lakes that have them.
“With the water temperatures still in the mid-40s, white crappie are likely staging in deeper water right now,” said Jeff Crosby, central fisheries district biologist for the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources. “With the longer photoperiod and the warmer temperatures on the way, they will be moving up to the shallows.”
The big twins of western Kentucky, Kentucky Lake and Lake Barkley, along with Green River Lake and Taylorsville Lake all receive oodles...