Monday, April 14, 2014

Lake Monroe - crappie fishing


Fishing is the correct word, not catching.  Dad and I went crappie fishing last Friday afternoon around the Fairfax SRA area and the weather was great. We tried various depths, locations and methods, but didn't get a single hit.  We did end up rescuing a couple dry land terrapins we found stuck in flooded debris several hundred feet from shore.  Th top pic is a side view of the newer Fairfax ramp and floating dock. I later read several articles on how difficult crappie can be to catch when the water level is rising quickly, which is exactly what happened last week with the level rising nearly 8 feet.  This morning the lake is at 8.5 ft above pool and the Corps has not started dumping the flood water yet, but probably will soon since the East Fork has fallen below flood stage (20ft).

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