Lake Carlyle Crappie Fishing Report

The crappie fishing at Lake Carlyle has has been good the since the beginning of May. Anglers up and down the entire lake have been work hard the past few days weeding through short fish to make a limit of 10 fish over 10 inches.  Most of the bite has been coming from common small jigs and minnows in shallow water around 1 to 2 feet deep on the rip-rap and brush piles.  The Army Core of Engineers manage this water and have been adding brush piles for years all over most of the coves and fingers.  They have done a great job catering to the bank fishermen and boaters providing plenty of opportunities to stay on the fish.

This year the overall crappie population is on the rise but there are some concerns on the abundance of 7 to 8 inch fish and a gap in the size chain with fewer in the 9 to 10 inch range.  Only time will tell how next years crop of keeper size fish develop.  One thing is for sure, even with short fish it hard not to have fun reeling them in one after another.   CLICK HERE FOR A MAP OF HOT SPOTS