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Hey y'all. You're probably watching it rain like I am. That rain and the amounts forecast don’t bode well for fishing our lakes in the next several days.

This has been an amazing spring so far with big numbers of crappie along with a number of trophy fish. We are now approaching the start of the spawn as the scheduled lake level rise begins. Surface temperatures Tuesday afternoon were just above 63 degrees.

My tactic so far has been pulling jigs and FinSpins with Crappie Magnet plastics. Our fish have come from 5 to 12 feet of water. The crappie have been scattered, indicating the move toward shallow areas for spawning. 

The spawn will go on regardless of the amount of rain or lake level. What happens next will make or break the success of the spawn. If the lake is allowed to rise to close to the summer pool of 359.5 feet, then stay there, the spawn should be great. If TVA decides to yank the plug and drop the lake suddenly, we stand to lose much of the newly hatched gamefish population. We shall see. 

I had a recent tangle with a poorly marked Asian carp net. Hanging 6 lines sporting 12 jigs is not a good way to start the morning. Ends up there were three nets in the immediate area and all were marked by a small floating marker near the bank but only one marker we could see on the  other end, some 300 yards away. We watched the guys run the nets and their catch was impressive. I just wish the nets had been better marked so we could have avoided them. 

Let's see how this weather turns out. We are in an area where 10-15 inches of rain are forecast. There's nothing we can do but see how it turns out and hope the lakes don’t get messed up for long. 

Be careful out there. 

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