Burke Lake Crappies.....

[peter odell]

Stopped by Burke Lake last Thursday morning after a breakfast meeting.  Weather was iffy, so I just fished from shore versus launching my kayak.  I caught a few bluegills as I fished across the dam (the fishing only access entry is great off of Ox Road).  Near the East end of the dam, I swapped flies to a popper with a nymph dropper (small green caddis beadhead), and about 50 feet from shore, started catching crappies every other cast.  Very aggressive takes on the dropper fly, almost nothing on the surface.  I had been to Burke many times before and not connected with Crappies there. 

[Rex Moore]

Nice report, Peter. Were they decent size, and were they hanging near any structure?

On Tue, Jul 7, 2015 at 8:08 AM peter odell <peter...@gmail.com> wrote:

Stopped by Burke Lake last Thursday morning after a breakfast meeting.  Weather was iffy, so I just fished from shore versus launching my kayak.  I caught a few bluegills as I fished across the dam (the fishing only access entry is great off of Ox Road).  Near the East end of the dam, I swapped flies to a popper with a nymph dropper (small green caddis beadhead), and about 50 feet from shore, started catching crappies every other cast.  Very aggressive takes on the dropper fly, almost nothing on the surface.  I had been to Burke many times before and not connected with Crappies there. 

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[Rob Snowhite]

Taking my daughter and a friend out today for a play date on the lake. Hope we get into some of those crappie. 

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[peter odell]

They were not the slab sided crappies of the south - they were 7-9" long and a decent fight on a 5 wt.....I don't know what the structure under that part of burke is(nothing visible), but would suspect a drop-off or ramp to shallower water.

Heading to Orlando Saturday for a conference - planning on slipping in some topwater bass fly fishing.   

[Steven Butler]

No luck in the same area for me yesterday with the same set up from a kayak. A guy fly fishing from the rocks along the dam didn't look to be having any luck either. A spin fisherman did tell me he caught a 4-lb bass on a floating frog in that area. Also noted he has had success with crappie in that narrow area from the boat ramp to the lake. Picky fish at Burke Lake.