Crooked Creek

As of to-day the road to the beach is open,but the boat Launch road is closed.Don't know about the spillway rd.,but assume that it is open.Also I called Yellow Creek on Fri., they said there was very little open water.  sam

Directly from their Facebook post.
 
Crooked Creek Lake
March 28

Wondering about the boat launch? It is still closed. Sections of the lake and boat launch still are ice covered and the lake level is low. Winter has given the maintenance staff some spring cleanup challenges. The maintenance staff needed the lake level drawn down to work on the boat ramp. Once the water rises to a safe launch level and the ice is gone, the launch will open. Please be patient just a little bit longer. And when you do get back on the water be sure to wear your life jacket.

The boat launch opened to the public yesterday April 1st
 
Mags, how far down stream can you walk at the outflow, is it navigable past the fishing deck? I've only stopped at the outflow a few times and it was high, fast and muddy.

Sam, thanks for the insight, I hope to spend some time at the outflow this spring. When it's slow I like to move around so I may try and venture down stream a bit to find some different holes.

I also went out for a few hours in the 5-7 pm just to see what the lake was like water temps were anywhere from 56-60*. I worked some shoreline structure, and as fishinguy said only a few small gills, also a few small crappie. My go to deeper spots, were not marking fish and I could not find a school in the short time I was there.

I did see you, not to many boats out there, cool. I was in the little 14ft Navy Blue Shallow V. It was a last minute decision to go out for a bit to get the motor running, the crappie bite should be on in the next week or two.

I either fish up top at the wall or right below and do pretty well for Walleye, Cats, and Smallies.  I seen a few big musky and even a trout before.  As for wading down I know you can get to the island near the dock area but I don't know much about down stream, it's fairly silty as said prior.  But the best i've done from wading is a fair sized smallie (probably 16" at most)  I have better luck on the rocks right near the wall or up on the wall.

When do the crappie typically move into the shallow wooded areas at crooked creek? I've only caught sizeable crappie in open water at crooked, while at other lakes my success comes from fishing downed trees and brush piles closer to shore. The loads of downed trees and brush piles I would think would make for great fishing in the spring, but I usually only get gills, small crappie and the occasional LM.  

Has anyone been doing any good? My dad and I are looking to fish here Saturday for crappie.

Thanks Zippy, between grad school and work around the house I haven't made it out in awhile. Thought I would be able to make it out over the weekend but that didn't work out. Hopefully soon though.