Welcome new members

My name is Frank Smith and I now reside in the BIG city of Philip, Ms I have a 14 ft Polarcraft jon boat with an old 20hp Mercury electric start engine, and I got a trolling motor but can't remember the name on it. I am new to crappie fishing, had to work myself to death just to make a living, never had the time. I am retired now and have a little more time to fish and I have registered here to get some tips and pointers from some of you experts. I know I will enjoy this site and I hope to learn something, especially about jig fishing, haven't got a clue about jigs. Thanks for having me.
Frank aka crazyhorse357

Glad to have you with us Frank....Where is Phillip, MS ?

Hello from N. Texas.
never fished for Crappie in a serious way..going to change that today... :)

I hunt some as well.

Live pretty darn close to Lake Texoma, Ray Roberts, Lavon.

Years ago I used to live in Marshall county, Ky. Fished and bow fished the LBL lakes.
best days were working on local only-river barges and fishing while on the time clock. lol.

best regards,
Bryan

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Originally Posted by G-3 Fisherman

Glad to have you with us Frank....Where is Phillip, MS ?

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Sorry to have taken so long in responding G3, I must not have my "instant email notification' turned on, I will correct that.
Philipp, Ms is just about half way between Holcomb and Ruleville on Hwy 8. Does that tell you anymore?

Greetings Bryan,
You sure picked on h--l of a time to start fishing for crappie, from everything I've read and the folks I've talked to the very best time is in the spring, next is fall followed by summer then winter.
I went out about 3 days ago and hooked up the boat with all the intentions of going fishing and bt the time I got the boat connected I was wringing wet, so I turned around and came right back in where it was cool.
But Welcome to the forum, as you can tell I haven't been a member long myself. Good luck with those crappie and above all else be careful.

hehe, not the best timing..but just got my first boat ;)
So a co-worker here - a bona-fide Crappie man and experienced boater - and I are going out this afternoon.

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Originally Posted by timbertoes

Hello from N. Texas.
never fished for Crappie in a serious way..going to change that today... :)

I hunt some as well.

Live pretty darn close to Lake Texoma, Ray Roberts, Lavon.

Years ago I used to live in Marshall county, Ky. Fished and bow fished the LBL lakes.
best days were working on local only-river barges and fishing while on the time clock. lol.

best regards,
Bryan

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go texas! the land of lakes named after people!

hey everyone, new to this forum. grew up fishing on grand lake in NE OK. been too busy working to fish much in the last 10yrs (i know!!!!)

now live in Tenn north of Nashville. looks like Old Hickory will be my "home lake"
anyone in this area have any info on the lake to help me get started?

thanks

sorry BoatBoy never fished that lake, but I'll bet someone here has, Welcome aboard.
now then Bryan, all I can say is your buddie had better be all that you described and then some that is if the temprature there is as hot there as it is here, but have fun and be careful. Oh, and we will be waiting on a full report.
Frank

Hi all, I have visited this site several times and think its great! I live in florida but will be moving back to ohio in a couple months. The crappie fishing is great here as well as most of the other fishing. I had a Bass club in ohio for about 12 years and it was great. We worked with the ohio div. of wildlife on projects in the winter months planting xmas trees and cinder blocks on the inland lakes. I hope to meet some of you a little later on when im back up north. I have no job here,no work in florida. I will have work up north tho and would be glad to donate to the forum once I am settled. I am shure I will learn a lot more than I know by visiting this forum.
Thanks
Mike
The nice thing about florida crappie fishing is we dont keep anything under 12 inches