Dunns Lake

[birddog]

Dunns Lake is a privatly owned lake off the Altamaha River in southeast Ga which my brother-in-law has access too. We spent the night there Sunday and got up early in hopes we would catch the white perch just waking up. Apparently they never got out of bed but we did have some fun with the bream and bass. We ended up with 35 keepers, all caught on jigs and beetle spins. They seem to just love anything chart. colored but we did catch a few on red/white jigs too.

Since I am new to white perch fishing I am still trying to figure out these "RIVER" crappie. It seems it is a bit different then in the big lakes in west Ga. Any advice on how to catch these "RIVER" crappie? The folks in these parts that know how are very tight lipped about how they manage to find them. Also most of the land along the river is either privately owned or you have to pay $400.00 per year (or more) to be a member of a hunting/fishing club. Which leaves me out in the river itself with a current that is pretty fast and no idea where to start.

[crappster]

I don't have any experience catching the on the Altamaha, but on a smaller scale the rivers around Valdosta I can catch them pretty decent. All the crappie holes on these small rivers have a couple things in common. They are the deepest, have the slowest current, and have lots of cover. Be it a tree, bush, log laying in the water. Or cypress tree roots. There aren't many of these spots on a small river, but where there are, the crappie congregate in good numbers. Maybe this would apply to the Altamaha.