Managed to get to the lake this evening for a couple of hours (3-6PM), battling the wind and current. Managed to keep 12 good fish. Had to use a double rig with 2 - 1/16 jigs to keep the wind from blowing the line too much. Was fishing under
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I tied up some Jigs this morning and went to test them out,caught 1 small crappie and a healthy bass. I tried several other plastic jigs and didn't even get a bite. Came back with minnows and the crappie responded,They were very particular
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Me and the gang made our yearly trip to South Carolina,Think we all had a good time and Scott and Kennith Ball even slipped away and drew a check for big fish and 4th place in the FTC Sat. Good times with great friends. Hope I can get the pics
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Although it was raining, Dr Phil and I decided that since the wind wasn’t blowing very hard and the air temp was in the 50’s, that we might try our luck at crappie fishing. The lake is still stained brown and more debris than I have ever seen
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Just arrived home from Okeechobee to find a great prize package waiting on me. It included a BnM t-shirt, cap & 2 Bucks Graphite crappie spinning rods with BM100 reels already spooled and ready to get wet. Ed added a bottle of
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I love to talk about crappie fishing. I’ll talk to a wall if you can convince me it likes to fish for crappie. I love learning about new lakes and different techniques. I love each of the big crappie lakes in Mississippi (and
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40 and I made our first ever trip to Woolen lake in Hebert today.
Kept enough for a mess but were a long way from wearing them out. Being our first time I wasn't sure were to start so I dropped motor near the ramp and went to
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Can you catch more crappie with rod holders than holding your rod or rods? It depends on which angler you are asking and the technique they are fishing. Nevertheless, crappie anglers have several rod building manufactures to select from along with different styles rod holders and even rod holder systems.
Ask any prolific crappie angler what the key to their success and the answer would be presentation. Some techniques require a crappie angler
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Well with Larto being cancelled and me still having an itch, decided to try bundicks this morning. Well it was on fire! Only problem was they were all 4-8" fish! Probably caught over 50 but only kept 14. Did catch 2 doubles today and
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Well folks, here I go again...I decided to redeem my free-ride coupon that was extended to me @last Christmas timeline @ our 1st West coast Saltfest. At the conclusion of C.C's 1st successful Saltfest and the stereotypical handshakes and sendoff
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Pulled 50 yesterday in 16-24ft of water. Water temp was 50-52 degrees, and we were using tandem rigged Thump Chubbies in the Blue Lightning and Orange Crush colors. Jigs were rigged on 1/8 ounce heads. The fish wanted the baits moving slowly
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HOT SPRINGS NATIONAL PARK, Arkansas — As further evidence of Hot
Springs’ status as a fishing mecca, the $100,000 Mr. Crappie Invitational fishing
tournament and the first-ever Crappie Expo will be held in the city October 4 – 6.
A hundred of the top crappie-fishing teams in America will compete in the Mr. Crappie Invitational on Lake Hamilton, which also is to be the site of the FLW
Forrest Wood Cup World Championship of Bass Fishing in August, the second
year in a row that the FLW Championship will have been held in Hot Springs.
Wally Marshall of Anna, Texas, known around the world as Mister Crappie, is the
organizer of the Expo and Invitational tournament.
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I have been trying new spots to fish a lot this winter and have been leaving my old reliable ice fishing spot alone. I bought a cheap snowmobile this fall to get me places I don't normally fish in the winter and have been having a hard time
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