Dad and I had a pretty good day yesterday. We ended up getting 25 keepers (2 were given to us). We caught more females than males and some of them were solid 13 14" fish. All fish were caught on kiptail jigs and itty bitty bobby garlands ...

Every spring it happens. Heavy spring rains fall and your favorite lake, river or pond water clarity changes from gin clear to downright muddy. So muddy you don’t even want to put your boat in the water, but crappie catching is far from over once the water clarity is limited.

Sure enough, dirty fishing is just something crappie anglers have to learn how to do. The best part about limited water clarity is ...

Kettle lakes can produce nice crappie. This action should run from now through the fall.

Here in the farm country of eastern Pennsylvania we spend at least one day a year slaving over a big copper kettle making a voluminous patch of apple butter. The orange-burnished kettle that I own has come down through generations and I know stories that date back before the days of European immigration. And that’s one kind of kettle, but I’m sure you’ll be more interested in the second one.

Kettle Lakes
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Crappiejoe12 and I started at Never Nervous Purvis at 7 ante meridiem this morning and limited out at 1015 ante meridiem. We launched an all out assault to get 30 fish...threw over mid to deep brush, shot docks, pitched jigs in wells, and slip ...

I ran back up to the hill this afternoon and found the fish still cooperative. Overall the size was a little off but I had no trouble catching a nice limit. I did get a surprise as I was reeling my first fish in this huge striper about 10-15 ...

Crappie Masters Grenada Tournament Results - Unbelievable

Great job to the winners, and congrats to all the finishers.







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Wife and mother-in-law wanted fresh fish , so OK...



Fishing at one,

cleaning at three,

cooking at five,

eating at 5:30!

fresh enough?

It certainly ...