Lake Higgins Report

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11-06-2015, 09:19 AM
Rick J

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Lake Higgins Report

I promised myself that I was going to fish more this year but have been unable to keep the promise. Nice day yesterday, so I decided to dust off the boat. Fished Lake Higgins which is a small Greensboro watershed lake. Caught 97 crappie long line trolling with jigs. Crappie were small which is the standard for this lake. Largest were 10 inches. They bit all styles of jigs and colors. Caught fish from 12 ft to 22 ft.. Water temp 63 degrees. Kept a few for a couple of meals. Good day on the water.

Rick Joyner
11-06-2015, 01:32 PM
mac crappie

I used to fish Townsend years ago
11-06-2015, 04:53 PM
Rick J

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Originally Posted by mac crappie

I used to fish Townsend years ago

I fished Lake Townsend a lot 15-20 years ago. Caught a lot of hybrids and crappie. Both went away when the white perch showed up. Talked to the lake warden last year and he advised both species had made a come back. I hope to revisit the lake in the future.

Rick
11-06-2015, 08:12 PM
"D"

Super report and pix. You entered.
11-06-2015, 09:00 PM
Scottw

I live less than a mile from the ramp at Higgons but, never fish there because of size. There are some nice fish in there but pretty few and far in between. Fished there a couple of years ago and caught a bunch of dinks. Looked on CDC that night and a guy caught a two pounder bass fishing. Were you around the second bridge (Lewiston Road)?
11-07-2015, 08:00 AM
Rick J

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Originally Posted by Scottw

I live less than a mile from the ramp at Higgons but, never fish there because of size. There are some nice fish in there but pretty few and far in between. Fished there a couple of years ago and caught a bunch of dinks. Looked on CDC that night and a guy caught a two pounder bass fishing. Were you around the second bridge (Lewiston Road)?

I fished from the first bridge to the dam. I have caught a few one pound fish in the past but could not find one on this day. Usually in the Spring someone will catch a two pound fish but they are rare.

Rick
11-07-2015, 09:10 AM
monkscrappie

Those fish sure have big eyes! If the body would grow to the size of the eyes, they would all weigh 2 lbs.

Monk
11-07-2015, 09:40 AM
mac crappie

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Originally Posted by Rick J

I promised myself that I was going to fish more this year but have been unable to keep the promise. Nice day yesterday, so I decided to dust off the boat. Fished Lake Higgins which is a small Greensboro watershed lake. Caught 97 crappie long line trolling with jigs. Crappie were small which is the standard for this lake. Largest were 10 inches. They bit all styles of jigs and colors. Caught fish from 12 ft to 22 ft.. Water temp 63 degrees. Kept a few for a couple of meals. Good day on the water.

Rick Joyner

I might just have to bring the tracker too Greensboro in the spring and fish it what does it cost to get on the lake
11-07-2015, 10:33 AM
Rick J

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Originally Posted by mac crappie

I might just have to bring the tracker too Greensboro in the spring and fish it what does it cost to get on the lake

Private boat launch is $8.