Panhandle crappie

Even though the Choctawhatchee River is in flood stage my snowbird friend from Kansas and I managed a nice mess of black and black nose crappie yesterday. Kept 24 in the 10.5 to 12.5 inch range and a fat warmouth. We took a small river off the main big river and went up a backwater lake and found some decently clear water. Surface temp was 62 degrees and the fish were scattered. A few had small amounts of roe....nothing like what is showing up at Talquin. All caught with minnows.

The river has been in flood stage for a while and keeps going up and down depending on the heavy rains from the west. Have another front moving through tonight with more rain and dropping temperatures.

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Awesome day.

Nice catch.

Makes a man want to move closer. Good bag of fish.

Pan- in- hand with grease is what I see....good report!

Went back to the same lake off the river yesterday. River hasdrisen nearly 3 ft in 2 days. Everything messed up so we quit after less than an hour. River on the lower end of a major flood today.

Beautiful