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Fished Crescent lake Friday from 11am-dark and again Saturday morning from daylight til about 11am. After that the wind pretty much ran us off the water for the rest of Saturday and Sunday. Managed 60 fish limit, biggest fish was 2.4lbs with 4 others pushing 2lbs as well. Was a wonderful trip other than the weather, we caught all of our fish in the main lake jigging, and shooting pilings, with about 2 fish from a treetop in Dunn's Creek. Attachment 83615Attachment 83616Attachment 83617
Sweet Man!! Theres some pigs in that mix too. Job well done.
Real nice ! ! !
My hat's off to yeah, not but a couple of weeks ago many good fishermen combined didn't fair as well on the main lake, only the guys that fished dead lake had that kind of success. Well worth your trip from Ga., congrats.
Even a great fisherman like me didn't score that kind of catch! Glad you got in to them!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Speck Detector
NICE mess of fish :) pitching docks looks like the ticket
Great job guys, along with pictures to back it up...............really nice looking slabs,
along with weight...............
Glad, real glad you had good time..............As was said, you faired better than
some of pros back in January.................
Thanks for sharing
I would love to do a little info swap with some of the folks that can tell me about dead lake, hall creek, and dunns. Once the wind got up we were pretty much shut down. PM me if you would like to discuss! And enjoyed FL as usual!
Great job. Looks like yall took some pigs outta my favorite lake.
SYG knows lake quite well and probably could help you out the most as starter
to locating, depending on time of year..............That lake has some real dandies in
it and they sure move around according to time of year, water temp, wind conditions
along with very color sensitive .....not uncommon to see the 2 pounders come out
of there even as heavy pressured as it is. Believe at times the saline level of water
along with varaitons of salt water food chain help produce the large size.
Same will hold true at some locations on St Johns river down by Astor area and
at times Monroe sure does come through with some dandies.............In fact most
will agree - Monroe was a real hot spot this year vs past 3 -4 yrs........bite started
out good in late Sept - and was still going till maybe week or so ago..............
Guess ill know who to talk to whenever i get the chance to fish CRESCENT! Great catch!
I fished Haws Creek this last weekend and did not have near the luck SouthernSlabber had. I can't seem to figure this lake out. When do you know when to fish Dead lake versus the North end? When do you know that trolling is better than shooting the docks? What weight jig heads do you use at Crescent. I use 1/32 but have not been having much luck. Any advice would be greatly appreaciated.
This time of year I look for docks and shallow water more than trolling. Fish seem to be gathering up to spawn, as for dead lake.... I have never been able to catch in there but I usually plan my trip for late February or Early March depending on weather temps and the moon stages. 1/24 is perfect for shooting but you will have to special order them most stores do not carry that size, sinks at just the right rate for me but is still not to heavy to send flying, On occasion I will use 1/16 when the fish are on the bottom or the wind and waves are rather extreme.
pretty well said. it is a strange lake.............
haws creek in early december i watch an ederly gentleman use a pink curley tail with
white strip and 303 zepco on 16th oz, cast to bank, pull off into water and they
killed it. also the temp was warmer this year and could only find 3 docks that held
fish. They should have by now layed out...and really scattered..............Try tolling
the center (13 - 14ft contours) about in center1/2 - 3/4 mile north is island..
using 1/16th oz curley tails..........dark colors also someting withfire tails on s
might help. In December the Electric Chicken was hot color
What part of Crescent are you fishing? I know fishermen do not like to give out exact area's. Just point me in the general direction and area. I can do the rest. Also, what boat landing do you use? The only one I've ever used is at Dead lake.
send slabkeeper or syg a pm, they are from Jacksonville area and fish the lake
often way more than i do living 160 plus miles away. Pretty knowledgeable of area.
Us boys from south Georgia can bring it. Good job cuz.
Country
Thanks Country! Wish we had a lake like that close to us. PM me sometime to discuss our area. I am in Glennville GA
Did I read that right? A 60 fish limit? Must be the Ga. count!LOL!
BLSD
I think he meant they kept 60 total for the days he was there. But yeah the limit in FLA is 50 though.
Nice job. Sorry you won't be able to fish this weekend at MonroeRoflRoflRoflRoflRofl
Your right - i read right over that 60 count thing vs 50 in Florida...............
I will go with SYG's thoughts - it was 60 for 2 days otherwise FWC would have
loved to show him their spirit about over limit thing.
Crescent to me is a beautiful lake and it sure does have some nice fish in it..........
Size, color, weight, etc, etc...........