Choctawhatchee Crappie

I lurk a lot on the forum reading all the reports from you guys in central/south florida. Pick up a lot of good tips which are appreciated. But we got a few up here in the Panhandle too. The Choctawhatchee River area has some good'uns. We are about 90 miles west of Lake Talquin.

With a Kansas snowbird friend we had a good day on the river yesterday.

3 - 14 to 15 inches, one just short of 14.75, 2 lb 4 oz. first fish of the day caught by Ron and the only fish from that spot
8 - 13 to 14 inches
5 - 12 to 13 inches
10 - 11 to 12 inches
3 - 10 to 11 inches
2 - 9 to 10 inches
1 - 8 to 9 inches

32 total

Several less than 10 inches were released.

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Originally Posted by fishwalton

I lurk a lot on the forum reading all the reports from you guys in central/south florida. Pick up a lot of good tips which are appreciated. But we got a few up here in the Panhandle too. The Choctawhatchee River area has some good'uns. We are about 90 miles west of Lake Talquin.

With a Kansas snowbird friend we had a good day on the river yesterday.

3 - 14 to 15 inches, one just short of 14.75, 2 lb 4 oz. first fish of the day caught by Ron and the only fish from that spot
8 - 13 to 14 inches
5 - 12 to 13 inches
10 - 11 to 12 inches
3 - 10 to 11 inches
2 - 9 to 10 inches
1 - 8 to 9 inches

32 total

Several less than 10 inches were released.

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Nice mess of fish........

Panhandle crappie sure are pretty...great pics.

Thanks for checking in.............we don't hear much from up there:cheers2

Great report, nice mess of fish:ThumbsUp

Cool report and pics

Nice fish Walt. You've been dialing in on the crappie lately!

Will try to do it again Thursday and find some new crappie habitat. Keep Specks and reds have been scarce as hens teeth the past several days.

Great report! I love that area. I was doing a lot of work in the Defuniak/Freeport area when the construction crash hit.

crappielimits maybe you can come back soon. Over 600 building permits have been issued for south Walton and recovery is on the upswing. Not like it was before, but improving.

Kansas fellow fishing with fishwalton the past two weeks, guys if you a chance to share a boat with him do, he a good fisherman but a great individual. We are trying a lake tomorrow where we must develop a pattern, either using jigs or minnows. I not against trolling bandits but with the water temp. being cool the fish could be lethargic. We will post a report----good or bad.

Not a great day if catching counts, only 6 crappie and 3 bream. Cool to start the day and warm up with lite winds. Slow trolling jigs along the grass is the only fish we could find. Interduced

Thanks for the report from the Panhandle area...good weight & sizes...........
Excellant pictures to back it up.
Thanks for joining in.........

We had a good follow-up day subsequent to the original report. Stopped to check 'the spot' after bombing out salt water fishing in West Bay (Bay County). Only wanted a half dozen for a special meal but got carried away and boxed 17. It's hard to stop when you are having fun and those good days don't come that often. Ran out of minnows so was forced to quit, but we got a few big'uns first.

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Hit the same spot today and everything had changed. Very cold and windy front moved in. Two bream and that was it.

Those are PRETTY looking fish

WTG you guys, nice fish...wish we had those big black crappie back here in Kansas...great pics.!( I hope Ron is letting you catch a fish or two)

Slabby Joe...........so far he's 'whupp'n ' me, but I'm learning=.That's his hand in the photo just before he went to work on the cleaning table.

Georgeous afternoon today, we should be out there!!!
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Nice mess of fish, congrats