NEELY HENRY 2-4-15

Fished Neely Henry for 4 hours and caught lots of fish but size is still running small. Caught 25 crappie and a couple of green carp. Most of the crappie were 8-9 1/2 inches. Had 4 good keepers that were 1/2 to 1 pound. Caught them along edge of creek channel at 14-15 feet deep and in the bottom of creek channel at 20 feet deep. Water temp was 45-46. I hope the better fish will start biting soon and hope the weather will get warmer soon. I wish who ever it was that kept coming close to me fishing would have came close enough to talk so we could meet and talk some smack about the crappie fishing. If you see me on the water don't be afraid to stop and talk, I love to talk crappie with anyone who will listen. :fish

Good to hear that you caught some. I can't wait till the water timps get up .

Thanks for the report Roger. You're always on them!

thanks for the report

Thanks for the report! If you ever see a black tracker pontoon boat with a "biggin" on board on Neely that'd be me! I'm hoping to get out either sat. or sun. afternoon.

Good report Glad you caught some I may get to go next week. I hope.

My first two times out this year I caught a lot of small ones. Don't normally get that until later in the year. Made me wonder if it was going to be and off year.

I have talked to a few folks and some are catching lots of small fish and some are catching some pretty good fish. I guess it just depends on where and how you are fishing on that particular day. Any day fishing is better than a day at work anytime.

Roger I think you should be retired until you are 60 then go to work and work until you drop. you could enjoy it much more.

I have thought about that too but I don't think you would ever get anyone to start working.

Hey gents. I'm new to the area. Well a year lol but new to the site and not as efficient a crappie fisherman as I'd like. When I find them it's easy to catch them but finding them is the hard part for me lol if you gents see me out at neely Henry between the damn and rainbow city stop by. I'm grilling burgers and dogs sometimes or splitting my time on crappie or anchored for cats. I'm normally in a green/white 22' deck boat with alot of rodholders

Welcome to Crappie.com from Odenville. I will definitely watch for you, that boat should be easy to see. Using good electronics seems to be the key to finding the crappie most times. I don't always find the fish, more like finding the cover then fishing around the cover. Most of my fishing is not around the shoreline either it is out in the middle of the water most of the time. Hope to see you soon.

I have a 997c si but I've been primarily a blue cat fisherman for the past 7 years. So I'm learning the crappie ropes. Will study the site as well as I can. I've been thinking deep water and structure would be key. Been spending my time hitting docks in 8 or less. At times it's been great and I can limit out but alot of times I'm only hitting 5-8 slabs or less. Plan to learn alot from you gents

Where ya live?

Jacksonville, plan on going out sunday or monday

I will be headed to Logan Martin as soon as the weather will let me. That is where our tournament is on March 14 th.

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I will be headed to Logan Martin as soon as the weather will let me. That is where our tournament is on March 14 th.

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ROGER A I AM PLANNING ON BRINGING A LONG ROPE WITH ME THE 14TH. IF YOU DON'T GET ME A PARTNER, I WILL TIE ON TO THE BACK OF YOUR BOAT, SO LOCATE SEVERAL PLACES SO YOU CAN CUT ME LOOSE.

Hey I'm working on it but can't promise anything. :fish

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Originally Posted by RogerA

I will be headed to Logan Martin as soon as the weather will let me. That is where our tournament is on March 14 th.

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Thinking about fishing it. But have never fished Logan. Always heard its good fishing just never tried there.

If you have ever caught fish out of Neely Henry or Weiss you can catch fish at Logan Martin. All these lakes fish the same. You just have to find an area that is holding fish. This time of year you should be able to find other boats in an area and fish the same area and get on some fish.

Fished Canoe Creek Sunday afternoon. Water temp 58-60. Caught fish on edge of creek channel in 10-12 foot of water. Most of fish I caught were small though. The next two weeks should heat up.

Fished Neely Henry today with 2 buds. Caught over 30 with 22 Slabs. Biggest was 15", quite few 12"-14". a lot of fat females. Kept a few smaller ones for the table. Shallow was key and crappie fished 8am-1pm. Catfished about 1:30-3:30, 32lbs big fish. Released to fight another day. Good weather. Water temp in the Channel 58 degrees and 61 in the creeks

Good job!! Good looking mess of fish.