Newbie-- looking for some info on LK. Monroe and LK. Harney

Im a newbie here to crappie.com and recently took up the hobby of crappie fishing and have been fishing in saltwater for most of my fishing years but my 16 year old son really enjoys crappie fishing but honestly i know nothing about where or how deep or when to catch these lil monster,we recently went to lk monroe but only caught 6 all day my son still had a good time and thats all that matters but i wanna learn some more about these fish as for some reason even though there not huge snook theres something about them, i dont know what it is but i really enjoyed catching them and would love to learn some more about where and when to catch them on lk monroe and lk harney-any and all info would be greatly appreciated-Thank you!!

If you can get a map of Monroe there is a chanel that runs from marker 8 to the old power plant. Longline, spiderrig or bumptroll minnows along that, the actual river chanel or in front of Stone Island. Look for the pack of boats and kinda look around those 3 areas at different depths. Look for signs of activity, if you find baitfish they wont be far away unless they have moved shallow to spawn. If you see me post I am going to Monroe and can meet at ramp I would show ya round a bit and show ya what I do and can follow in your boat or go wherever ya want. If you are at all interested in longlining there is a sticky at top of South Carolina page on it that is packed with great info. And welcome to the forum.

awesome sir thank you for replying as when we went we caught them on the east side where the st.johns comes into lk monroe but there just werent very many and we were fishing up close,i really appreciate you taking the time to reply to my post and yes would love to find some other fishing buddys to go fishing with as im an avid saltwater fisherman but now that we got a little tracker me and my son have enjoyed the freshwater fishing and are definetly addicted to the crappies ,now i just need to figure them out

Love me some brine as well. Just nice to fish 10 minutes from home, catch plenty to eat, have a blast on light tackle and not have the long cleaning regimen after hitting the lagoon. Plus ya need a masters in quantum physics to figure out all the regs.anymore.

lol-we live in casselberry around the corner from bitters bait n tackle so were only about 25 min from lk monroe

What Tracker ya got?

its an older 17ft but dont leak and catches fish

pro team 17 with a 4 cylinder 40 hp mercury 2 stroke

only runs around 30-32 mph with 2 people and gear so im no speed demon by no means

Nuttin wrong with that. Just like to know what I am looking for. You willl find them crappie bite best between .3 & 1.5 so I think ya got plenty there at 32 and I cant peel much more than that outta mine either.

what are you floating in

Tracker Pro 160

its just an older boat with older electronics as everything is original as its a 1996 as couldnt pass up the deal on it as was a one owner older mans boat that never got used and my son wanted to start freshwater fishing here in the winterpark chains so i scooped it up to have something he and i could fish out of

You and your son are on the water fishing. Sounds like a gem to me. I need to upgrade my trolling motor and electronins on mine too. Still running the factory marginal stuff on mine.

yes for sure as ive been looking at the garmin striker ,think im gonna pull the trigger on it in the next coupe weeks

Man, you don't know how lucky you are to get that offer from Mike!:ThumbsUp

After moving to Florida, I searched and searched for someone in the Lakeland area, to go crappie fishing with. I, like you was new at Crappie fishing, and wanted to learn!

After many pm's to Mike and Harold, asking a lot of questions, I am beginning to catch a few. Finding Crappie.com and all these helpful folks have made me a better fisherman. :biggrin

Thanks for listening and :welcome

pescador aka/Marv

i am greatly appreciative of his offering of showing me a few things about the lake as we have been there quite a few times with zero to little luck as i realize every aspect of fishing is different and will definitely listen and learn as this does seem to be a great site and obviously seems to be some cool people to even offer some of the knowledge as fishing secrets are guarded by most so yes i am great full for his offering

PM sent

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Man, you don't know how lucky you are to get that offer from Mike!:ThumbsUp

After moving to Florida, I searched and searched for someone in the Lakeland area, to go crappie fishing with. I, like you was new at Crappie fishing, and wanted to learn!

After many pm's to Mike and Harold, asking a lot of questions, I am beginning to catch a few. Finding Crappie.com and all these helpful folks have made me a better fisherman. :biggrin

Thanks for listening and :welcome

pescador aka/Marv

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Ah! You were figuring it out Marv, I just helped ya stay on track and focused. You did it all.

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yes for sure as ive been looking at the garmin striker ,think im gonna pull the trigger on it in the next coupe weeks

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Thats a good looking unit.

yes only downfall it doesnt have any way to insert map packs but i guess since im just fishing freshwater i dont think i really need the map packs

That would be the game changer. Have you looked at the Humminbird Helix? And check with this guy before ordering or buying anything. I hear he has best pricing and service. http://www.crappie.com/crappie/-memb...pkg-1259-00-a/

yes i checked on the helix models also as they are super nice units also but seems like the side imaging and down imaging looks to be clearest picture coming from the garmin and lowrance for some reason ,but i may be wrong on that,either way with the new technology is incredible im sure they must be pretty equal,but they sure do get quite expensivel

The thread "what am I doing wrong" started a few days ago has some good info in it as well. Might help you out.

ill check it out thanks

definetly cant pass up an opportunity for some advice on crappieing as im pretty lost as of now

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Man, you don't know how lucky you are to get that offer from Mike!:ThumbsUp

After moving to Florida, I searched and searched for someone in the Lakeland area, to go crappie fishing with. I, like you was new at Crappie fishing, and wanted to learn!

After many pm's to Mike and Harold, asking a lot of questions, I am beginning to catch a few. Finding Crappie.com and all these helpful folks have made me a better fisherman. :biggrin

Thanks for listening and :welcome

pescador aka/Marv

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Originally Posted by pescador

Man, you don't know how lucky you are to get that offer from Mike!:ThumbsUp

After moving to Florida, I searched and searched for someone in the Lakeland area, to go crappie fishing with. I, like you was new at Crappie fishing, and wanted to learn!

After many pm's to Mike and Harold, asking a lot of questions, I am beginning to catch a few. Finding Crappie.com and all these helpful folks have made me a better fisherman. :biggrin

Thanks for listening and :welcome

pescador aka/Marv

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:hesaid

Mike and Mike (huntinslabs and Speckanator)sure helped me out with the trolling set up, gave me another option when the jigging bite is off.

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:hesaid

Mike and Mike (huntinslabs and Speckanator)sure helped me out with the trolling set up, gave me another option when the jigging bite is off.

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Your like a brother to me. Anything ya need!

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:hesaid

Mike and Mike (huntinslabs and Speckanator)sure helped me out with the trolling set up, gave me another option when the jigging bite is off.

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You're like a step-brother to me. Almost anything ya need!.....you too HS!! :cheers2

All I can add is that time on the water and trying what you read here on CDC will get you going quick. WP chain is a sleeper with not too many fishing and lots riding. Traffic has changed since I spent time on it but the fish are there. Have to get the permit and they aren't forgiving if you don't have one. Worth every dime whatever the cost is now. Monroe and Harney both have their assets and Monroe is close to me too. I don't catch em like some of the others do but get enough to keep me FDH. Fat, Dumb and Happy. Welcome to the board, look forward to hearing of your progress. Bad days come with it. If it was all good everyone would be doing it.

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You're like a step-brother to me. Almost anything ya need!.....you too HS!! :cheers2

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Yessir ya got me number. Anytime. Long as that selfie stick thingy ya got aint around nowhere.

thank you sir!!

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All I can add is that time on the water and trying what you read here on CDC will get you going quick. WP chain is a sleeper with not too many fishing and lots riding. Traffic has changed since I spent time on it but the fish are there. Have to get the permit and they aren't forgiving if you don't have one. Worth every dime whatever the cost is now. Monroe and Harney both have their assets and Monroe is close to me too. I don't catch em like some of the others do but get enough to keep me FDH. Fat, Dumb and Happy. Welcome to the board, look forward to hearing of your progress. Bad days come with it. If it was all good everyone would be doing it.

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