Another Crappie Winter in the Books

My parents have been spending winters on the St. Johns River in Astor for 19 years. They troll for crappie almost exclusively; 12 rod setup, pushing 4 and pulling 8 at 1 mph using 1/24oz jigs usually. They fish the river and lakes Dexter and Woodruff and sometimes George. They had another pretty good year as they usually do. I was only able to get down for a week to fish with them this year but it was a good week in January. They have the boat loaded and will be heading north to Indiana in a day or 2. God willing they will be back after Christmas to do it all over again! Here's a few of the highlights from this winter...


Dad and me with one of our morning messes.
https://i.imgur.com/U9RugaK.jpg



Mom with a slab!
https://i.imgur.com/cXiiatv.jpg





Dad with a couple just under 3#
https://i.imgur.com/vmfNIAK.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/g9GRrbM.jpg



One of my bigger ones.
https://i.imgur.com/GCboRMR.jpg

great photos thanks for posting

Beautiful and thanks for sharing. Can't ask for much more than that, fishing with your parents and catching big slabs.:ThumbsUp

Congrats all around. Good post. Thx.

Glad the folks had a good visit with us. Those are some nice fish. Hope to see y'all back this coming winter.

Looks like a great time, very nice fish !!

Awesome trip!

Looks like a great way to spend winter.

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Nice pics. All except the one with the IU sweatshirt.[emoji6] I moved here from Central Indiana, almost 30 years ago. Just retired two years ago, and can now enjoy our year-round fishin'. Safe travels to your parents, and, BOILER UP! [emoji2]

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Great post and pictures, thanks for sharing.

Beautiful fish


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Nice pics. All except the one with the IU sweatshirt.[emoji6] I moved here from Central Indiana, almost 30 years ago. Just retired two years ago, and can now enjoy our year-round fishin'. Safe travels to your parents, and, BOILER UP! [emoji2]

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Haha! Is this better? My brother has a son who plays in the Purdue marching band and a daughter who goes to IU, so Grandpa tries to show them both some love. ;)Attachment 296318

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Thanks. I like that picture, and, that crappie is pretty nice, too.
Let us know when you get back, and maybe we can all get together. I am not too far south.

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Monster Specs!!!!! Very Nice!!!!!

Congratulations on a successful winter fishing and hope your mom and dad can come back next year

Great pics!!


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