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Anybody on here ever fish the Tennessee river for crappie near Huntsville? I always see Guntersville posts, but would like to fish the main river closer to home after work during the week if there are any crappie to be had. I’m kind of new to this and don’t like to wait for the weekend.
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Bob D lives over there. He should be able to help you
Lots of fish out in the river it will just take you some time figuring out where they are. If you have decent electronics it want take you long to put things together look for submerged rocks and trees also look for bends in the river Chanel anywhere their is a current break they will usually be holding up their also check the mouth of creeks feeding into the river
good luck and keep us posted on your trips! Also welcome to crappie.com lots great folks here
You would be surprised at how many there are in the Mouth of the Flint River. I have fished up it & down it. You'll find stripes, white bass, LMB. Catfish, etc., but there are some good pockets of crappie. Usually fairly "virgin" territory as the Bass Boys don't want to skin up their boats. A few kiyakers, but few pan fishermen.
If you are bank bound, right around Ditto Landing, up Aldridge Creek a bit, under the Whitesburg Bridge are pretty fair spots & easy to get to.
I fished from my kayak under the I65 bridge last Saturday night. That's a little farther down the river than you may be looking. I fished from before dark until after midnight. I caught one gar. I considered fishing up the river around Ditto, and I wish I had, but I don't know if I'd have done any better. I probably should have brought bass gear instead of crappie, but I've been wanting to catch some crappie.
This is good info. I appreciate it. Keep it coming. A little background... I’m in a 16ft Jon boat with a 9.9hp motor. A little better than bank fishing, but limited on range from a boat ramp. I’ve put in at Arrowhead, Triana and the arsenal. Not tried Ditto yet. Are there ramps near Flint dumping into the Tennessee?
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I live in Madison and do a lot of fishing at Cotaco(about 1-2 miles SW across the river from the Triana boat ramp). There is alsoa boat ramp at the Sharps Ford bridge on Cotaco. This is my favorite area tofish in the Madison/Huntsville area and you can fish just ab any type of wayyou want.
A lot of guys have done well at Indian Creek andArrowhead - I have had too much luck but others have. Be careful at Arrowheadthere are some shallow areas and flats. Also, there is a big shallow flat onCotaco, so be careful you don't run your boat where it opens up about half wayup the creek or you will beach your boat! - Don't ask me how i know this lol
There is a ramp Ive used several times with our 12ft jon boat. Its called Clouds Cove, its a couple miles into the flint river. Its just a dirt/gravel road that goes diagonally into the woods but opens up to a small boatramp. Look around that area on satellite photos and you should be able to locate it.
Thanks! I’ll check it out.
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Ramp at Hickory Hills . Right in the middle of flint creek.
A few weeks ago White Bass were tearing it up late in the evenings. I'm not trying to talk you out of crappie fishing but I just try to catch whatever is biting. The white bass were pushing up schools of shad and running them to the river bank between the Flint and Paint Rock.
So Cataco creek is great and with your john boat I'd go to sharps ford launch so you don't have to run across the river to get to it. Arrowhead is always good as you know, the I-65 bridge is doable from there as well as the mouth of Flint creek. You can also go up the Flint on Hwy 31 and there is a launch up there you can get right on the creek up above. The Hwy 31 bridge before Decatur can be good and you can launch from the marina right there. Indian creek is about the same.
Thanks for all the good info. Spent the weekend actually looking for a bigger boat, so didn’t get to try these places out. But, these sound like some good places to try out. I’ll be trying to hit these soon and I’ll post results... if there are any. LOL
So, is anybody catching anything at these places recently? Last fish I caught were stripers below Wheeler dam last weekend. But that’s too far to drive during the week.
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Plenty of those stripe/white bass below the Guntersville dam also!
I'd give Limestone Bay/Arrowhead Landing a try. The area holds good numbers of Crappie year round. Either single pole on laydowns in the creek or spider rigging the stump fields in open water through out the flats.
Another weekend looking at boats, so no fishing. Hopefully I’ll get out to some of these spots soon and I’ll let you know how it went. I appreciate all the input.
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Upgraded to a different boat. Bigger motor will get me more places. Probably won’t help my fishing though... LOL. Now it’s time to get out and try some of these spots out. Is anybody catching crappie in any of these places in the Huntsville area these days?
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Just so you know, I think it's in the bylaws of crappie.com that if you buy a boat, you have to post a picture of it.
I've caught more fish by going smaller (kayak) and slowing down.
I use to run a big boat, if I didn't catch something in 15 minutes I raced off to a new spot. Most people will target the same visibly laydowns on a creek. I catch more in between what seen above the water by slowing down and looking for subtle spots that other anglers miss. :twocents
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From a pinto to a Lamborghini! Awesome rig. Congrats!
Now if I can just learn how to use the thing... LOL
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That a sweet rig congratulations
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Nice! What became of your flat bottom you mentioned?
Thanks! I gave it to my son. I may still use it if I want to beat around some creeks.
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Nice looking boat and that should take some big water.
Nice boat!
Nice, if you keep fishing, they will come.
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