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I live in south Alabama and I would appriciate any help I could get in finding crappie around the Tensaw river. I usualy launch at Cliff's landing thats about 15 min from Bay Minette . I have caught a few but no numbers or size. I know they are out there but I can't locate them. Help
good luck getting help on the alabama board. Unless you fish north Alabama. You could use the mississippi or louisiana boards. It is not because they don't want to help but most of the post seem to be for the north here. I think I am the only poster south of birmingham sometimes. I get more help from the Ga board since I am on the border.
Kent, Falcon is correct about the posts'. Help, from the south of Alabama, is few and far between. Seems' like these good ol' boys keep all the info to thenselves or don't use computers. The fish around here, Wetumpka, Al, are from 5 to 15 ft, Depending on the current and water temp. I only use Jigs, dark colors in dingy water, chartruse or pearl/red in clear water. I am sure other colors will work but these are my most productive. I find at this time of year, the fish are usually staged at the entrance to a creek/cove/slough with access to deeper water. If wood is present your chances of a hookup increase. I use 6# line and weedless jigs, still get hung up but if you don't hang up you usually don't catch any fish. I am, "BY FAR", not a pro fisherman or fisher person, to be politically correct. I just get out there, wet a line, and pay attnetion to the conditions, presentation and depth when a fish is "caught". The Crappie, themselves, will tell you what to do/ how to present your lure or minnow. Enjoy yourself and take your family with you...............larry
I am in the Navy here in Meridian and my hometown is Pensacola. Use to fish the Tensaw quite a bit. Use to do well by going up to Boatyard Lake which is above Stockton. This is actually the Alabama River break and you can hit and use the landings below Boatyard lake. We use to catch nice slabs just north of the landing. You can only go about 200 yards and you run into dry land, but there was plenty of blowdown along the banks to hold nice white perch. Live minnows worked or white or chartruese jigs. Also a greta place to fish for bluegills when they go on bed. Especially with Catalpa Worms. If you go out to the main river try jigs along the blowdowns and Willow Trees. Need a long jig pole for that though. Still lots of nice slabs there. Good luck.
For help in south Alabama! Monday Mar.21 My Pop & I caught 56 nice ones on the Warrior River. The water had warmed up to about 63 and the males were cleaning up the beds. We were using minnows til we ran out then turned to white/yellow 1/8 jigs at about two foot. Find out what the water temp is that will tell you where there at!!! and what there fixin to do.Hope that helps.
It all depends on water level. As high as the rivers are you will do a lot better in the creeks south of Cliffs. There is good fishing in Bay Minette Basin, Oak Bayou, Mcvay and Big Briar. McReynolds and Dennis lake are real productive in the winter months. The West and East ends of the I-65 interstate form small lakes which holds good numbers of fish in the spring. There is a new book out called Hidden Lakes that will show you some of the best crappie fishing in the area but most of them require some elbow grease to get into. The lake at Citronelle is also a good bet for average fish during the spring. Hope this helps.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kent Fyock
great job blade, crappielips and edddie. We need and are glad to have you posting on Alabama Crappie.com Keep it coming. If any of you need any reports for the Chattahoochee river lakes I'll try to help with my .02...
:( The water over here on the ten-tom & Warrior has drowned alllllll the fish. Any body on line fish this area? Have a nice day Yall!
sometimes that water temp isn't rewarding, we hunted the warm water and hunted, they had lock jaw that day, I'm sure.
I'm glad u caught something on Warrior crappielips. i am planning a trip there soon
Rev;;What part of the county you from? I'm in fayette county. Do you fish south towards Moundville or Eutaw, Greensboro. How about the tombigbee? :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by Rev.
I have fished down at the boat yard in the past. I went one time in June. After you leave the ramp a little there is a creek to the left. I am not sure of the name of it, but it goes way back in there. The first time I went there I was bream fishing and we were catching crappie off of crickets. Have not had a chance to go back and try the crappie. If I would have had some minnows and my crappie gear we would have had fun. We still had fun catching the big blue gill and warmouth.. Good Luck and God Bless..
I live near Live Oak Landing and still launch there. I've been fishing all around here since hurricane Ivan with little success. Places that always produced in the past now produces nothing. I've fished Miffin, Hastie, Dennis, and Briar lakes, I've went up bottle creek to Dominic and Alligator lakes and I've fished under the interstate bridge and caught very few fish. Been watching the bass tournaments at Live Oak and the numbers are way down and all of the fish are coming from down near the causeway. I stopped and talked to the conservation dept. one day that was shocking fish and they told me that they were getting very few fish in the places that I named above, however below the interstate bridge the further you went the better it got. I thought it was just me for a while but after talking to others it's not. My best suggestion is launch at Cliffs and go south and look out for me because that's what I'm going to do. Good Luck!
I know that Goat Rock lake between Georgia and Alabama holds some slabs like that pic of Rev's, yessiree
I too live in Southeast AL, finding it hard to get any intelligence about the fishing in the area. Looking forward to some good fishing weather.
Kent, There is a guy on here that post pics and reports a lot, and he is from south Alabama also. I think he mostly fishes the Alabama river on the south end down around Mobile. Right now I figure every thing still flooded from all the rain. I fish the Alabama river south of Montgomery. Its bad flooded right now. Just hoping the water gets right for the spawn
I fish the west side of the delta from you and I have been shut down do to the flood. You can do a search of my posts and see what I have been doing but I m far from an expert. I do know that during high water last winter fish were being caught over around Bay Minette but I've never fished over there. There's not many posters from this far south.
I think you need to post more often. When I start to struggle fishing I really need to remember this. ThanksQuote:
Originally Posted by cherok9878
Do you fish EufaulaQuote:
Originally Posted by FalconSmitty