Crappie Fishing
 

Does anyone here on SC crappie fish? If so, where are the best lakes to fish. I will be in the area later this month from GA.

I do. We fish Vernon Lake.

Toledo bend in the spring is hard to beat

agree 100%

we caught some between to 2-3 pound range the last trip i made there.

What's a crappie??

LOL!!!!!!!!

Yep. But I like it in the dead of winter. They bunch up deep deep schooling on tiny shad. You can get your 50 fish limit real fast on shiners. We went over new years last year and limited in 2 hours.


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It's a terrible tasting trash fish you don't want any of those don't worry about it. :rolleyes:

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you right just never did it during the winter to busy chasing ducks. I think them suckers are the best eating fish i love me some mustard fried whole white perch.

Hey Fleak, what part of Ga are you from?

I don't do much crappie fishing. I fish for sacalait in the atchaf. basin though.

They are thick in Toledo Bend during the Fall also.

Toledo is where its at..freezing cold in the old river bottoms. You may not have to fish as deep with it as low but im sure 30'-40' deep when you can get on 'em.

you got it man!! it usually gets right for me when the water temps drop into the 40's. drop that ol shiner down to the bottom in 25-30 feet, three cranks up and hold on! seems like if i go deeper than 30 feet, i catch alot more catfish and yellow barfish.

Whats a yellow barfish? We need to go this christmas.

We havent been going to the camp with the water low like it is but I wouldnt mind going get a mess of them. Pile on the clothes and go smoke'em!!

pic at the bottom is a 'yellow bar fish' actually a yellow bass.. they eat ok. if the water temps get right, we'll go.


i haven't been lately either, but if i can drop the boat in somewhere close to the coop, i'm goin! i buy the hand and toe warmers in bulk! lol

Haha yea ive caught those before but not in numbers, never kept em. By yellow bar fish I thought you meant this
http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/2010/...erch_giant.jpg

nope, that's actually a yellow perch and that's a big one. we used to fish in michigan quite a bit, we caught lots of them up there.

Ive seen those on ice fishing shows, only thing that registered as yellow with bars lol. Those taste good?

Yeah they're pretty good but usually small. Got to catch a bunch of them to make a good mess.


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ah yea..that chicken coop is where its at..im sure with the water levels there wont be as many people hitting up so im sure the ones that do get to it will load the boat with some slabs

Report says the Sacalait are just starting to move into the chicken coop area.

got a couple of people in the Toledo area keeping an ear open for when the coop starts.

Holly Park Marinia, in Patroon, recently dug out thier ramp. Probably about 2 miles to the coop from there. Also I was told the launch at the bridge on the TX side is usable. It is on the open lake though.

thanks for the info, Jude. i hadnt heard about the holly park improvements, good to know ;)