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Crappie Fishing
“Okay fish, y’all have one more chance to get in the boat today,” Troy Thiel, of Gordon, coaxed. As if on cue, the tip of the longest rod mounted in a holder on the left side of the bow of Troy’s boat came to life, signifying a crappie had taken a jig. Troy, grinning, reeled…
April is arguably the best month to catch a nice mess of slab crappie on Georgia lakes. West Point Lake, on the Chattahoochee River near LaGrange, is no exception. In April, the water temperatures are warming, reaching the range where crappie head to the shallows to spawn, and you can find crappie there in large…
Boatright’s Pond, pond No. 12 in the Georgia Department of Natural Resources Small Georgia Lakes Open to Public Fishing guide, was little more to me than one of the 169 listings in the guide. It was just another place to wet a hook until I started talking about fishing with Neil Jones of Blackshear. Neil…
You have spent time outdoors and you know that the best-laid plans can sometimes go to waste. Mother Nature unleashes a downpour, or Old Man Winter puts fishing on the deep freeze. And sometimes, the outboard gremlin can put a kink in your ability to get to your favorite fishing hole. Such was the case…
When I met fishing-guide Jesse Bowman at the Lakepoint boat ramp, I asked him if we would be trolling, pitching, spooning, or shooting docks for crappie, and I liked his answer. “We’ll do whatever it takes to catch them,” he said. But weather wise, we faced a tough day. We were fishing the day after…
We were gliding along near the mouth of Kellogg Creek with eight long rods sticking out in all directions over the side of the boat. Four rods were in bow-mounted rod holders and four were in holders along the stern. This is not an uncommon site during March on Lake Allatoona north of Atlanta. Water…
Speckled perch…crappie…white perch…specks. However you choose to refer to them, crappie are fun to catch and make delectable table fare. And while often overlooked, the tidal portion of the Altamaha River near Brunswick is a great place to pursue crappie. During the mid-1990s while fishing the Altamaha River out of Altamaha Regional Park, I frequently…
Even when the water is January cold, you can catch a mess of crappie. According to our three experts, who catch crappie with three different techniques in January, you just have to fish a little deeper, and a little slower. When the surface temperatures of Georgia reservoirs drop during the winter, the fish move into…
No deer rifle, no deer stand, no problem! If you would rather fish than hunt, or just want to mix in some fishing with your days afield pursuing game, October is a great time to be an outdoorsman. With the very comfortable weather conditions, the fall season is a wonderful time to crank up the boat…
Sensing some slight, imperceptible twitch in his line, Joel set the hook and moments later a crappie skidded across the surface from under the dock toward the boat. “I think that’s 10 in a row,” he said. I had caught zero, and as far as I could tell, had not had a bite. Joel fired…
Crappie Recipes
What you’ll need:1 shaker of Tony Chachere’s cajun seasoning1 package of dried Italian dressing powder mixRitz cheddar cheese crackerspaprikablack pepperolive oilbutter After scaling the crappie, fillet them, but leave the skin on. Place the fillets skin down on a pyrex pan brushed with olive oil. Butter the fillets before sprinkling with black pepper, the cajun…