Where do I need to go to catch a Monster Slab?

[dr_duff]

Hey all I live in Southern California (San Diego) and I want to catch some monster crappie this coming spring. I don't want to drive more than about a day to catch some. Where is the best place to nearest to me? I got a nice bass boat that is set up for Crappie Fishing and I want to get some biggins. HELP!!!

[pstone]

Wish you were closer, I could put you on some!

[crappie cowboy]

I've always heard that Ca. had huge bass, if ya'll have big bass it's would seem to me that you would have some slab crappie in the same fertile lake to.
Maybe find a big bass lake there and try it for crappie, that might work?
Good Luck..................srm

[england]

make a trip to Mississippi is all I can tell ya

[dr_duff]

The reason for the big bass is because they are the florida strain of largemouth and they eat the trout here. They stock the lakes here with 12 inch trout and the bass will grab those trout as soon as they hit the water. That is why the bass are huge and the rest of the fish are about average for most anywhere.

[pstone]

Get you a plane ticket, I guiding on Grenada in the spring.:D

[crappie cowboy]

Oh well so much for that idea...., Ms. is a little more than a one day drive. Seems like I seen a post and pic about a good size slab that came from a Cal. lake awhile back, but can't remember what lake it was.
Maybe you could run a search on the Ca. board or main board and find it, I'll
search it for you to.

srm

[crappie cowboy]

dr. duff, pstone [patrick] is a top notch crappie man there on Grenada Lake,
He won the boat he fishes in this year in a super crappie tournament there, he knows that lake, he bout lives on it.

srm

[CrappiePappy]

Hey all I live in Southern California (San Diego) and I want to catch some monster crappie this coming spring. I don't want to drive more than about a day to catch some. Where is the best place to nearest to me? I got a nice bass boat that is set up for Crappie Fishing and I want to get some biggins. HELP!!!

According to your state records .... Clear Lake & New Hogan Lake hold the current record Crappie. Well, that is ... they've held the records --- since the early to mid 1970's

According to the most recent San Diego fishing reports ... El Capitan is the lake for Crappie (right now, anyway). ( http://www.signonsandiego.com/sports...16fishing.html )

Send a PM to "crappiencali" ... he's probably still in S. Korea (USAF), but may still be able to recommend a lake to try this coming Spring.

... luck2ya ... cp

[bugman]

1. hook up with pstone if possible
2. Roosevelt lake....Phoenix,Az area
3. San Carlos lake....Globe,Az area
I've researched those Arizona lakes and they have some very big fish in em....good luck.