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Long-lining crankbaits isn’t a new technique. Far from new, however, crappie fishing guide like Brad Chappell keep refining this technique. Chappell has taken it to the next level where he depends on electronics along with specific fishing tackle to present a lure precisely where he can catch crappie. He refers to this technique as precision trolling.
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Water temp started out at 70 and by noon was 74.5. Water pure muddy, wood and moss floating everywhere. Dead,calm as I needed a ripple as fish were slow hitting cranks. Spent half the morning pushing new square bill crankbaits from PICO ...

i have a friend who lives close by kerr Lake in Va. he came up for a visit and fishing we went. He was so happy to see clean water and fish that bite. We had a nice first morning with some decent slabs. Now it's time to go get them again. We ...

My fishing hero, Richard Simms, didn’t have enough to do as owner and guide of Scenic City Fishing of Chattanooga, so he accepted a new job as editor of the CrappieNow online monthly magazine, and wanted to gather a little info for upcoming ...

Well our slow warmup is slowly getting back on track. The bigger ones are trying to hide and do a good job of it. It was 45 when we left the house but as the morning went along it got nice. We had some nice catches but none of the sixteens ...

I need to thank everybody that made the spring camp a success. First and foremost are those who so generously donated prizes for our Friday night "freeby" give away and our Saturday night raffle.

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Haven't remembered to take the time to post this for a couple days. The wife wanted to take an evening trip Saturday so obviously I obliged. Usually I never leave until it's dark but this time ended up being different.

We fished ...