Thread: Need lake info please

I am planning on making a trip to fish Lakes Talquin and Jackson and will be leaving out this Wednesday March 28th,can anybody give me any info as to water conditions,especially Lake Jackson,how high is it etc and if the crappie and bass are hitting.I plan on crappie fishing but my mother and brother also want to do some shiner fishing for bass and need to know if there are minnows to be found.Any info ya`ll can give will be certainly appreciated.

Litewirehooker, Tnt, rawhide, airpressure and several others have a ton of info on Talquin. Laketalquinlodge is a forum member as well. Hit them up and you will probably not be able to fish for several months trying to read the info they have. Look at the Monroe vs talquin thread and you should be able to pick out the members fishing it regular. Good luck to ya.

I usually longline troll at Talquin. Lake Talquin can be a killer lake this time of the year with the spawn going on. Even the post spawn is a good time to fish Talquin for crappie. The bass fishing is usually pretty good this time of year and Lake Talquin Lodge has minnows, shiners or whatever you need to fish for whatever you are fishing for. I can't help much on the bass, but you probably will not have to go to far from the boat landing at Lake Talquin Lodge for some good crappie fishing. The mouths of most of the creeks and Goat Island will probably be a good place to start. The fishing was slow at Talquin over this past weekend but it doesn't stay slow for long. This week is looking good weather wise and the fish will probably be picking up by mid week with this small cold front that just moved thru....As far as Jackson goes, I can't tell you a thing....Good Luck!!!!

And if you like to minnow fish, try the lilly pads in the back of the creeks. There have been some really nice fish caught that way lately.

Thanks to everybody for the replies I certainly appreciate it and if ya`ll see a blue Triton boat with Al.registration come by and at least say Howdy.

The bite has been slow the last week at Talquin. All the reports I hear are very few Crappie caught anywhere on the lake. The good news is the females are full of eggs so later on this month and the first couple weeks in April should be great. I plan on giving them couple days and try again around first week in April or when I hear a good report. The water color is excellent and it's just a matter of time and being there at the right time.

Going down Thurs. to Talquin and should have them found by that afternoon. PM me if your going to be around fri. or sat.

Originally Posted by RAWHIDE

Going down Thurs. to Talquin and should have them found by that afternoon. PM me if your going to be around fri. or sat.

Hey Somm, just know that where ever you go on Talquin, Rawhide is always gonna be that guy behind you following you around!!Rofl

Watch out for tow ropes. Some guys save trolling motor energy. Just check the back of your boat to see if one is attached. Just kidding, just follow the other boats and see what areas they are fishing. Many share with you about the color and depth. Ask the team a Lake Talquin lodge, they will share with you the colors that they are selling.