I have lived on and fished talquin for over 20 years. our place is in the back of hammock creek one of the spawning areas historically. the season really starts at the east end of the lake where the ochlockanee river flows in. the prime spawning areas are rocky comfort creek, harvey mill creek, and ocklawaha (boy scout to many) creek. the lake is not the caliber of the great mississsippi crappie lakes, but has been very good for many years. it has been primarily a trolling lake for a long time. but now, live scope fishing has gained great popularity. this last year was the worst for crappie fishing i ever experienced. numbers way down.. i believe the large influx of out of state fishermen (primarily from georgia) keeping a great deal of attempting to spawn crappies has been a major factor in what i believe is a major decrease in overall population in talquin. we also have a sustained period of very high flow out of the lake and out the dam into the river below which i believe may drawn many fish out. hopefully this season will be better. you need lite wire hooks on your jigs here due to all the wood throughout the lake. the best guide on the lake for many years has been Jared at lake talquin lodge, (850) 6273822. a good guide always a fine way to start at a new lake. ------------jim grazis