I made a short trip to Madison County Lake today fishing from daylight until lunch. The fish were scattered on bait fish schools 6 to 8 feet deep. I spider rigged 5 poles with 1" sliders on 1/16oz jig heads keeping 14 and returning 6 larger
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I returned to Madison County Lake today. The fish were scattered again and a little deeper, about 8 feet. I kept a limit and returned a limit plus of Crappie that were 13 to 14 inches. All fish came spider rigging 1 inch sliders on a 1/16 oz
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I fished Bradford Sinks on Redstone Arsenal today from 7AM till about 1:30PM. The fish were scattered and biting soft, but I managed a limit. I spider rigged four poles with 1/16oz White Marabou jig about four feet deep in 6 feet of water.
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With all the Lake Wheeler creeks high and muddy I decided to give Madison County Lake I try today. Fishing was slow, but I managed a few. I kept 8 Crappie and 9 gills, enough for lunch tomorrow. Best bait for the Crappie was a 1/16oz Marabou
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I fished the back slough to the North of the boat harbor at Ditto today from 11:00AM till about 3:00PM. The fish were scattered following the shad schools, but agreeable. I spider rigged four poles with 1/16oz Marabou jigs about 12 to 15 inches
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I took off work today to do a little fishing and decided to drive down to Cullman and give Duck River a try (hoping to find somewhere out of the wind). I couldn't get an eight pound anchor to hold a 12 foot kayak, crazy bad wind. The good news
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I took off work today to do a little fishing and decided to drive down to Cullman and give Duck River a try (hoping to find somewhere out of the wind). I couldn't get an eight pound anchor to hold a 12 foot kayak, crazy bad wind. The good news
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I gave Madison County Lake a try Saturday, but the Crappie weren't on the brush piles. Tough day with only three Crappie in the boat. Kept a few gills for dinner so not a total loss. The lake picked up a half foot is so of water in the last
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Rough day, I caught a dozen or so Crappie the first hour, 8 went in the cooler then the wind got up. The Crappie were biting very light and with the wind I could stay on the brush pile or feel the bite. I brought some redworms to see what I
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I dragged my kayak into Limestone Creek and fished the North end of Limestone Bay today. Kept half a limit for dinner tomorrow and returned about the same number of keepers. Numerous small Crappie, bass and gills were also returned. Best bait
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I fished the Flint River today trying a few new things. The water was clear, 52 degrees and I was targeting gills with artificials. They weren't interested in spinners, just bass and strip biting so I kept changing baits until I happened on
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I put in off Pryor Rd and fished the North End of Limestone Bay (where Limestone Creek comes in) this morning. I started at daylight and thought I'd made a mistake since the water was very muddy with visibility of less then a foot. I fished
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I fished Bradford on Redstone Arsenal today, the wind started out brutal and just kept getting worse all day. I’d planned to spider rig but the wind was about 10MPH at daylight from the north with stronger gust. I ended up single pole jigging
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I fished Cotaco Creek today putting in at Sharps Ford. I met a couple Crappie.com members early, including a couple guys that gave me the three Crappie they had in their livewell when they decided to call it a day. It was a slow day just like
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Today was another learning experience in the pursuit of Crappie. I made a trip to Barron Fork this morning. I tried single pole on isolated brush and laydowns with no luck. Then I spent several hours spider rigging with every color combination
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Fished Bradford again from 6:30AM till about 12:30PM spider rigging. Fished were scattered 24 to 48 inches deep on bait schools. The best bait was the 1/16oz Hot Skirt jig in blue and white. I kept a limit. The water was 85 degrees at daylight
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