The water levels here on Kentucky Lake went way up to almost 361 after the heavy rains that we had in the first part of the week. Then TVA started sucking the bottom out of the lake
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I put off crappie fishing for a week and with my wife drove up to Stafford, VA (just north of Fredericksburg) to participate in my first ever green carp, er ah, I mean bass, tournament. I was one of 67 fishermen that volunteered their boat.
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Fishing rodeo at Camp Armstrong in memory of the first game and fish officer in the state of Mississippi . Ages 6-12 yrs. Compete for bicycles and many other nice prizes . No charge to attend. The local banks in New Albany purchase two bikes
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Dan Dannenmueller Sr., the 2011 and 2012 Crappie Masters National Team Angler of the Year (http://www.crappie.com/crappie/content/468-dannenmeuller-run-garland-wrapped-boat-crappie-masters.html) chatted with us online on August 15th 2013. I've summarized our conversation here:
Slab - There's so many different way to Crappie fish, can you share your first, second and third favorite ways?
DD - My first favorite is spider rigging, second is jigging and third pulling cranks. Each has it appropriate place and time. Shooting docks on certain waters is fun too.
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This is a summary of a conversation that took place here on Crrappie.com on 8/8/2013. Here's a link to the original forum: http://www.crappie.com/crappie/featured-guests-forum/ We have guest speakers regularly so please keep an eye out.
Thanks for being here Wally.
"G" - What color Strike King crankbait do you like best for crappie?
WM - Im like the New Solid Orange and Pink for the muddy waters of Grenada Lake !
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I was all set to do some spider rigging then.........Sorrento bait was closed.......bags mk. was closed.....Johnson's was closed.....so I went anyway and pushed some plastics around the pilings under 417. Nada...so I went picture taking!
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Does everyone know about the contests we regularly have here on Crappie.com. They are free contests, and on some all you have to do is make a post. Some are Photo Contests, others are Story contests. They can be found here:
Dedicated crappie anglers never stop fishing even through the hot months of the year. Instead they change from shallow water techniques that were productive during the spring to more appropriate deep water tactics. Two of the best deep water techniques are tightlining and pulling or pushing crankbaits.
Professional crappie angler and 2011-2012 Bass Pro Shops Crappiemaster Points Champion, Dan Dannemueller, has weathered many a hot summer while out chasing crappie. “During the hottest part of summer you can expect crappie to move deep around structure or cover. This year has been a little
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Caught some nice fish on Rend and my 3 year old has begun to get the bug. The key was to just get some minnows and a pink cork! We also hooked into a nice green carp and let it pull us around for a while before getting it in. Was a pretty
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The water levels here on Kentucky Lake have been pretty steady at 357.7 for most of the week. And is supposed to be 357.5 by the end of this weekend. Even with all the rain we had
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Well, my weekend fishing plans didn't pan out quite like I had hoped for. Things were tough...I mean REALLY tough. I can't remember a trip in recent times that was as slow as it was for us Saturday morning. We fished long and hard and didn't
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Well there are so many good things that have come out of me joining crappie.com. I had just seriously started getting into crappie fishing (trolling) when I joined. I did not know anything about it, I asked for tips and they came by and responded
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