Reply With QuoteThere are some old videos of crappie fishing on Fontana on youtube. Those clear deep lakes can be tough. I used to fish Hiwassee in NC a lot and we fished for smallmouth and walleye. Not sure we ever found crappie. Good luck!
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Crappie fishing in Fontana Lake
I spend a lot of time fishing Fontana for bass (mostly) and large bluegill. I use a flyrod rod about half the time and just love fishing. It has taken some time to learn how to catch fish on this lake but I have finally gotten there. I grew up fishing for crappie in FL with my father, and I would like to get back into catching them. Fontana, being both deep and clear, is challenging to say the least. I have no idea of how to catch them here--it is completely different than where I grew up in the 50's and 60's. I have researched the archives here back to 2005 for all posts about crappie in Fontana, and while there are some posts on the subject there is really no useable information other than one post about using jigs where the Little Tennessee River enters the lake--and that was over 10 years ago. There is very little fishing pressure on this lake, I can fish all day during the week and see only a few boats fishing. After 10 years of fishing Fontana I have never seen anyone either fishing for crappie nor heard of anyone catching any when I've been at the boat ramp. I realize that this is a longshot but does anyone have any information on crappie fishing on the lake? Any help would be appreciated.
Crappie Wall Hanger
There are some old videos of crappie fishing on Fontana on youtube. Those clear deep lakes can be tough. I used to fish Hiwassee in NC a lot and we fished for smallmouth and walleye. Not sure we ever found crappie. Good luck!
Thanks, I'll check those out. I see two initially, 3-4 years old, so not ancient---that should help!
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Fontana is definitely one of the hardest lakes to pattern or catch fish that I have ever been on. I would say if a man had the time to invest and figure out that lake he would uncover a gem.
Yes it is tough, and it has taken me years to learn the lake for catching bass on casting gear, and bass and bluegill on the fly rod. There is just so little fishing pressure on a lake this size that it is hard to find a fisherman to even ask. I run into a few guys using earthworms for bluegill, some bass fishermen, and quite a few walleye fishermen--but no one ever fishing for anything else. I can't believe that they're not in the lake. The videos on YouTube were not of people catching crappie on Fontana even though they were titled as such. I know Fontana well, and those scenes were definitely shot there.
