GA/FL Crappie fishing

Well the time is drawing near. I have finally signed a contract and my first day to start the new job is 9/4/18. Will probably have to go to Tallahassee for a couple weeks for orientation/training, but will be working in Thomasville once that is done. Plan to bring my tracker with me to learn the ropes of fall crappie fishing in So. GA and No. FL. Hopefully it will be a lot like fall fishing in KY and the learning curve will not be too bad. Any suggestions will be appreciated. Looking forward to making new fishing friends.


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you will have several good lakes close to you from Thomasville/Tallahasee. Lake Talquin west of tallahasee is a good lake just south of Quincy. Lake just the other side of bainbridge but can't remember the name of it. And then Lake blackshear just west of Cordele at georgia veterans state park. about 6 or 8 miles west of Cordele on Hwy. 280-300 crosses the south end of lake. I normally fish Lake Blackshear, they have rv campground or condo's or cabin's for rent.

​Not far from Lake Seminole, excellent fishery.

It sounds Lake Talquin is going to be closest to you. Check the safety precautions and get with Lite Wire Hooker for your jighead needs. I've never been there just read a lot about it.

Planning a slab together at Ingrams marina at lake Talquin 10 November. Come join us

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Planning a slab together at Ingrams marina at lake Talquin 10 November. Come join us

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Thank you for the invite. I will have to check dates. Got a couple tournaments in Oct and Nov. if no conflicts will try to come.


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I hope you can make it. Be good to meet you. I'm about 35 miles. East of Thomasville in Hahira. We might could do some fishing.

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I will be staying with a friend in Quitman until we see how the job goes and how the company is to work with. Figured that was a better option before selling our house in Ky and buying another. From looking at the map, it looks like I will be within 2 hrs from a bunch of different lakes. My tracker is set up to spyder rig. What is the best lake maps to use? I have Lakemaster Southeast but didnt see Talquin on it. Only saw part of Seminole. Neither looked like they were in HD. I really like having a map to use especially on new water.


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I hope you can make it. Be good to meet you. I'm about 35 miles. East of Thomasville in Hahira. We might could do some fishing.

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I checked the tournament dates. Crappie USA Classic is 10/3-10/6 and the Ky/Barkley Tournament is 11/2-11/3 so unless I have a work obligation or something like that I think I will be able to come. And yes, we might could do some fishing. Always nice to learn from someone that knows the lake. I plan to bring my tracker to fish with for a while. Leaving the Triton TA 196 in Ky so my boy can fish and get ready for the tournaments. Plan to bring it down to fish this fall/winter after we fish (and hopefully win haha) the tournaments in Ky.


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I can't help you with maps or really any thing to high tech. I'm a pretty low tech fisherman. I normally long line, but have been shooting docks and bridges on Blackahear the little bit I got to fish this year.

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Welcome to South GA, KFC. From Thomasville, you are 1 hour or less from one of Florida's best crappie fishing lakes...Lake Talquin. Another good lake in that area is Lake Iamonia, just across the FL line off of Hwy 319 in Florida. I long line 95% of the time and most people down here also fish that technique, but there are a few that Spyder Rig. Whatever works work you. But you are right, Talquin is not on Lakemaster but it is on Navionics. Hope you can make it to the Get Together we are having at Talquin in November and Good Luck on the CUSA tournaments.

Plan on getting FL and GA license. We spider rig the most cause thats whats been successful her in Ky, but not opposed to using or learning new techniques. We have also tried pushing cranks. Not much experience with pulling jigs or cranks. Im not gonna rule anything out. The main thing for me is being safe and having a good time fishing. I guess I’ll be getting a Navionics card to use down there. I am currently rigging the Triton I bought a couple months ago. Its a 2006 TA 196. Ordered new sonars, TM and rod holders. Hopefully will have it done before I leave for GA. Plan on using it this fall/winter after we fish CUSA tourneys here. Planning on coming in Nov to get together if possible.


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