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Thank you Minnerman--Ended up fishing toward tibbee-found a few crappie, saw some good structure and such. That is a tricky area to navigate for first time out so tried to stay safe and enjoy. ...

Going Crappie fishing on Columbus lake starting from Columbus end of lake---any advice on general water clarity, structure from lake formation or clear cut, oxbows formed by cutting barge channel...

Nice slabs--and thanks for technique info. Never crappie fished much in summer till last couple years, I still have room for about 99% improvement.
Bought a stick steer in 04--glad to see someone...

Your a lucky man--fine looking child--I am going to New York next week to see my first grandchild. Born
April 20 and can't wait to see her--long trip from Alabama but well worth it.

Lookin' good--seems I have caught biggest crappie on jigs I tie myself even though most don't look as good as yours. Have you tried the powder paint yet that is applied by heating the head and then...

Hey David--watched for you up there at the tounament--must have missed. My partner and I finished 9th --first finish in the money and first classic qualification, so quite a day. We weighed...

Congrats Fatdaddy--my partner and I finished 9th in the amateur division at neely henry this weekend. It wasn't a gimme--had to work hard for every fish. Give me a hollar at the classic, will be...

I'll be watching for you and good luck, prefishing friday so maybe see you on the water or at the seminar.
Michael Holden

Hey David--See you at Neely Henry at regional, pre-fished last sunday and did alot of shotgun fishing just to check mostly for stumps, ledges and channels--watch that channel on main river it can...

wally marshell put out a rig for double seat up front that doesn't look to take alot of altercation to boat.

Also I think one of the rodholder companies has a prefab double seat base that...

Good catch David--wish I had done that well sun.
Qualified for regional at Neely Henry May 13 up towards your country. Wondering if I'll see you up there?
Later--Michael Holden

Has been a little more difficult to nail down the spawn this year. Check water temp., best indicator where your lake stands in the spawning cycle. 62*--72* is good temp. range for spawning of...

Fished Bibb co. lake yesterday (thurs.), caught 11 crappie from 11-13". Water temp. 59* and a little greenish tint to water. Biting crappie at 8' no matter what bottom depth was, over 20' or 10' of...

I used to live on Hickory Creek --A creek off of Grand Lake Just North of Grove, Ok. Not far from Springfield. Any way Hickory Creek was the highest rated bass and crappie spawning cove on Grand...

All you need is a map of logan martin, carto craft puts one out w/coord. Road beds and such criss cross front of town and country in cropwell and also some good points extending out at easy slopes. ...

Trolling open water in cropwell, anywhere there was an underwater hump, fish were using as ambush points as random schools of shad passed by. Also try working in as ledges rise going into the bank,...

Caught crappie on twister tail 2" grubs, just have to keep changing colors until they hit, colors that worked last friday didn't work saturday but got lucky and hit colors sat. Heads--white road...

Crappie gone wild on logan martin last saturday 3-11. Studied map of lake before going in and marked a route on gps. My fishin partner and I only got halfway through the route on first run and...

Going to Logan Martin to try for some crappie next week or two. Searching for any info on water temp. Cropwell down to dam area, maybe if anyone catching any?
Thanks!!

Bibb County Lake--30 minutes south of B'Ham--close to Centerville is a good crappie lake. Costs 2 dollars to fish-they have a couple of piers (one has a roof--good for rainy days). Bait store and...

Caught most on little fishe's, trolling over dozer piles, go out from ramp towards main lake, at mouth of cove and take a right--then use locator to find submerged humps --dozer piles--in 20-25' of...

Bibb is full of crappie and they seem to be alot on dozer piles down center section of lake. Bibb just reopened for the year last week and I made it down sunday for a dawn to dusk crappie trip....

Keep a dropshot rig ready at all times, usually use a 5/8-3/4 oz sinker on botton w/2 minnow hooks spread 14-18" apart. Long thin wire hooks are becoming more available now so I have started using...

Rule of thumb I use when beginning to find out what crappie want is the shallower the fish on locator the faster I troll. Also if fish are deep will need to slow down to keep baits in strike zone. ...

Before I bought a nicer minnow bucket I used to drop enough ice to cover the bottom of a five gallon bucket and then put my styrofoam bucket on top w/minnows in it--worked real well along w/areator.

After hiding from lightning sunday against the bank, had a brief window to pickup a couple of nice crappie.
Couldn't handle the storm killing my fishing trip so returned to Lay on monday and managed...

If the lake does not already have a threadfin shad population then stay away from using them. I have fished a private lake for many years and It was the best crappie lake I had ever seen. About 4-5...

Relative to the crappie stage were are in here in the south--during spawn I will most usually use a small squirrel tail jig (hand tied) and tip with a small minnow when casting w/bobber for bedding...

Crappie fishing on a private lake in Tuscaloosa yesterday (sun.) and could not locate crappie. Overall lake temp. was 59-60 deg. so picked up a mess of bream and decided to try one last spot before...

Qualified for Regional at Pickwick 4-23 in crappie usa tourn. and never fished there before but plan on going around first of April to practice. Would like to find places within 5-10 miles of ramp...