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jhef is right. Don't be afraid to look shallow once the surface water temp gets into the 60's, especially if the weather has been stable and warming for a couple of days. But if you are still...

Bama1dc,
When the surface water temp. is in low 60's, not many crappie will be in the shallow brush, trees etc. They will be in that shallow stuff soon, when the temp. gets closer to 70. In the...

I went out today and caught a bunch. They were not in shallow, spawning type cover, but out in feeder creek channels. Surface water temps were in the low 60's, but that is not high enough to make...

The earlier high water is actually good. It should mean a better spawn and great future fishing. We crappie fishermen just have to adjust a little. The old March spot may not work, because its 5...

We should kill this thread. Too many who know only New York City math may read it. They will either call us liars, or invade us again. Let them be proud of their little 6 inchers. In Alabama, 10...

CoosaJimmy must have gone to school in a place like New York City. Otherwise he could do basic math: 90 divided by 60 = 120 wonderful crappie fillets.

My 11 year old son and I went out yesterday and loaded the boat with nice crappie at Logan Martin. When we got home, our culled 2 limits weighed about 90 pounds (after subtracting the bucket toll...

Spoonplugs are metal swimming lures that come in a series designed so that each size runs in a precise depth range. The smallest Spoonplug is 1.5" and runs 2-4' deep. The largest Spoonplug is 5"...

I've raised all kinds of fish in aquariums for many years. From your post I have a couple of suggestions to help your crappie. 1) You don't say what size your "small" tank is, but I suggest at...

I hear they are catching a lot of shallow water crappie on the upper end of Logan Martin, but I took some cub scouts camping and crappie fishing on the lower end this weekend and couldn't find any...

I did a lot of research last December for a digital camera that was waterproof, small, rugged and took quality pictures. The waterproof requirement eliminated all but a couple of cameras. The other...

According to my map, old US 231 runs pretty straight for 3 or 4 miles under the Cropwell Creek area with a number of intersecting submerged roads, building foundations, creek channels and other...

Clear Creek and Rabbit Branch are major creeks off the lower end of Logan Martin, about 5 miles down from the Cropwell Creek area where Town & Country and Lakeside Landing are located. Rabbit Branch...

Here's a table from a book on crappie fishing (Calvin, Ultimate Crappie Techniques, Frank Amato Publications, 1994).

8 inches = 3 ounces
9 inches = 5 ounces
10 inches = 7 ounces
11 inches =...

We didn't brave the wind Saturday, and should have stayed home yesterday too. The wind yesterday wasn't too bad (WSW@ about 10mph) and we figured that the 70+ air temps this weekend might warm up...

I started using PowerPro last year for bass fishing. I now have it spooled in various sizes on most of my reels and prefer it for almost everything I've tried, including the 10/2 and 8/1 for...

SwampDog, here is my take on choosing a depthfinder.

Depthfinders are like computers and women. My first depthfinder was a Lowrance "red box" about 40 years ago and I have had many Lowrances,...

Fished in Rabbit Branch and Clear Creek Saturday afternoon. Got only a few crappie under boathouses & docks in Rabbit Branch, at least they were mostly 1.5-2#. Got nothing in Clear Creek except for...

Despite the North wind and slightly cooler air temps today, I got a few good crappie under docks in Rabbit Branch. I started at the mouth and worked up the creek fishing docks on the west side. I...

Once I decided to learn about wine. I learned enough to know that I didn't need to know more. I could have spent years, and lots of money laying down a wine celler, so as to match perfectly a...

I just bought some hand tied jigs from a guy on Ebay. I didn't need them, but the pictures were so good that I bid $4 for a dozen (plus $2 for shipping) and won. The jigs arrived by return mail...

All the suggestions in this thread work well, but with aging eyes and fingers I usually opt these days for a packaged pre-tied setup often labeled "crappie rig". A 2'-3' piece of heavy mono has 2...

Date Fished: 2/22/05
Water Temperature: 53+
Water Clarity: 1 foot
I intended to get crappie yesterday morning, but caught everything but crappie: about 3 dozen bass (mostly 14-15" spots); 4...

Logan Martin crappie are waking up. Yesterday morning (Monday 2/14) there were many small crappie on 6'-8' breaklines near creek channels in the upper part of Rabbit Branch. I assumed the small...

Minnows have become so expensive that I've started paying attention to keeping extras healthy between fishing trips. I keep tropical fish aquariums and simply apply some of that experience. Four...