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Fished Coffeen today from 11 to 4. I tried Shallow. I tried deep . Not A single bite. Hot ditch was 80 Degrees. I fished every visible laydown and nothing. Then i went shallow and beat the banks...

Welcome great group here always willing to help. Im pretty green to the sport as well. Just have a hard time stopping duck hunting to go after crappie in the fall. I have a place in kampsville maybe...

Went to Gander mtn in springfield saturday they have a sale on all green tag marked lureres and fishing eqp. I got several of those little ten packs of crappie jigs and tubes for about $5. Its bass...

Thanks for all the replys and pm's

X2 on location and opening date

This would be about my 3-4th year crappie fishing. I am a die hard waterfowler first. Last year i bought a cabin on the Il river near Kampsville . And was curious if anybody has had sucess crappie...

Congrats On your first goose!!! Its an adiction for sure now you will have a hard time deciding what to go after fowl or fish.I know time is running out but maybe next year we can do a combo .You got...

Me (jbird) and the wife are heading to shelbyville 2moro for a few days of rest and no kids( mom&dad time)! We will be in a 17ft lowe roughneck with camo motor. If ya see us stop and introduce...

Me and the wife are coming to Shelbyville for 4 days a week from this friday. We have a cabin at Wolf Creek and i was wanting to know where is the closest place to get minnows from there? Im not sure...

Ok first i thought i had the wrong card,but called lowerance and find out the micro card is within the bigger card--(that problem solved). So excited to use my gps i put it in and head to the lake(...

Went to put my Navionics card in my Elite 5 dsi and the card is way bigger than the slot on the unit. I guess i missed something but thought all cards worked on lowerance units!! Can Anybody help ....

Finnally got out to our local lake with my 9yr old son . We did ok wind was a little bit of a problem later in the morning. caught 15 good keepers . I wont keep anything unless its 9 1/2 " trying to...

Hey Birdman- The site looks Great very easy to look arround also! And who is that handsome devil in the green shirt holding up them slabs(LOL)

Had a very good day, Birdman knows his stuff!!!! And has alot of knowledge of shelbyville . I was his first guided client since he got his license and would suggest him to anybody. He answerd any...

Bought my first di a few weeks ago. Do you have to put your card in and out everytime you use it or does it stay in on the elite5. Im all new to this so will be asking more questions im sure. Havnt...

I call that last hour the "majic hour" when waterfowl hunting guess it works for fishing too!!

X2 what JTMavs said!! you cant control mother nature ,but you can adapt!! i havn't been on many guided fishing trips but have been on several waterfowl trips. If you go into a guided trip not ready...

Thats a nice stringer!!!!!

I will do that and pick up some lures. Fishing equipment is like duck decoys you can never have enough!!!

Anybody going to collinsville this weekend for the show? Planning on going saturday to check out the show and listen to steve w. Not sure how long the wife and kids can sit and listen but i will have...

Got three days off next week trying to decide where to go? Cant find anybody that has time off as well would like to go back to shelbyville, but never did it on my own! And with high water thats a...

thinking of buying a better fish finder, looking at something with gps so i can save waypoints. Currently have a hummingbird 565 i dont think they even make them anymore! probably looking at spending...

still plan on helping sunday. Do i need to bring my boat?

I have lived in carlinville my whole life and nobody I mean nobody local fishes there . And theres a reason for that!! I have never caught anything of any species that i would write home about!! The...

not sure where marina 2 is ? i know the main ramp by the swimming area. might have to give me directions thanks jbird

hey i plan on being there, were ya meeting ? Do ya need an extra boat? My boat isnt liscensed yet for Lou hope that wont be a problem

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Fished Shelbyville sunday with Steve Welch (lsg) had a great time and learned alot. Nice day and good weather was a plus. I took my dad for his birthday and he said it was the best present he ever...

thanks to all who responded . i plan on soaking it all up! forgot to mention i have a hummingbird 565 just got it mounted yesterday. Plan on heading out sunday less chance of rain.

hi everyone just joined and have some ?'s. I just bought my first boat and want to try crappie fishing. My boat is a 17ft roughneck with 35hp evinrude. i also mounted a minn kota 40lbs trolling...