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Thanks for the info guys. If anyone else has an opinion on Shell Creek crappie, please reply.

I'm relatively new to the area and am wondering about Shell Creek near Punta Gorda as a crappie fishery. I'm referring to the fresh water section above the dam, of course. I've made a couple trips...

I catch them on Lake St. Clair quite often. There is a mix of blacks and whites in St. Clair.

I took a ride over to a western Michigan impoundment today to try for some specks. I didn't know what to expect based on the rain and cool temps we've had for a few days now. It took a couple of...

I was out this afternoon fishing an area just outside a spawning bay in 17-18 FOW. The crappie were staged there pretty thick and they were definitely on the feed. I cleaned 17 fatties that had...

My poles are 12 footers also. I was tight-lining Southern Pro 1.5" crappie tubes on 1/32 oz. minnow head jigs below a 1/2 oz. inline sinkers. Went out today and got a bunch more. The water temp had...

The bad weather finally quit and it gave me an opportunity to get out yesterday. Spider rigged in deeper water just outside spawning creeks and caught a bunch of specks. Most were under 9" and they...

I spider rig a lot of the time but especially in the early spring when the specks are schooled up but not yet in shallow water to spawn. I run 3 12' Wally Marshall rods off the front of my boat and...

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Went back to the same area this morning and they bit for 45 minutes and then shut down completely. Got 10 keepers. Amazing how much ice we lost in just 2 days. It was down to about 12". It's melting...

Just got back from a vacation in the southwest US and was curious about how the ice was holding up back here in Michigan. I took a drive out to my home lake yesterday morning and things looked good...

Got a limit of nice specks from one of our Mid-Michigan impoundments this morning. The warm weather we had put just a little stain in the water and it really got them going.

I've had a pretty good season so far for nice gills fishing in a couple of our river impoundments here in Michigan....lots of fish in the 8-9" class. Saturday morning,however, was really special. I...

Thanks guys. I'll try those both over the next few weeks.

Doodler, would like to see those recipes. Can you post them here or PM them to me? Thanks.

I had some luck on white morels this past weekend and some black crappie today. My last catch in this spot 2 weeks ago produced all male fish. Today the mix was about 75% males and 25% females with...

I made a trip to one of my favorite river impoundments today and was lucky enough to get on a couple nice schools of slabs. These guys (they were all males) were in about 6 feet with scattered weeds....

We did well for black crappie in a few Lake St. Clair canals on Wednesday this week. They weren't everywhere but once you found the cover they preferred, they bit well. We had a lot of throwbacks...

Dennis, good hearing from you. We have already made our reservation for the same week next year. How did you guys do during week 2, after we left?

We stayed a little north of Jonathan Creek area and fished a few small bays on the west shore and also Sugar Bay on the LBL side.

We made our annual trip to KY Lake last week. Fishing was OK. Locals said the full moon shut them off during the day. We still managed some nice specks and had a great time.

We were fishing around docks in about 6 feet of water. Running our tubes about half way down. Water was stained, about 18" visibility. 50 degree water temp.

My brother and I fished a few canals off Lake St. Clair on Monday and Tuesday and managed to get a few. A tube under a light bobber was the ticket.

Brian, How do you go after the gills in the fall on LSC. Are you fishing canals or open water? Any information would be appreciated. I like gills also and have often thought about trying LSC for...

Nice to hear they have moved shallow around mid-michigan. I haven't been out around here since early last week. I plan to go on Wednesday and based on your report I will leave the deep water stuff at...

I agree Doodler. Keep looking until you find them and try to figure out a pattern. Then you can apply that to other areas.

I was looking for a change of pace so I gave my brother who lives in St. Clair Shores a call and suggested we make a trip out on to Lake St. Clair to find some specks. We began the day Thursday...

The fish still hadn't moved shallow in great numbers on my home lake. I was still getting them on the drop offs is 18-22 fow just out from their spawning areas. All the fish I've been catching have...

We've been going once a year for the past several years. But since a few of us have retired, we may find our way down there more often.

I decided to brave the relentless NE wind to see if I could locate some specs locally. The warmest water I could find was 46 degrees and I couldn't get anything going in shallow water. I kept moving...