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02-21-2024, 01:10 PM
Thread: Central Illinois 2/21/24
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Central Illinois 2/21/24
Went out for a few hours this morning. Fishing was good as long as you stayed out of the wind. Put a dozen nice crappie in the live well. Water temp was 41 degrees. Caught all on Black/chartreuse...
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01-17-2024, 12:24 AM
Thread: Article: Lake Mattoon
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Article: Lake Mattoon
You can view the page at https://www.crappie.com/crappie/content.php?r=5107-Lake-Mattoon-12-30-23&
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12-30-2023, 05:14 PM
Thread: Lake Mattoon 12/30/23
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Lake Mattoon 12/30/23
Crappie still biting good. Had 10 over 10 inches. Put them back in the lake for next time, I have plenty in the freezer. Caught them with a cork and jig. Chartreuse seemed to work well. Caught them...
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12-26-2023, 06:54 PM
Thread: Lake Mattoon 12/26/23
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Lake Mattoon 12/26/23
Crappie were biting pretty good today. Kept 10 overs in about 2 hours. Found them in from 2 to 6 feet of water with a jig about 18 inches below a bobber. Used chartreuse and black flakes with pink...
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12-13-2023, 07:05 PM
Thread: 12-13-23 Lake Mattoon
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12-13-23 Lake Mattoon
Caught 12 nice ones today. Using a cork with a jig and jig is about 24 inches down, using a chartreuse jig in about 6 to 8 feet of water. Water was about 40 or 41 degrees.
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12-07-2023, 03:49 PM
Thread: 12-7-23 Lake Mattoon
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12-7-23 Lake Mattoon
Caught a dozen real nice crappie today. Water was about 42 degrees and all were caught in about 6 foot of water with a jig about 2 feet down. Used chartreuse/chartreuse or black/chartreuse.
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11-30-2023, 01:23 PM
Thread: 11/30/23 Lake Mattoon
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11/30/23 Lake Mattoon
Went out today and caught 10 nice keepers, water temperature was about 40 to 42°. Caught on black and chartreuse jig in about 6 to 8 feet of water.
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11/5/23
Caught a few crappies today. Ended up with 10 overs and 8 unders. Caught in 3 to 6 feet of water using chartreuse and black jigs. Water was about 51 degrees.
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11-02-2023, 01:07 PM
Thread: Crappie time
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Crappie time
Went out this morning and fish for a few hours, ended up keeping 12 really nice Crappies. Fishing 4 to 6 feet of water swim in a jig back about 18 to 24 inches down using chartreuse jigs. Water temp...
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10-27-2023, 12:32 PM
Thread: Lake Mattoon 10/27
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Lake Mattoon 10/27
Wife’s friend and her husband wanted some Crappie . I ended up with 20, 10 overs and 10 unders. I had some real nice ones too, fishing shallow, 3 feet of water using monkey milk with a pink head,...
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10-26-2023, 01:13 PM
Thread: Crappie 10/26/23
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Crappie 10/26/23
Caught some more nice fish. Water is warming up a couple degrees from where it was a few days ago, it was 60 to 61 degrees today. Caught several fish, kept 10 all together. Fished in about 7 or 8...
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10-21-2023, 02:24 PM
Thread: Fall Crappies
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Fall Crappies
Crappie fishing is picking up some for me. Went today and caught quite a few, ended up cleaning 15 of them. Water temperature was 57 to 59 degrees. Fishing in about 7 or 8 feet of water swimming a...
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05-11-2023, 12:09 PM
Thread: 5/11/23 Lake Mattoon
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5/11/23 Lake Mattoon
Fished Lake Mattoon again this morning, ended up with 10 overs and 5 unders again. Got them about the same way that I did the other day, fishing from 6 feet deep anywhere down to about 1 foot deep ....
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05-09-2023, 12:29 PM
Thread: Lake Mattoon still produces
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Lake Mattoon still produces
Went out to Lake Mattoon today and caught 10 overs and five unders in an hour and a half. Was fishing from 6 foot down to 1 foot deep using black and chartreuse or blue and silver jigs water...
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05-04-2023, 12:50 PM
Thread: Lake Decatur is on fire
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Where are you fishing shallow or deep? Are the...
Where are you fishing shallow or deep? Are the Crappie still spawning? Thank you.
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04-18-2023, 12:38 PM
Thread: 4-18-23 Lake Mattoon
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4-18-23 Lake Mattoon
Went out today and ended up keeping 10 overs. Caught them in 3 to 6 feet of water using pink and chartreuse jigs. Water temperature was 58 to 60, caught all in 2 hours, 9 out of the 10 were full of...
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04-11-2023, 01:29 PM
Thread: Lake Mattoon 4/11/23
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Lake Mattoon 4/11/23
Fished Lake Mattoon today, water temperature was 60 and 61, fished in water from 2 to 6 foot deep, caught 13 nice keepers, using chartreuse and pink jigs.
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03-01-2023, 02:44 PM
Thread: Central Illinois 3/1/23
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Lake Mattoon
Lake Mattoon
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03-01-2023, 02:38 PM
Thread: Central Illinois 3/1/23
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Central Illinois 3/1/23
Caught 6 overs and 6 unders. Water temp was about 47 degrees. Fishing in about 8 or 10 feet of water with jig about 3 feet deep.
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02-27-2023, 08:05 PM
Thread: Ice out crappies
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Central Illinois, 42.5 degrees water, caught them...
Central Illinois, 42.5 degrees water, caught them shallow
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02-27-2023, 08:02 PM
Thread: Ice out crappies
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I caught a few last week. I think if your out on...
I caught a few last week. I think if your out on the right day they are biting.
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01-21-2023, 05:15 PM
Thread: Guide service
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Haven’t fished Newton lake in years. I always...
Haven’t fished Newton lake in years. I always knew it was good for bass , and used to be good for crappies years ago but didn’t know if they still had very many numbers left ?
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Fished for about 3 hours and ended up with 10 keepers. Crappie seemed more scattered than they had been, just caught one here and one there. Fishing central Illinois, weather was good and water...
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11-29-2022, 02:45 PM
Thread: Mattoon 11/29
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Mattoon 11/29
No pictures this time but I went out in the wind today, found a couple spots out of the wind and did pretty good. Caught 22 keeper Crappie, released them for another day. I was the only boat trailer...
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11-22-2022, 02:35 PM
Thread: Mattoon 11/21/22
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Mattoon 11/21/22
Crappie bite has been good for me lately. Catching crappie in 5 to 10 feet of water swimming jig back about4 foot down. Colors don’t matter much but I used Bill/Blue mostly. Water was in mid 40’s....
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11-01-2022, 01:37 PM
Thread: November Lake Mattoon
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November Lake Mattoon
Went out today and ended up keeping 10 Crappie, from 9 1/2 inches to 11 1/2 inches long. Caught in 4 to 10 foot of water running the jig about 1/2 way down. Black/Chartreuse or White/Chartreuse jigs....
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10-27-2022, 01:43 PM
Thread: Lake Mattoon 10/27/22
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Lake Mattoon 10/27/22
Caught a nice bucket of Crappie today on lake Mattoon. Use white/chartreuse or black/blue jigs. Water was 56 degrees. Caught in anywhere from 3 to 10 feet of water with jig about 2 or 3 feet deep....
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10-15-2022, 10:13 AM
Thread: Lake Mattoon
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Water temperature was right around 60 degrees....
Water temperature was right around 60 degrees. Used several different colors of jigs, all worked well.
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10-14-2022, 07:55 PM
Thread: Lake Mattoon
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Lake Mattoon
Fished Lake Mattoon today, caught lots of Crappie , fishing shallow water , lots of small ones, only had 10 keepers but had fun catching fish.
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11-27-2021, 12:41 AM
Thread: Bucket of crappies
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Lake Mattoon, been doing well there lately.
Lake Mattoon, been doing well there lately.
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Very nice. Thanks for sharing the memories
Vintage crappie pics