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River Crappie are fun year round........these have made it to the cleaning table.......next stop......peanut oil and yellow corn meal......
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Harvest Moon tonight so I'm excited about the potential this weekend......little bit lower water temps......and an emphasis on moving water should serve the willing angler well on the Albemarle......I like a few days after the Full Moon in the Fall but push hard to fish a few days before and ultimately during the Full Moon Spring and Summer as the urge to spawn pushes fish early.......just an opinion that has played out on multiple seasons....
Thanks Mark and Ken....the mild Summer is most significant to me fishing "river" crappie as they have remained shallow or return earlier than usual thus we cross paths as I pursue the gills......I simply can't turn away from piled up crappie when located.....on this day three trees held the majority of the fish, two of which have produced large numbers for more than ten years in a row during the Early Fall.....but with water temps receding into the high 70s over the last few weeks and holding, the larger fish have began to transition into the shallow cover and are very aggressive when located......I hit a different location on Sunday and caught 51 in two spots but very similar to the conditions I had Saturday......just plain fun and let's not forget......"save a gill, eat a crappie"....
nice Jeffrey! I've noticed I am picking one up here and there in places where i fish in the fall all. got one this morning on the dropper fly but it was only about eight inches.
Thanks Guys......it hasn't slowed down all year for Crappie.........already catching them where I search in the Fall, so provided we don't get a major heat wave later in August the bite will stay hot through September......I've never released as many crappie as I have this year.....100 fish crappie days in August is a special treat....
You sure have been on the crappies this year!
Great mess of crappies, Jeffrey! A quick peanut oil bath, and you got a lip smackin , meal fit for a king. Congrats on your catch!!
Man, look at all those! Nice
the fish fry is on!! a great mess of nice looking croppie!
Wow what a nice mess of crappies.
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