rsimms, Chickamauga, Crappie, 3/17/2017, enmreal

[rsimms]

I had several guide trips postpone in the past week due to the extreme cold. I hadn't been on huge numbers of crappie, but I lost touch with the ones I had been on. Before this week's trips I needed to try and find a few on Friday. My good friend Ed McCoy (enmreal) was happy to tag along.

Longline trolling, we covered a lot of unproductive water. But we finally found an area holding several fish, and they were "bigguns!"

Ed had two monster crappie that qualified for the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency Angler Recognition Program (TARP's). emoEek A white crappie that was 14 & 3/8 inches (weighed 1-10) and a magnum black crappie that was 15 & 1/4 inches (weighed 1-13). We caught 15 solid keepers while trolling (1/8th oz. Road Runner jig heads and Crappie Magnet jigs) . We probably could have caught a few more if we had remained in "the sweet spot," but I stayed on the move just searching/scouting.

We quit trolling after a while and went to shoot some docks... enmreal's first time ever shooting. He's a natural! emoApplause We added a dozen good keepers to the box and caught a bunch of short fish. That means life is good and gettin' better every day!

 

[deerhunter3]

Glad to see you found them, going Sunday to try my luck. haven't got to go in the last three weeks.

 

[polo-dog]

Good sounding day. Congrats on the TARPs. Taking up dock shooting now!!! Good for you rsimms.

 

[TR20bh]

WTG! You can really find them big slabs!

 

[Tenncrapie]

Trollers dream. Slick as glass. Good job I might add

 

[Chick68]

Thanks for the report, I have been trying for some crappie lately instead of those nasty green fish a lot of FUN !!