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Don’t know if they even still make em but on a spinning rod a Tiny Torpedo is great. Spray paint em brown

Wish I hadn’t seen that

WHAT A TOURNAMENT 🎣!! Douglas Lake Results East TN Crappie Club held its 6th tournament of the season on Douglas lake today. We had 18 boats participate in the tournament and all 18 weighed fish. The day started off with a little rain and a congested boat ramp, but quickly turned good once the...

I’ve never heard of it. Sounds fun

When I go crappie fishing it’s to catch a limit in as short a time as possible. If I want to have fun I fish top water for smallmouths

May not be the most exciting way to fish but you can sure load the freezer. Pulled planer boards last 3 days Saturday got 30 in 1 hour 35 minutes Sunday got 30 in about 5 hours today quit when we had 19.

Good luck. I’m still searching for one

It’s the time of year to fill up the freezer for sure. Tried some of the Z Man jigs lately they are producing pretty good. But still like my Sliders

Go now

Congrats

Funny story. I’m kinda a fair weather fisherman since I can usually fish anytime I want to. This past Saturday the East Tn Crappie Club had our tournament on Tellico. They were calling for 100%rain wind up to 20 mph. I can deal with rain but not the wind. Told my buddy where I had been...

I use 8 rods double jigs. My favorite is Charlie Brewer sliders but also use crappie magnet , Boneheads. Black or blue with chartruse tail can’t be beat but sometimes solid white or pink will work. I very seldom use curly tails but a buddy won’t use anything but curly tail.

They are on shallow mud flats not attaching to cover or structure more or less just roaming around. I used to single pole with a jig and float and we caught a lot of fish that way. But planer boards let you over more ground. True it’s not the most exciting way to catch ‘em but you can flat...