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Stubborness not a crappie angler’s friend
Recently, I made a trip to one of my favorite fishing holes, Chotard/Albermarle. The fishing reports had been poor to moderate at best. […]
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Unusual techniques pay crappie dividends
Remember my telling you about catching fall crappie using crankbaits in a recent column on these pages? In November 2007, Jim McKay and Tommy Moss, both of Brandon, surprised us all by catching the winning weight on Ferguson Lake using Bandit crankbaits they borrowed from me. […]
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Crappie action is absolutely exploding
“Paul, you need to come on up here right now,” Mrs. Cordell told me over the phone as I tried to make a reservation for a cabin on Lake Washington. “Robert (that’s Mr. Cordell) is catching limits of big fish every day. If he goes by himself, he comes in with one limit. If he takes someone with him, they have two limits. Been doing it since that last 12-inch rain. Honey, it just doesn’t get any better.” […]
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Break out cranks for super action
Are you ready for some football, I mean, some crappie fishing? Well, it’s here. That first little cool spell that we Mississippians call “football weather” is upon us. And, for me and lots of you, that first cool morning signals the beginning of one of the very best times of the year to catch a mess of white perch. […]
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Is it fall yet? Heck, it almost is
“Hello, Paul, this is William. Whatcha doing? You catching any fish?” […]
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Not a champ, but not a chump either
I just had one of the best crappie-fishing experiences ever, and I’d like to tell you about it. The Magnolia Crappie Club held the Magnolia State Crappie Championship on beautiful Wolf Lake recently. This was one of the best tournaments in the 16-year history of the state’s largest crappie club. […]
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Is hell hotter than a Miss. summer?
Hot enough for you? Man, I’m burning up. The older I get, the less tolerant I am of our typical, tropical summers. O.K., I admit it: The air conditioning and soft living have turned me into a woos. […]
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Spring marked by many highs, lows
Wow! What a spring we’ve had. I can’t possibly cover everything related to weather, high water, high gas prices and crappie fishing in this little column, can I? […]
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We all have our favorite pastimes and hobbies. Golf, gardening, pitching horseshoes, family picnics, hunting and fishing are all good outdoorsy things to do, don’t you think? […]
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April argualbly our best crappie month
When’s the best time to go crappie fishing? Are they biting yet? […]
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Flat-lining still works on crappie
Funny how things have evolved in crappie fishing, isn’t it? I mean, if you’re like me, you’ve tried lots of different things to catch a white perch. […]
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Rising river doesn’t cancel bets
It’s been a year since we began this column. I wondered aloud 12 months ago how long it’d take me to run out of words or ways to talk about crappie fishing. […]