Folks when i was a kid (several decades ago), I remember my first real fish i caught was a Pan-sized Crappie! I fished for an hour or so and landed a mess of them specs, and I remember it was also the first fish my dad taught me how to clean. (I think I was 7 or 8 at the time). He told me that If was gonna catch them, then I had to clean them. He of course would cook :chef and eat them, leaving me to eat fish-sticks, or left-overs LOL.
Anyhow, As my dad has passed on :angel , I got to thinking how I would surely enjoy catching a mess of Crappie, cleaning them and eating them .
However as a transplanted Floridian, I am not sure what the Crappie fishing is like down here, or what lakes would be ideal to go out in search of the speckled tasty wonders.
If anyone can give me any ideas on where to go to catch them I would certainly appreciate it a lot!
Thanks
G
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If you want crappie, or specks as they're known to many of us, you're in the right state! Just about any healthy lake will have a decent population. I think fishing is best in cooler months, when you can drift across the lakes with minnows under a cork and catch a mess, or fish around brush piles and tree tops.
Here's what FWC has to say about the best lakes: http://myfwc.com/recreation/FW_sites_topcrappie.htm
If you want to go sometime, I'm ready and willing. We'll throw my john boat or canoe on top of my truck and head over to one of the lakes.
Don't think you want to drive 5 hours.Talquin is a long way from St. Pete for a few specks. If I were you Tenoroc, or Panasoffkee would be the place to go. You would need a boat for both, and fishing the winter months are best. You can be at Pana. in under 2 hours, and Tenoroc is a little closer. You also catch some big blue gill in these lakes.
Ya what the hell is a crappie? Lol
It's what the 'Nole fans do in their pants every time they play the Gators! :toast
Thanks all for the good advice.
I said I was a transplant! Crappie is a northern term I know, and i am sorry.
I was born in the north but claim Florida as my home!
