• More Crappie Fishing Tips with John E. Phillips

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    The three factors that will allow you to find and catch crappie all year long are water depth, water temperature and the amount of dissolved oxygen in the water. Most lakes and rivers stratify (have one temperature on the top layer of the water and a different temperature deeper in the water). For instance, in

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  • Crappie Pro Whitey Outlaw Says Dig a Hole to Catch Crappie

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    John’s Note: This past weekend in early April I went to the Crappie Masters Alabama Championship ( www.crappiemasters.com) on the Alabama River near Montgomery. My goal was to find new and better ways to catch crappie. Here’s the information I gleaned from this tournament and these crappie pros. Whitey Outlaw,

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  • Whitey Outlaw on Fishing Stumps, Trees and Brush Piles with a Jigging Pole for Crappie

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    John’s Note: This past weekend in early April I went to the Crappie Masters Alabama Championship (http://www.crappiemasters.com,” www.crappiemasters.com) on the Alabama River near Montgomery. My goal was to find new and better ways to catch crappie. Here’s the information I gleaned from this tournament and

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  • Crappie Pro Kyle Schoenherr Says Drop the Jig Through the Center of the Cover to Catch More Crappie

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    John’s Note: Crappie Pro Kyle Schoenherr guides on Rend Lake, Kinkaid Lake and Lake of Egypt in southern Illinois. Rend Lake is a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers lake like Grenada Lake in Mississippi and has shallow, stained water. Kinkaid Lake and Lake of Egypt are both deep, clear lakes. Most of the lakes I …

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  • Captain Phillip Criss – Bet on the Frogs for Bass at Lake Guntersville

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    John’s Note: Captain Phillip Criss of Scottsboro, Alabama, has been a more than two decade fishing buddy of mine for both bass and crappie – first at Miller’s Ferry and now at Lake Guntersville (www.guntersvilleal.org) on the Tennessee River in north Alabama. Anglers across the South know of Criss’s

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