Tag: fishing rods
Day 5: How to Decide Whether to Spider Rig or Vertical Jig
February 5, 2019Editor’s Note: Jonathan Phillips of Wetumpka, Alabama, guides on both the Coosa and the Alabama rivers and lakes, mainly Lake Jordan near his home, and fishes crappie tournaments with his wife, Alicia, as his partner. He’s the winner of one state crappie championship and has had numerous wins with top-10 finishes in state and national…read more
Day 1: Matt Mavigliano’s Crappie Equipment and Fishing His Favorite February Water – Illinois’s Lake of Egypt
February 5, 2019Editor’s Note: ACC Crappie Stix (https://acccrappiestix.com/) Pro Matt Mavigliano from Carterville, Illinois, has fished for crappie the past 8 years and has guided for 1 year, primarily on 2300-acre Lake of Egypt near Marion, Ill., 7,000-acre Crab Orchard Lake in the Crab Orchard NWR, 1700-acre Cedar Lake near Makanda, Ill., and Rend Lake, 18,900 acres…read more
Make an adventure out of it!
January 9, 2019It seems that every Fall and Winter the “Crappie fisherman” come out of the woodwork and talk about how great the fishing is and how easy they get the limits. And that’s great but the truth is most of them are sitting under a bride or congregated in a cluster of nervous, anxious and jealous…read more