Page 4 - Crappie NOW - August 2017

Story & photos by John E. Phillips
“The hotter the weather, the easier
To catch the most and biggest the crappie are for me to find and catch,”
crappie in any lake or river that you fish, Phillips says. “I guide on Lake Jordan
during any time of the year, fish when and - on the Coosa River chain - and the
where most crappie anglers don’t fish Alabama River, as well as fish crappie
and use tactics that others rarely use. By tournaments. I’ve discovered a pattern
formulating this simple recipe, Jonathan that pays off in plenty of impressive-size
Phillips of Wetumpka, Alabama, catches crappie during the hottest months. You
big slab crappie all summer long. can use this same strategy on any lake

Phillips uses his side-scan feature on his
depth finder to pinpoint brush piles, stumps
and logs underwater, on the edges of the
creek channels where crappie hold on them
or above them.

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