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By 8 a.m. we were touching the dock at the Once the sun gets on the weeds, most
ramp. The fishing day was over and Mustang’s crappie leave the shallows and head for
work time was just beginning. the channels. Some will work back very
“Well, now you’ve seen it,” he says. “In tight to the bank but these fish are hard to
summer it’s critical if I want to catch a good get at. Just poling a boat into those spots
number of fish — and three girls and a wife might chase them off. Pads are a good
can eat a lot of crappie — I need to get out place to find summertime crappie. Mike
early.”
Working along the Coosa River in Parrott displays a good fish.

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