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04-03-2006, 09:18 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Carol Stream
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Crappie pond
Made it to my favorite pond on Saturday with my buddy.
Crappies were right next to shore, and hitting our Mepps as we casted parallel to the shoreline. We must have had 20 of them after making it around the entire pond, and had 9 over 14"
We used his camera, so I will post the pictures after he emails them to me.
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04-03-2006, 12:20 PM
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Location: Barrington
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Don't you just love them slabs. Good job, looking forward to them pics!! 
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04-03-2006, 03:47 PM
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Yep!
Try this tactic at your local ponds right now.
I also caught some crappie at my local pond in Carol Stream on the same set up. Mitchel Park off of Elk Trail. Gary to Elk Trail, then go west 2 blocks.
Last year I caught a couple of 12" out of there by the drainage pipes after a good rain. #1 mepps 3' from shore. Every big one I caught was no further that 3' from shore with some only 1' from shore.
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04-04-2006, 08:53 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
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Nice, I think I've fished that pond. No crappie though, only bass (mostly small). I'll have to give it a shot again.
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04-04-2006, 11:19 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2006
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Where is the pond? Dzięki
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04-05-2006, 08:02 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
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The pond is just west of Gary, between Army Trail Road and North Ave. (off of Elk Trail).
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04-05-2006, 08:15 PM
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Location: Northwest Suburb
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9 over 14 inch
Hope that you released them otherwise your favorite pond will become crappie stunt...... Small crappie take over!
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04-05-2006, 08:39 PM
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Location: Lombard
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JC, you don't have to worry about walleye_71 fishing out "his" pond  .
He knows a good thing when he has it .
Da Fonz
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04-06-2006, 09:07 AM
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Location: Carol Stream
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JC,
I hear ya!
The pond that I gave directions to is my local pond.
The pond that I catch these slabs are somewhere else.
I release every fish that I catch out of that pond.
I pretty much release all my fish except an occasional walleye in Canada for a shore lunch, and a few crappies out of Delavan.
No worries!
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04-06-2006, 07:12 PM
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Walleye_71
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Over 40 years of fishing on bank....
Own Malibu Mini- X Kayak
Won Chicago Fall Fish-in Carp Classic 2007
10.98 lbs and 10.05 lbs Bass in Florida in March of 2008! Both released!
9 bass over 6 lbs, life member of Muskie, Inc., 48" released.
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