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Crappie
Crappie

Trip Summary

Not only are the bass biting but the speck aka crappie bite has already been hot but with the warmer temperatures heating the water they will be moving to shallow isolated vegetation to begin spawning, making them easy targets! On many lakes they are already spawning! Give us a call to book a trip and take home a cooler full for a weekend fish fry!
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Terry Elliott
Winter-haven, Florida, United States
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Spend the day with Captain Terry Elliott owner operator of Scales & Tales Outdoors and get hooked on fishing the beautiful Winter Haven Chain of Lakes! The captain is a Florida native born and raised and has been fishing the local lakes for over 35 ye...

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Boom 100 plus fish day!
Boom 100 plus fish day!
February 28, 2025
Had an epic day on the water with well over 100 fish caught! Kept 38 absolute slabs for the deep fryer and released the rest. All fish with caught casting jigs, they wouldn’t even look at a minnow! Give is a call to book your trip and fill your freezer!
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Big bag of fun!
Big bag of fun!
February 24, 2025
The speck aka crappie bite is on! My clients caught these jigging a line of cattails and boy was it fun!
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Real Crappie Day!
Real Crappie Day!
February 24, 2025
Specks aka crappie bite is still going strong! They have moved up to the spawning areas on many lakes and we are catching them in the vegetation on live minnows and jigs. Talk about good times, nothing like a great weekend fish fry after filling the freezer!
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