Darren took me to Lake Talquin in mid-February to fish for crappie there.  He said we would catch some slabs, and he was right.  These 12 weighed 17 pounds, the smallest is just over 1 pound and the biggest just over 2. We caught them in one morning of fishing.

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These are two of the big crappie we caught.  You can get an idea of the numbers and colors of the jigs Darren uses from the boxes shown - and there were many more out of the picture!

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Darren's boat is set up for trolling up to 16 rods at a time. Here he is with 12 out and running, this is called a spider rig and he covers a width of about 34 feet of water on each pass.

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Lake Talquin fish are fat and pretty. And the lake is beautiful.

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Here is Darren in action in the front of his boat, fishing 8 rods while running the trolling motor, keeping the boat over fish and changing colors constantly.

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