Crappie In Springfield Lake

[jbooth24]

I was wanting to know if anyone has ever caught any crappie out of springfield lake or the James river up by the boat ramp. I have herd stories of people catching them but never seen anyone pull them out of there. Does anyone have any insight on we're to even start fishing for them at there?

[fishbait3]

yes u can pull crappie out of there by the cemetery

[Mofloatjunkie]

Jbooth... When I was a kid my dad would take us out on the flat bottom and we would catch crappie on minnows drifting on the flats above the dam and in brush piles near where they suck the water in for the power plant. In my opinion that lake is so incredibly overfished that it's hard to find them these days. I've seen people keep fish that are illegal and I've seen people trucking way more that their limit of fish out of there. Seems that security down there is more worried about telling people not to stand in the water than they are protecting the lake. So long story short if you wanna catch some crappie I got a couple spots at crighton and a couple spots on the river between shelvin rock and hootentown. pm me and we will talk.

[jbooth24]

I will do mofloatjunkie

[Aggressor1988long]

Ask a.archdale

[Aggressor1988long]

Yeah my cousin told me he said dead bass people caught and didnt even bother to fillet, put them back let the young generation have fun too.

[jbooth24]

I always release the bass that I catch at springfield lake. Everyone and then I will keep some catfish or some bluegill and some googel eye that I catch but other than that it catch and release for me. Except for crappie now those are some good eatin fish

[trythisonemv]

I alwAys heard that people shouldn't eat fish from Springfield lake. So I always throw them back.

[trythisonemv]

Pollution

[fishbait3]

ive ate several fish out of there just watch for parasite fish/check for worms .