Crappies in Fla.

[gudkatch]

My parents moved to Port Charlotte a couple years ago and I'm going to be moving down in the spring of "06".  I've been on the Gulf a couple of times and also bass fished the pond behind there house and I've had a blast doing both.  What I'm really interested is finding some good crappie lakes that hold keeper size fish.  Does anyone have any ideas for me?  Thanks for any information.  Gudkatch

[rendo]

   any of the inland chain lakes has good size crappie. I like the harris chain of lakes by Leesburg.

[gudkatch]

Thanks rendo.  Is that north of Fort Meyers? and if so any idea how far?

Never mind I MapQuested Leesburg and I'd figure its about a good 2 hours.

[gudkatch]

Never mind I MapQuested Leesburg and I'd figure its about a good 2 hours.

[beaverfsu]

Lake Talquin outside of Tallahasse is a great place for Crappies (Specs).

[redfishryan]

yeah ya beter get used to callin em specs down there! i was raised in FL and always called em specs. i just moved to southcarolina and they call em crappie sounded crappy. i got made fun of alot when i called em specs. nobody knew what i was talkin bout