Crappie fishing in Manotick and Orleans area

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Jongy
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Crappie fishing in Manotick and Orleans area

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May I ask if anyone knows some good spots to fish crappie? Is it too early and being this time of year I guess it would be best to fish from shoreline?
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The Ottawa river in Orleans is tough but Petrie Island is your best bet "Crappie Bay" and as for Manotick just go a bit past it to Carleton Golf and Yatch Club and drive all the way down to the Rideau and fish the shore line there.
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I had one of the best Crappie fishing days of my life on the Rideau river near Manotick when I found a bunch of monster fish under some floating logs in a swale of the river.... one after the other monsters. Think sharp curves in the river where stuff just seems to get stuck in the current.
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What bait artificial or real do you use for crappie
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