There are areas in Alabama along the TN river where the fields are flooded for duck hunting. I am just using Alabama as a reference because this is where I am from. You may very well have these in your state or area or something similar to this. As you will be able to see from the attatched pictures, you can easily catch many different types of fish from these water releases or spillways. After duck season is over, the game and fish division open the valves and let all the water spill into the river to drain the fields for planting. There are several different factors that attract so many fish to the area. The current stirs up different types of bait sources, it creates eddy water so that fish can ambush their prey, the eddy water also serves as a calm area directly related to the current. Usually the water being released is a little warmer than the river that it is flowing into which creates a temperature change.

• Pat dry as many crappie fillets as you'll need.
• Put an egg in a bowl & scramble it up.
• In another bowl, put instant potato flakes as  needed to coat fillets.
• Add 1 tsp. brown sugar to potato flakes, mix up.
• Dip fillets in egg first, then into flakes, coating well.
• Fry in hot skillet, with just enough oil to cook.
• Once in pan, sprinkle tops of each fillet with Old Bay Seasoning.  Cooking both sides till done.

Sit back and enjoy...this is our favorite recipe.  I made this up after trying recipes from 3 other people who have been fishing for 30 years, or more. I like each but, that I could improve it with some of my own ideas, and I did.  It is the best.  So far, this is the one we always come back too.