Crappie Fishing Tips
Whether you are new to Crappie fishing, or an avid fisherman, it never hurts to other opinions and tips from both professional and amateur fisherman alike. Some fisherman have a habit of finding one certain style of fishing, and sticking to it. While doing what makes you most comfortable may allow you to fish without any surprises, many times that style of fishing may now work in all situations and conditions. By trying different things, you may find that you increase your catch.
Fishing for Crappie in Winter
During the winter, water temperatures can drop below 40 degrees. When the water is this cold, look for schooling crappie in deeper areas from 18 to 30 feet. Most areas water stay below this temperature from late November to early march. Concentrate on sharp bends or points and work both directions with a slow presentation until you find the right depth and color combination. Professional fisherman prefer to start with darker colors of red, green, or orange in combinations with yellow or chartreuse tails. Pre-tie your rigs and setup. By having the rigs already tied we can spend more time fishing, and much less time changing baits. It also beats attempting to tie new bait on when the temperature is low and your fingers are numb.
Fishing for Crappie in Fall
Fall is literally the hardest time to fish for Crappie. During the fall, crappie may seem to disappear completely. The truth is they do not disappear, they just change the area in which they frequent. One day the crappie may be found in shallow water around submerged weeds, and may be schooling in 30 foot open waters the next. The trick is attracting the more illusive Crappie to your bait. This can be accomplished several ways.
1) Fish slower. Give the Crappie more time to see the bait.
2) Use bright colored baits. Orange/chartreuse, yellow/chartreuse, and green/chartreuse Crappie Pro jig bodies are favorites among professional fisherman.
3) If you are using artificial bait, use bait scents. tip out jigs with a piece of minnow or Berkley Crappie Nibbles.
4) Allow for more bait movement. While moving the bait requires more time and energy, it attracts the Crappie by giving the illusion of live bait.
Fishing for Crappie in Spring
Fishing for Crappie during the spring may be the easiest, because most Crappie are spawning during this time. The male Black Crappie construct a large nest by fanning out small depressions around the bottom of brush, various vegetation, rocks, or submerged boulders, in water anywhere from 1 to 5 feet deep. The female Black Crappie then come in and lay eggs in the nest. Concentrate on these types of areas, and keep an open mind.
Daniel Eggertsen
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Can any one give me any tips on crappie fishing?
What are some good jigs how deep to fish and what time of the day.
It all varies from day to day, hour to hour.
Key…find trees or some other sort of cover. Also, fish where crappie ARE, if a body of water is not known as a crappie water, it will not produce much crappie.
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various times for fishing… deep jigging– 3/4 oz. sinker, egg prefered, about 18" above the 1/64th to 1/8 oz jig, or you can drop shot a small grub or worm you will have to experiment on the depth, or you can cast the small jigs and retreive them as they are suppose to be fished.
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fishing shows and magazines
Look for the spawning areas. These look like round gravel areas about 2 to 3 feet in diameter that are near the shore.
Fly fishing use a Bitchcreek Nymph.
Casting use a white grub on a Flue Flue and a bobber.
My most important piece of equipment that I can wear in fishing is my polarized sunglasses. You can see through the glare of the surface to see into the water.
- STB
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One thing about crappie, they are all the same depth.Remember about how far down you are when you catch one, also, when the water is still cold or cool, the crappie don’t move so fast, so when jigging, jig real slow, if the water is still cold jig real real slow. Remember, if you catch a crappie, they are more at the same place, just be patient and catch the whole bunch of them.Happy Crappie!!!!!!
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Time of day and depth changes daily, but here’s the best way to learn- find out the best crappie waters around you – go to that lake and seek out the largest concentration of boats bunched up fairly close together- if only a few people are fishing, it may be just 3-5 boats in one spot, but if the perch are hitting good , there may be as may as 10 to 20 boats bunched up- these people are catching the perch in schools as they bunch up un open water- they may have 1 to 5 jigs
Usually 3 jigs on each pole and sometimes the boat looks like a porcupine because it has so many poles sticking out- go in close and notice how deep and what color jigs they are using.Just duplicate it and you’ll be in business.
There are many ways to catch crappie, this is just one of them. In Louisiana the limit is 50 crappie per person per day and when the crappie is hitting, most people get the limit
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