Fishing Q&A

crappie fishing?

need to know how to fish for crappie

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1. WHITE JIGS OR LIVE MINNOW BEST. FISH STRAIGHT DOWN.
2. jig a small worm straight down and hold it about half way down
3. Nasty mush meat try walleye!
4. small fish
5. Use a bobber & keep adjusting it deeper or higher until you find the right depth when they start biting. Use Missouri minows or grass shrimp, you will have good results
6. small minnows and jigs find brush piles and wood drop offs bobber fishing
7. small mini jigs pop along the bottom
8. My best artificial rig for Crappie has been, a white one-eighth to, one sixteenth ounce jig, tipped with a one and, a half inch, white Berkely Power Grub. a one eighth ounce white Worden's Crappie Thunder, seems to work well at times, also.
9. All the above is great info. This time of year check in and around boat docks and middle depth waters. i usually this time of year "Cast" a crappie spinnerbait. In the 1/8 to 1/16 oz size. and retrieve slowly. If I land a few crappie I then switch to jigging. I tie my own crappie jigs and have alot of success with white body and pink tail feather jigs on the lake i fish. you can google "crappie fishing" and get a wealth of info i suggest you look over the following sites:
10. First, the method for catching crappie depends on location, water type (river, lake, slough, etc.), and season. For example, in still water, this time of year (fall/ winter) you want to fish in deeper water, 10- 30 ft. depending on the lake. The type of tackle you should use is a variety, try minnows with a slip cork set for about a foot off the bottom, and gradually move it shallower until you start catching fish. You should also try lead-heads with different colored tube skirts. Darker waters- try chartreuse or red, or orange. In clearer waters try white or yellow. When using jigs, try same method as minnows with respect to depth, and tight line(no cork). Move jig in small sharp jerks. In spring time, during the spawn look for grassy edges, or areas with flooded brush, and fish in 2-4 ft of water. Slip corks also work good at this time, even with jigs. In the summer time, try deeper water, and troll using a med to deep diving crank bait. Crappie in the summer will be more spread out, but you can catch a few using this method.
11. use a minnow and a lead drop it to the bottom and put cork on it
12. IN THE TOILET