Crappie Fishing

[gvsugod]

So it was a weird night of fishing.

Caught alot of sunfish on poppers and spinners, first time I have ever had it happen in that frequency. One small largemouth on said popper. But to start the night, third cast, I caught a decent little crappie. I am fishing in my apartment complex fishing pond, and its loaded, sunfish, small and largemouth, cats, and now crappie.

With this revelation, I decided I want to eat crappie. What is a good set up for them? I am shore fishing and have never really tried fishing specifically for crappie before.

Thanks!

 

[whackmaster66]

I use a Ultra light spinning setup with 6lb line and a 7foot rod... As far as lures goes and what i use is 1/8oz jig heads with double tails or single curly tail jigs tipped with a Minnow which is deadly and another jig that works good is a Panfish or Bass Assassin.. Hope this helps I catch alot of Crappies using these setups..

 

[ggglobert9]

Dynamite...No pole needed...light...duck...wait for the fish to land in your cooler!

 

[billcollector]

Usually a jig tipped with minnow on bobber works if they are not active but i will also use beatle spins and mep in line spinners (blue gill will also hit).

 

[stocknup]

I have been catching them with just a straight spinner . Still catching a few bass and Bluegill also.

 

[patience0830]

Anything that mimics a minnow will work on crappie at one time or another. Muddler Minnow on a fly rod works for me occasionally.

I just has to be above the fish. Distance above will depend on the clarity of the water. They won't go down usually to the bait.

 

[.356luger]

Try a "bitsy minnow" I destroy bluegill with them they are from strike king. Available at Walmart for a couple bucks havent been in crappie waters yet this year but I imagine tey will do just as good on them.

 

[ATOMonkey]

I always used a small spinner with a white jig with a red dot on it. Crappie tore those up.

Finding out where they like to school is the most important part of catching them. The lake I used to fish had a point at the entrance of a small cove where they liked to school. If you wanted to catch crappie, that's where you went.

 

[Modhydro]

Live minnows are great as live bait on a pencil bobber.

Beetle spins work well for ultralight casting.

My favorite though is a rubber minnow hooked through the head on my flyrod. It works especially well when they are hitting very light.

I caught around 40 last night on our pond with most in the 8-10 range. I wound up getting this one as a nice surprise. It was an honest 15 1/2" long and pulled the kayak around like you wouldn't believe!

 

[kjf48197]

live minnows work great. I have also used bee moths when the bit gets tough

 

[hooky]

Something like this until you find the right color or roadrunners or minnow on a slip bobber rig.

 

[bwframe]

...My favorite though is a rubber minnow hooked through the head on my flyrod. It works especially well when they are hitting very light.

I caught around 40 last night on our pond with most in the 8-10 range. I wound up getting this one as a nice surprise. It was an honest 15 1/2" long and pulled the kayak around like you wouldn't believe!

Now that sounds like big time fun. Got any more details on your bait, hook, tippet, rigging? How does it cast?

 

[tom1025]

I always use an ultra light set up with a slip bober tipped with minows, crickets or wax worms.

 

[Gibster]

panfish & crappie 4/13/12

Fished 4 acre pond 4/13/12...5 nice gills over 8 inches...2 crappie over 9 inches...one bass about 10 inches in about 1 hour from 75 feet of shoreline.

All on same lure that .356luger mentioned previously--- Strike King - Bitsy Minnow.

Very clear water at 60 degrees so now wonder bass were slow. Clouds had moved in an hour before.

A good afternoon.

 

[Modhydro]

flyrod crappie

My rig is pretty simple. It is a generic Fenwick kit flyrod I built as a kid around 30 years ago. I use plain old level floating line with about 6' of 4# leader. I use a #4 hook and simply go through the head of a silver rubber minnow. It casts about the same as a big popper. If you twitch the rod tip the minnow will dart around nicely and get plenty of hits. If they aren't hitting hard just drag it slowly so you can feel the light strike.

If that doesn't work switch to a rubber spider and clobber the bluegill.

Hope that helps. Nothing fancy by any means, but a lot of fun!

 

[sampo]

An ultra-light rod, open-faced reel, 6lb. test, slip-bobber to ajust to your desired depth is always good. and a long hook I think a #3. bait would be minnows or worms, both work great. Have fun fishin'

 

[gvsugod]

Crappie were biting tonight. On anything I put in the water. To bad the biggest one was about 4 inches. I tossed them all back to get bigger for when I am a) fishing for them and b) hungry