great fishing techniques???

Question

i go fishing for crappie in a lake. we use either worms or minnows, and we use a rod and reel line. but we dont catch barely anything. what are some great fishing techniques to catch more crappie???

Answer 1

Never fished for them (except on TROPHY BASS), as I live in the UK............ but some good general tips for freshwater fishing:

1) BE PATIENT........ if you've been reeling in every minute or two to see if there is anything attached to your hook yet (used to do that all the time when I was a kid), try to settle into the session a bit more and give the bait at least 15-20minutes or until you see the rod tip twitch (and more of a tug, than when you get with the wind blowing it).
One good approach for detecting bites is a technique called "touch legering" (using a weight on the line instead of a float/bobber...... then feeling for bites by holding a slightly tight line between your thumb & finger).

2) Use "Watercraft" - the art of using your observation skills to figure out where the fish might be. Potential fish holding spots include Jetties / Boat landings / Piers + Sunken branches or entire sunken trees.

3) Prepare your rigs well, and try to put some thought into it........ like use blackened swivels & weights instead of silver coloured ones, as they reflect light less, and thus the fish should be less suspicious of it... and try not to fish heavier than you need to, so it makes less of a splash when it hits the water (also helps to cast smoothly, with a gentle flick rather than launching it as hard as possible).

4) In addition to worms, try using a "cocktail bait" of worm + a bit of BERKLEY's "GULP!" + "POWERBAIT" range of baits.
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5) In the immortal words of Elmer Fudd "Be vewy vewy quiet", as sounds (and / or the vibrations from them) can apparently travel 5times further / faster through water than it does here on land, and fish are quite sensitive to detecting vibration.

Likewise, casting your shadow over the water can also spook fish....... so try to keep as low down & as far back from the edge as you can.

Answer 2

Feeding Habits - Primary food items are crustaceans, aquatic insects and small fishes. Adults mainly eat small fish, particularly open-water forage fish, like threadfin shad.


Sporting Quality - Black crappies are excellent game fish and are highly regarded by bait fishermen and artificial-lure anglers alike. They are easily caught during prespawning periods when the fish are congregated in large schools. Trolling with small, live minnows or a spinner-fly combination is very productive. They will also strike subsurface flies, small spinners, jigs, and tiny crankbaits. Crappies tend to suspend in midwater, so you may have to experiment to find the right depth. As a sport fish, specific bag and size limit regulations apply, and you can register a qualifying catch as part of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's "Big Catch" program. See the American Crappie Association for moe

Answer 3

Fish structure.

I find that large crappie tend to suspend in the deep water off points or arround submerged highpints on the lake bed. If you are on the lake often you may want to think about sinking some structure of your own. I find old Christmas trees work really well. Any habitat for small fish and crustations will draw bigger fish. Thinkd of it as setting up an underwater buffet.

Answer 4

i dont do much crappie fishing but when i do i catch alot. Let me tell you what i do

1. Use a small bright color deep diving crankbait in deep water. If there are any monster crappie, they will go after this.

2. Use a 2 inch bright color grub

3. use a small white spinnerbait and fish it slowly in deep water

4. real worms - use these and let them go to the bottom, and reel slowly every 5 second and stop for 5 seconds

good luck

Answer 5

Crappie jigs, shiners, red worms, "Road Runners", etc.. A bobber can be used because they lay suspended in the water. Add a good fish-finder to the "package", (if ya' be in a boat) because Crappie run in schools and once located, your in!! Try around submerged trees, brush and any good cover for them. Crappie and Walleye has ta' be one of the finest eatin' freshwater fish around. Good luck to ya' and "Fish On...

Answer 6

2" white curly tail jigs on a 1/32 oz. jighead you can either just cast it out or if they are shy biting you can use a bobber about 18" deep and use a real slow jerky retrieve stopping a time or two and letting it set for a few seconds

Answer 7

If you use a bream buster and some glow worms you will catch a lot more crappie.

Answer 8

Well I tend to bring my 40 foot rod to lure in all of them. I take them home and feed them some bait if you know what I mean. Then I let them go back satified.

Answer 9

well i read some where that they like other fish so try that. let me know if it works.........
Good Luck..................