bass and crappie?

Question

what are some proven lures that can catch these fish for beginner fisherman during the months of may and june in ohio

Answer 1

Jigs are very good for crappie fishing. Make sure you know the depth for crappie. They stay at different depths at different times. Once you know their depths, keep your line at the same depth. You'll be guaranteed to be catching them all the time. - ma

Answer 2

All the ways i have found to work on crappies were actually an accident. Quite often when i go for bass i end up discovering a new way to catch crappie. Here are some very effective ways that i would normally use to fish for bass and crappie.

1. Small spinnerbait : once you find an area with a lot of crappies or a school of them, using a small spinnerbait can really impress you. I wouldn't say it is the most effective way to catch them but its pretty good. I have caught many crappies worth gloating about using a spinnerbait. A spinnerbait is definitley a bass magnet, you might catch more bass with this than crappie. I would try to find a natural color spinnerbait.

2. Small crankbaits: This is a deadly lure for medium to big crappie and stubborn bass. Once you locate them, this would be the lure that will bring you to your limit of nice sized crappies the fastest. I never would have thought that crappies would go after crankbaits. I would retrieve this slowly when going for crappie with this. If you go fast, you will rip it out f the fragile mouth of the crappie. When using this for bass, retrieve and make the lure jerk in erratic motions. This will trigger most bass but not usually crappies.

3. Panfish jigs: these are the most common way to fish for crappie but it certainly isnt the best way. You will get alot of small ones but will get the occasional nice one. You will also catch an occasion small bass with these.

4. minnows: while i was out on the water saturday fishing in a bass tourney (i won by the way!!!) my uncle was fishing for bluegill and crappie using perch minnows. He started out going for bluegill but that wasnt working out since all he was catching were crappie. He caught quite a few but most when pretty small

5. worms: finally the easiest way. Just throw a worm on a hook with a bobber about 2 or 3 feet above the hook and throw it out. This would be the easiest way to locate the crappie.

Here is a list of what to look for when searching for crappie and bass:

dropoffs
ledges
weedlines
change in underwater structure

good luck!

Answer 3

Everyone seems to have lots of great ways to catch both of these species of fish...I just wanted to add a lure that you can add to your arsenal that has proven very effective for both of these species...plus others as well...

Last year a friend of mine picked up a package of Storms "living eye" soft plastic swim baits. They look exactly like little sunfish or crappies. He basicly started to outfish me as soon as our lures hit the water. Needless to say on our next outing i had some with me. These lures are great! We caught well over 200 fish on them last year. We caught largemouth and smallmouth bass(a ton on them) pike, crappies, dogfish, catfish, and even suckers on these little lures. They come in three to a pack and cost about $3.00. Ive rarely had an outing where i havent catch something on these so try em out and youll catch fish. They sink and have a treble hook on the belly of the lure so they wont work in thick weeds but otherwise ive had great luck with them in lakes and rivers. Give em a try and good luck!

Answer 4

For bass
may-soft plastics,jigs worked over and around beds!
june-solf plastics,crank baits,spinners and the topwater lures!
These lures are not the only baits but are the top sellers in my store year after year during these times!
Crappie!
may-beetle spins(wht/red dot),any type of jig,live minnows!
june-mainly jigs and live minnows!
Again these are top sellers in my store that are proven by fishermen!I am in Indiana and I would think these to be same with Ohio also!

Answer 5

The best lure I recomend for a beginner for these fish is a Road Runner jig head and plastic grub trailer. I have used this for jigging, trolling, or casting and always works. I have included links to show you in better deatil what they are:

Answer 6

During the past couple weeks, i have caught tons on a Rapala Origial Floater, and have caught tons on a Plastic Crawdad. Worms always work for bass, and croppie jigs normally work for croppie. Berkely makes those Bladedancers and they have caught some big bass for me. Worms can also catch croppie, and they arent hard to work and know hopw to catch fish on them, compared to some other things like jigs and Weedless frogs,and things that you need to move specially.

Answer 7

blakemore roadrunners are great for bass, crappie, trout. you probably wont catch the biggest fish using it but you will catch a lot of them. what better way for a beginner fisherman to get practice.

http://www.blakemorelure.com/

Answer 8

definitely spinner for bass and tag worms for crappie