Crappie fishing tips helps you locate crappie as the seasons change,
crappie have a migration path that they move to when seasons change. In
the spring the crappie will move to the shore lines to lay their eggs,
usually March thru April each year when water temperatures reach 62 to
68 degrees. I have seen crappie so shallow the top fin was out of the
water. Scan your sonar for shallow underwater ledges, these drop-offs
will fall ten feet or more, and shallow ditches, cuts and gullies near
bank-side bluffs or coves. Valuable crappie fishing tips is fishing the
edges which are especially productive when found near weed beds, timber
stands, brush piles or bridges. Crappie will stay in cooler water
temperatures of 75 degrees. Crappie are layer fish, what this means is
that they are always at a certain depth, on the bottom, or could be
suspended, the key is finding that depth and fishing for crappie in the
active mode, just stay consistent with that depth.
Using these crappie
fishing tips will help you to catch these fish by using minnows with a
slip cork, jigs, small spinner baits, or beetle spins that mimic
baitfish. Always be mindful of colors if one color works good, another
color may be excellent. No matter what you use, get back to the same
depth every time and you will get bit. Crappie fishing tips for this
time of the year Bass also share the spawn grounds with crappie. I have
learned that what bass will bite so will crappie because they use the
same shallow waters during spawn. Now remember, when the spawn is over
then the crappie retreat back to bridges and timber in deeper water.
These are a very important crappie fishing tips, they go back to 75
degree waters.
I am going to give you some more important crappie fishing tips to
carry with you to the lake, pond or river when you go crappie fishing.
Information is key, stop by and ask your marina dealer what technique is
hot (minnows, lures, jigs- ask what colors and how deep), most marina
managers will know from fishermen that have been crappie fishing, what's
going on that day or week. Carry a certified measuring stick. Other
important crappie fishing tips is that most lakes have minimum length
for crappie usually 10" so it's important to measure them, quantity 25
each per day per person in most states. Make sure that your fishing
license is not out of date. Game wardens frown on expired fishing
license. In the south they will give you what I call a "Certificate of
Award" in other words a ticket per fish that's under minimum length
means that all your fishing that day for crappie, in your possession
less than 10 inches must go back in the lake. This could make that
check-it stick for 30 bucks look cheap.