The most successful crappie method!

[Razor]

The most successful crappie method i ever experienced is when you put on tubes such as these:

http://www.keeperlures.com/media/1inchlilhustlers.gif

When you shake it a bit, the tail attract and bring the fish to you!

Location: Crappie like to feed by the shore when the water is warmed enough. They like to be by the rocks and logs.

Try it out!

[JoeW]

I totally agree! Around here (Western NY) they're called "calico's", and I have never caught them without logs or at least sticks in the water! I like the tube lures, also tiny maribou jigs. I hang both below a small float and "jiggle" it in place. Often calico's (whoops- crappies!) are slow to take. I've also heard that crappies aren't bottom feeders, that they always look up for food, so set your depth a foot or so above where you believe the fish to be holding. Seems to work for me! Good luck. Best---- JoeW

[RAK]

They like it when you take the Tubes and jiggle it around :)

It attracts them and they can't stop themselves from attacking it!

I also use the bobber method you said joeW

[Razor]

Crappie like anything that attracts their eye... small spinners work great too.

[tholmes]

I'd be willing to wager that the most successful method would be a small minnow under a bobber.;)

But those little tubes are deadly.

Tom

[fatworm]

I'd be willing to wager that the most successful method would be a small minnow under a bobber.;)

But those little tubes are deadly.

Tom


How many minnows you need for a crappie fishing trip? I bet they shred those little things to pieces! I know I have to replace my little tubes very often...

[B.Spain]

They are both very good, I use them both. I like to find a dip on the bottom and fish about a foot or two above it. It has been very successful for me so far with Crappie fishing.

[Razor]

They are both very good, I use them both. I like to find a dip on the bottom and fish about a foot or two above it. It has been very successful for me so far with Crappie fishing.



Are the minnows live or are they just a grub shaped minnow?

[PaJNS]

I do very well Fishing at Dusk into the night during the spawn with live minnows under a light up bobber. Right after Ice out and water temps reach a warmer temperature.

[tholmes]

Are the minnows live or are they just a grub shaped minnow?


Live minnows, about 2 inches long, hooked either right under the dorsal fin or through the lips, fished anywhere from 2 feet to 20 feet or more under a quill bobber or slip bobber.

Not my personal favorite way to fish for crappie, I prefer artificial baits, but very effective.

Tom

[cwd]

Years ago I had a friend who owned a bait & tackle shop.
When some of the minnows in his tanks would die. He would freeze them.
And give them to me. I figured why not try them.
I found these frozen minnows worked just as well as live ones, as long as I would
keep them frozen and move them up & down like a jig.

[Ramie]

Save yourself some money and buy Berkleys Realistic Minnows 2 in. You get 2 jigs and 10 minnows in a pk and these will outfish live minnows anytime. I do this constantly and will challange anyone, which I have done several times. These minnows resemble Lake Erie Shiners with a fish attractant and does wonders on crappies or anf fish including bass!!!

[bass or bass?]

I also like to use small maribou jigs on a light weight spinning rig, and 2" white streamer flies on my 7 weight fly rod.
For natural bait, try couple tentacles from a frozen squid! Talk about enticing action!

[lip ripper]

Crappie jigs always do great minnow you can't go wrong. My biggest problem with Crappie is finding them.

[PaJNS]

Thru the Ice I do well with a Swedish Pimple tipped with Wax Worms.

[bui boater]

i live next to lake erie,and can live net minnows with an inground pool net.when the crappie spawn in presque isle bay,nothing beats live.i caught my personal best crappie there-14.5 inches, on lake erie emerald shiners. now with viral hemmoragic septicemia going around, we cant transport them inland to the other lakes, where they work just as well.so thats where we use the little tubes, and they work too, but i think live is still better.

[slipperybob]

I used to use the curly tail grubs, but have switched over to little two inch tubes. It just seems that the hook up ratio is a lot higher with the tubes.

[toadfrog]

The most successful crappie method i ever experienced is when you put on tubes such as these:

http://www.keeperlures.com/media/1inchlilhustlers.gif

When you shake it a bit, the tail attract and bring the fish to you!

Location: Crappie like to feed by the shore when the water is warmed enough. They like to be by the rocks and logs.

Try it out!Bet a nickle I know how to make those.

[dugger]

Id bet a buck he can

[crappypappy]

If the crappies are active, try 1/8 oz rattle traps. The chrome/blue back or any similar color works. Not the fastest way to a limit but sure is a lot of fun on an ultralight. You can cast or jig wiyh this. Try it and you may surprise yourself.
David

[panfish101]

My favorite way to catch crappie is with a fly rod. Most any fly that will catch a trout will work for crappie. My favorites are either a white wooly worm or a small streamer. My most productive way for crappie is to slowly troll jigs- I usualy use a white and a chartruse jig on each pole but will change colors as crappie demand.

[bass or bass?]

My favorite way to catch ANY species is with a fly rod. I caught a 6 pound channel cat in September while fishing for sunfish with my 5/6 weight fly rod. I use a 7 weight for bass and stripers. Of coures I use bait cast and spinning rigs as well, but nothing is more fun than catching fish on a fly rod, to me anyhow. Happy Fishing!

[hossinonimus]

On a few small ponds in the area instead of using a bobber, I take the front hook off of one of my poppers and tie a leader with a crappie jig on. Then as I cast up into the shallows where the blugill, pumpkinseed and crappie are hanging out I can float a crappie jig. If I happen to see a largemouth cruising up there I change from floating a crappie jig to working the popper. I've caught a bunch of largies this way while panfishing.

[KevinLee]

We usually use ice jigs with live minnows or small tubes or twistertails with wax worms. I think some times they prefer one or the other so throw out one of each. And I bet a whole lot more than a nickle Toad can make those.

[John T.]

How many minnows you need for a crappie fishing trip? I bet they shred those little things to pieces! I know I have to replace my little tubes very often...
if you stick the weighted end of a jig hook up in side the tube jig ( hollow jigs only) it will last longer it won't slide on the hook just pop the loop out the top of the jig. use 1/16 or 1/64 oz. jig heads and your good to go

[megana]

try tipping the hook with berkly crappie nibblets

[whisker]

Warm weather crappies 32 -16oz. chartreuse curly tail jigs have been best for me. Through the ice, when they're biting they bite wax worms on about any jig, but my best ice crappie have been on minnow & bare hook.