Old School Crappie Fishing Family Secrets

Crappie fishing tips #1 Nature’s Automatic “fish finder

If you have been a outdoorsman for any length of time I am sure you have noticed that old mother nature is a pretty smart cookie. Before we go fishing for crappie we read up on the latest crappie fishing techniques on how to catch crappie, Surf the net for new crappie fishing tips, go to the sporting goods store looking for new tackle, talk to our fishing buddies, ect.

I haven’t even got to the part about spending money on fishing poles, tackle, gas, and food ( the human variety). Once we get where we’re going , we spend half an hour looking unloading and talking about how to catch crappie and how many fish we are going to catch.

My point is we are missing out on a very valuable fishing indicator and one of the best fish finders available, and it’s all free! It’s mother nature. If you watch the birds swoop down into the water and pick up a fresh meal and mean watch them closely, what do you think they are picking up out of the water?

Well it’s minnows! They are feeding on crappie minnows and 10 to 1 there’s a school of crappie feeding there too. If we have any sense we will use the birds a valuable resource when we go fishing for crappie and learn how to catch crappie.Watch the birds and where they are landing, birds can be the cheapest and most reliable fish finder you will ever use.

8 More simple crappie fishing tips on how to catch crappie

tip #2 Find underwater crappie structure , bait up, and drop your line right on the edges of the crappie structure.

tip #3When you are going to be fishing for crappie from a boat and you have located underwater crappie structure you want to fish anchor right over the center of the structure. Extend your rod and drop your line so you are fishing on the very edges of the structure, not right inside. Fishing inside, or in the middle of a fallen tree wont be effective, you need to try the edges. This is one crappie fishing tip that you need to be serious about when you are learning how to catch crappie.

tip #4 Always let your crappie fishing bait drop freely until it hits the bottom.

tip#5 until Real your bait up about 1 foot.

tip#6 If there are no hits , real the bait up another foot.

tip#7 Keep repeating this process until you start getting bites.

tip#8 As soon as you start getting bites, make a mental note, or write down how far you reeled off the bottom and continue to fish that depth. Fish the entire structure edges at that depth.

Crappie fishing tips #9 “The old time secret how to fish for crappie tip ” The Crappie Drive Thru”

tip #9a Grab a dead animal (road kill) shortly after it has died is best.

tip #9b Put the carcass in some loose netting so the meat is exposed, then hang it on a Branch overhanging the water. Make sure you have caught crappie in the area you hang the carcass.

tip #9c The maggots from the decaying flesh will drop into the water and attract a constant swarm of fish.

tip #9d If you are like me. and a little squeamish about collecting “road kill”.. Take some netting, fill it with cheap meat you buy from the store, and tie in your overhang.

You will be amazed how this how to crappie fishing tip really works! you can catch crappie at this spot for a month or more.

 

Mark Fleagle Webmaster. 30+ Years Of Fishing Experience Expert Author At Ezinearticles.com. Click This Link To Find Out More About how to catch crappie

 

 

Tagged with: • • • • •

Filed under: Fishing on the fly • fly fishing • fly fishing rods

Like this post? Subscribe to my RSS feed and get loads more!