Hello Everyone,

I need to know what to use when fishing for crappie. I have never caught one before and I would really like to. Is there any kind of particular bait or lure everyone uses while fishing for crappie? Please reply back with some very good tips.

This can be a tough time of year to fish for them. Right about now they should be either transitioning from deep wood structure out to the deep basins chasing shad, or already established out on the deep basins. If you have a boat, I would try finding a drop off, drifting it with a live minnow, and marking where you caught them just in case there is a bit of submerged structure they are relating to. If you can get on them, vertical jigging wih a small tube jig or a twister tail can get the job done.

In the spring, they are much easier to catch. They tend to move into very shallow water, sometimes as little as a foot or two of water, and hang out around brush piles, rip rap, or standing timber. They can be caught on a minnow under a bobber or a tube or twister tail jig.

fish deep structure early in the morning. my family and i caught these last weekend in 22ft to 30ft deep. we caught all these on shinners(bait fish). Also caught a 15 lb catfish shown in pic.

Back in NJ I use to catch em using shiners too

Thank you all so much. I will post a follow up after I apply the knowledge I have gained here.

If you can find them shallow enough, a small Beetlespin works great. May have to wait in order to try this lure. I always replaced the grub with a Mr. Twister Tail. Haven't fished for crappie in years. Lots of fun tho.

new2bc u r right. crappie fishing is very fun. just a nice get away from bass every once and awhile.