I love to crappie fish with my grandpa and we fish for them quite often. However lately we have caught nothing and I mean nothing not even a bite. We mostly fish from shore, but I do have a boat to fish out of too. We normal fish with minnows about 10 to 12 foot deep. However I have been wanting to try artificial but i have know idea what lures to throw where to throw them or what to throw them on. The river I fish on opens up into a 400 acre resivor, but its man made and has a preety flat bottom of about 18 foot deep with some slight drops or maybe some debris down there I really don't know would this be a place to start? All tips are much appreciated THANKS

I do not fish for crappie much. But my grandparents do. Matter of fact I live on the third best lake in the country for crappie fishing or as we call them here "White Perch". Lake is Called Saline Larto complex if you wanna look it up.... anyway all i know is sometimes they use minnows and sometimes when the minnows aren't working they will switch to tiny perch tube jigs. They use a slip cork on a fly rod. The there is some kind if stopper that you attach to your line that you can set on your line so that it only slips so far through the slip cork before stopping. This allows you to fish at different depths. I think they usually fish from 12' to 8' deep. Also go to walmart and get what they call bait bites made by berkley. They come in a small container and are usually lime green or hot pink. Either way they put off a scent in the water that attracks the crappie. They look like little pellets. You take them and put them on your hook far enough down so that your hook point isn't covered. Fish out of your boat until about february threw march when the perch come up to the bank. If you can figure out what I am talkin about and figure out these things you will catch lots of white perch. Like I said, I am not a crappie fisherman at all but my grandparents usually come in with 40 to 60 a trip. I have been with them once or twice and it's pretty cool but I love my bass fishing. Some people on the lake will take an old square bell of hay and sink it with concrete blocks with a jug tide to them. I've herd this attracks alot of perch. Also I've herd ground up sweet potatoes (yams) in a bucket with a lid on it works too. Drill many holes in the bucket and sink it. Tie a jug to it so you can find it and fish around it. I hope these tips help you. Good Luck

the lure has produced the most for me when i was kid was johnson bettle spin and some jigs thats all u need   ;D ;D ;D

the lure has produced the most for me when i was kid was johnson bettle spin and some jigs thats all u need ;D ;D ;D

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For one, jigs landing has been fish out of crappie really badly the last few years and it is tough.If you do fish there you have to try around the pad lines preferrably the ones closer to deeper water and dip your bait in the pad holes as well.As that place gets an extreme amount of fishing pressure there are also a lot of hidden brush piles and cinder block piles that anglers have dropped over the years.I am still finding them.The crappie will stack up like flies on stink in those brush piles. Your better off trying that secret little honey hole down off of Honore ave in Sarasota.3 lbers are not uncommon and all you have to do is fish the deep ledge drops near the trees and stickups with minnows 4 -8 ft deep on average.

For dirty or stained water we have around here I have had great success with 1/8 and 1/16 road runners in all white and hot pink/black.

The best time for specks in Florida is quickly approaching.They will start moving up shortly to spawn in the shallower water and become very easy to catch.

Ever the ponds off of 30th st W in Bradenton.One of my best little spots for specks.

Get yourself a bunch of 1/32 oz. and 1/16 oz. marabou jigs; the ones with the chenille body. Get some of each size in white, chartreuse, red/white and red/chart./white.

Use a slip bobber set up with no more than 4# test mono. Start off with one 1/16 oz. jig suspended under the slip bobber....try various drop lengths depending on the bottom you are fishing. I've had my best luck setting the length so that the jig rides just about 3"- 5" off the bottom. S - L - O - W retrieve it back to you after the cast.

If that doesn't produce anything, switch to two of the 1/32 oz. jigs, tied in tandem, about a foot apart from one another. Use two different colors, under the same slip float set up as previously outlined. If that doesn't produce anything, then you're fishing in the wrong place!

Try to find a drop off somewhere. If you don't have a sonar on your boat, then make a drop line. A 4 - 6 oz. weight tied on a 1/4" nylon rope. Tie a simple overhand knot every 5' - starting at about 10' from the weight - and working up to about 20', depending on the depths of the lake you are fishing. Place various colored ribbons in each knot, so you can easily identify what depth your line goes down to.

Dropping this line occasionally will let you know quickly if you are on a drop off. I used this system for many years, prior to my first sonar back in the 80's.

Hope this is of some help! Good Luck!