im still so new freshwater fishing i thought i had caught a SMB in florida at first. she followed my jerk bait up from the bottom and i watched her grab it at the surface it was fun to watch.

here is a closer up pic

Cool, now catch about 20-25 of them and you got one heck if a fish fry!

Nice.

not a bad first, its a really nice sized crappie.

congrats!

Congrats on your first crappie. They can be loads of fun to catch.

That's craptastic!  Crappie are fun fish.

are you using those huge poles for crappie?  If so, get a nice ultra light, that will be fun!

Looks like someone had a crappie day

Looks like someone had a crappie day

yup, thats one way to make a crappie day into a great day.

are you using those huge poles for crappie? If so, get a nice ultra light, that will be fun!

was bass fishing he just went after my deep diver

are you using those huge poles for crappie? If so, get a nice ultra light, that will be fun!

was bass fishing he just went after my deep diver

Ultra lights are great for Crappie...even better when a good sized LMB surprises you on a Crappie jig...

what kind of jerk bait was it?

are you using those huge poles for crappie? If so, get a nice ultra light, that will be fun!

was bass fishing he just went after my deep diver

Ultra lights are great for Crappie...even better when a good sized LMB surprises you on a Crappie jig...

Absolutely.  I love fishing ultralite (or at least light) tackle.  You get so many more bites.  Bluegills, crappie, bass, other sunfish, etc. all will attack ultralite baits.

For me, that means more fun.  And believe it or not, I've never had more fun than when I was casting mini crankbaits into a school of swarming blue gills.  Some of those babies were bulls!

And on a 5' 6" light action rod, the fight was a lot of fun.   

what kind of jerk bait was it?

rapala

Wow, that crappy had a big appetite.

ya i was guessing it was nesting time for them because 2 days later i caught another on a diff rapala crankbait. not as big as the first but still decent size

When I'm not chasing bass...I'm chasing these guys.  I love crappie fishing.

They travel in schools, so when you get one...there's plenty more around for the taking.

Wow, that crappy had a big appetite.

Crappie are super aggressive in my personal experience. One day while bass fishing I caught one a Bomber Model B (that thing is 2 1/2" long and FAT) and one on a 1/2 oz spinnerbait. They were going crazy that day I guess.

Mmmmm... Makes me sad i wont go fishing here in indy for what feels like 6 months. Nice work on that crappie the only thing i can say is who brought the cooking stuff we got our selves a sandwich!

ya i almost took it home then i realized i was fishing in lake maitland. there is so much runoff of chemicals i wouldnt eat anything out of there.

I could'nt help but post the picture of the only crappie I've ever caught.  I did'nt even know what it was when I got it.  I thought it was just a GIANT sunny.

Caught a bunch of those today while bass fishing lol.Caught one on a crankbait when i stopped it.I must say those things dont fight very much well atleast on bass tackle  ;D

Crappies are plenty aggressive and are not the picky type of fish. I have only caught 1 crappie probably because of where I live (Blacksburg, VA). Surprisonly there are very little bodies of water that hold any crappie at all for a good distance.