What's your strategy/tip?

**slabbacks** · 01-24-2014, 06:31 AM

Don't take long on a spot just because you took fish there last week or yesterday. If you work it and nothing to show or a dink..hit your next spot. Keep track, if three brush piles didn't produce change you game plan. Go deeper or shallower depending on the time of day and the sun and work other structure man made or natural. This time of year go slow, a bottom bounce rig or a float and fly may be best to let it set in front of them for a few. one last thing is find the bait fish in those areas, the crappie won't be far.

Good luck

**usafret99** · 01-24-2014, 09:20 AM

Keep a book and write down info from each fishing trip. If long lining don't stay in one area to long looking for fish. For example this year I was trying one cove for 45 minutes, nothing went to another one that was only 3 hundred yards away and it was packed with crappie. I always use dark color jigs in the morning and slowly change to lighter as the day goes on. For years I never realized I could troll in shallow water. Now I troll in as low as 2 feet of water. Just put on smaller jig and go faster. Last year I caught several limits in 2 to 3 feet of water and in 15 previous years of trolling I never went below 8 ft.

**usafret99** · 01-24-2014, 09:23 AM

Originally Posted by deathb4disco

Don't obsess over tackle. Rod, reel, line, etc. are just tools and are entirely a matter of personal preference.

Fish are caught by what's between your ears.

Agree with this one for sure. When I first started while in the Air Force I couldn't afford good toys. Bought the cheapest of everything and caught plenty of fish.

**Eagle 1** · 01-24-2014, 11:49 AM

If fish don't appear on you depth finder , think shallow . I had a tendency to move before fishing the top 3 ft. of water . Fish are shallow a lot more times than you would expect .this holds true in all depths .

**captankangaroo** · 01-24-2014, 12:22 PM

Don`t be afraid to try something new. No matter if it isn`t what most do on a area that say, jigging only works here. You may find tightline`n is better, or roadrunners catch better then plan jigs. Bottom line is you never know what is going to work one day to the next. So be ready to change up if what your doing`s not working. I never leave home without my jiging, trolling, minnow rigs. Good mind set helps allways know in your mind that big slab is whating for you on the next cast!

**nabob** · 01-24-2014, 12:57 PM

Beware crappie fisherman will tie alot of hooks. Don"t be afraid to get hung up every once in a while.

**KAG** · 01-24-2014, 01:34 PM

Pick your fishing partners carefully....makes for a more enjoyable drama free day

**kycreek** · 01-24-2014, 02:28 PM

Originally Posted by nabob

Beware crappie fisherman will tie alot of hooks. Don"t be afraid to get hung up every once in a while.

If you aren't getting hung up, then you're fishing the wrong places.

**wannabe fisherman** · 01-24-2014, 03:00 PM

go where the fish are biting

**Hoosier Crappie** · 01-25-2014, 11:35 AM

Definitely true! One of my fishin buds is a smoker and when fishing with him results go down. I think it's from the smoke/cigarette "taste" left on his hands then transferred to the baits that turns them off.

Originally Posted by CatFan

Fish smaller spots. Not just around a brush pile, but in it, on the shady side, over it or wherever the fish are holding that day. When I'm fishing something like a brushpile or a ledge, I make an effort to fish small spots around the size of a basketball. Crappie can be finicky, and even 3 or 4 inches away from the magic spot can cut way down on what you catch. Up your boat control and casting so you are putting your bait not just next to something, but right next to it and on the side you want.

I outfished a guy 10-1 or worse one time. The fish were on the shady side of standing trees, and you almost had to have the bait touching the tree to get bit. He was flinging it out there close to the tree, but I was putting it on the tree.

Also, wash your hands with soap after you put sunscreen or bug spray on or handle gas or oil. Seen this burn a lot of folks over the years. The real tip though is to carry the disposable nitrile gloves in the boat so if you have to put sunscreen or bug spray on or mess with gas or oil on the water you don't get the smell on your hands. No need to wash because you don't get it on your hands to start with.

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