Thread: baiting crappie hot spots

Baiting has not been successful for me to many catfish in lake when top is full of catfish not many crappie can hang as for as camojohn and people finding my tops goes I just put out a lot of tops and try not to let it bother me when a few get found I primarily use cedar tops not all are sucessful its all about location location location only my opinion but good fisheman will find your top and hopefully he will not set up camp on it so that you can fish it at another time.

Noslab

question about the range cubes,do you just throw them out like floating catfish food,or put them in a bag and sink them,do they float or do they sink.

I put some range cubes out in a old crawfish sacks ,old sock any thing and put them in front of old tree tops or the cottenseed meal cake . the net company in jonesville sells some stuff to bait with already in a bag about 30 $ a box it it works well . you need to put some kind of wieght on any of it .
and yes don't let anyone see you are see pulling fish out .I mostly fish smaller bodies of water so I can hide from everyone But everything that has been writen will work good luck

As far as bags go, crawfish bags work great, same as the big onion sacks etc. Some grocery stores if you ask the produce department will save their old onion sacks for you as they usually throw them away.

One alternative if your hard-pressed to find any is to go to the Dollar general store and go back to the laundry section. They sell big mesh laundry bags with a draw string on it. They are usually around $2-$3 and would probably work great.

thanks guys for all the input,I will have to give it a try and see what kind of results I get.

do you guys throw the sacks near the top on top of the top or to the sides of the top. i have always wondered that. i have thrown them near it like 15 20 feet away so i don't get hung on them if i am fishing close to the bottom.

also Alfalfa Hay is awesome. but it takes a little secret to make it work. you have to put it in your sack and pack it tight. then water it down in your yard and let it start to rot. once it has started take it out and drop it. this will attract zooplankton and plankton which gets a feeding frenzy going with shiners. once you have that going hang on because the fish will be right behind them. i use this a lot for night fishing and green lights. talk about some fun. it is a little bit of work but it is worth every part of it.

Treman,
My name is CK the crappie King ....