Thread: Question for the crappie pros

Spider rigging will work well once the fish go to summer pattern. Try main lake points and river ledges, 12'to 16' (on Weiss), that is where I find them in the hot of the summer. GOOD FISHING, Terry

If you lake has a thermocline that'll help even more. All the fish will be above it.

Spider rigging is a good way to catch crappie during the hot and cold months. As stated above river or big creek ledges are a good place to look, as well as using the thermocline as a depth control to find what depth the fish are hanging out.

I have found through the years that the fish can be finicky during the summer and sometimes prefer a hook and minnow over jigs or jigs tipped with minnows. Tune your graph to pick up the thermocline and you have a good head start to findng and catching those summer slabs.

Good Luck!

Thanx for the info guys, I usually fish lake Martin and lake Harding. Will I be looking to fish above or below the thermocline in the summer, and also what about winter? One more thing, do u look for structure while spider rigging in the summer or will they be suspended out in the open (so to speak).

Originally Posted by Procraft 176

Thanx for the info guys, I usually fish lake Martin and lake Harding. Will I be looking to fish above or below the thermocline in the summer, and also what about winter? One more thing, do u look for structure while spider rigging in the summer or will they be suspended out in the open (so to speak).

Above it. If you have structure to fish above it then go for it, but you should be able to find quite a few fish suspended out over open water especially around drops.

Thanx guys, I usually winterize my boat about June ( so to speak) and summerize about sept. or oct., due to all the wave runners and pleasure boaters. But this year, I think I'm gonna try crappie fishing a good bit during the summer. Any u guys ever fish Lake Martin or Harding?

If you can spider rig with all the pleasure boaters running around you are a better man than me.

Originally Posted by RogerA

If you can spider rig with all the pleasure boaters running around you are a better man than me.

There's a lot to be said for Crappie fishin' at night in the summer.