Thread: new intrest

just keep reading on here and dont give up , i try all the time and can catch a few but not like some of these guys

Listen to everyone here except me.

Originally Posted by Buckrub

Listen to everyone here except me.

And me!!

Welcome Jeff!!! If you want help learning to crappie fish you have come to the right spot. There are untold years of experience and knowledge on Crappie.com. Most people are very very helpful.
You can also search the data base using key words to search older posts for specific ? Or just ask on a new post.
I joined in 09. My word of wisdom are:
1. Get a good jig pole!! I use Ozark rods
2. Use Both Jigs and minnows
3. Have a good depth finder with a transducer up front on your trolling Motor.
4. PATIENCE and PERSEVERANCE!!!!!
5. Have fun

Fetmo (team Tsunsmi)

What he said !!

I'm just getting into crappie myself... and I am certainly what I'd call a beginner... but I read just about every post on this site, and have learned a lot. One thing I would suggest NOT doing is to try to buy every size, color, type of jig in the world. I probably spent spent a lot more than I ever needed to. If I did it over again, I'd buy a couple of crappie magnets, a couple of meatgetters, and a couple of midsouth tubes. I'd just pick a few colors focusing on chartreuse combo'd with white/black/you-name-it. To gain confidence I usually start out with minnows, and when I've managed to find some crappie, I've then experimented with different jigs. Sure enough, if you put them at the right depth in the right cover, they catch fish. I can't say one type is better than any other. Doing this has given me the needed confidence to fish with jigs. I usually use a casting setup and cast upstream of the targeted cover with a slip bobber holding the terminal tackle at the chosen depth and let the current take the bait into the strike zone. I've started to try some jigging with a jigging pole, but I don't claim to have mastered that technique at all, but I'm learning (There's a good post started by CMJ on this topic).

Now this is a beginner's experience, so take it with a grain of salt. When I first started, man, I had (still have) lots of skunk days.. but the last few trips, I've managed to find some and have a little success. The reason for that is what I've learned reading posts here. I don't have fancy electronics, but a cheapo depth finder that may/may not show underwater cover well. But by reading lots of posts, I'm starting to learn where to start looking and that's half the battle.

There's lots of knowledge on this site to be gleamed, and plenty of other topics to laugh at and be entertained by

Best advice I got for a new crappie fisherman at this time...
buy some golf clubs! Good luck man, hang in there, crappie fishin' you can go from zero to hero in five minutes, and it could be the last five.

Here's my 2 cents. One important thing to learn about crappie fishing is learning how to use your electronics. Depth finders and learning how and where to find natural and man made brush tops and ledges is the first secret to catching crappie. You don't have to buy a really expensive FF but try to get the best you can afford. Like everyone has said read these posts and take it to the water. What kind of crappie fishing seems to interest you, spider rigging, jigging, casting, trolling?