Well I’m new to crappie fishing at 70 yrs old. I have many questions but these are a few for now.


1- I see most suggest 6 lb line. I’m using 20 lb braid to keep it from digging in the spool under tension and absorb any line twist with a 20-30 ft 8 lb leader. It’s working fine for me functionally. The lake I’m fishing is always stained to some degree, never clear and I occasionally hook a large bass. Last one was 6 3/4. Is lighter line necessary for lure action or is 8 ok with the muddy to stained water?


2- in late September thru October I was finding schools in and over brush in 12-18 ft of water and catching fish. I went yesterday after the rain quit at about daylight. I caught 3 from 13-15” right away and then nothing the rest of the day. It was cloudy when I caught them early then blue sky. I searched many piles and could find no schools. And I spent a few hrs graphing. Bait balls were still 8-15 ft. I fished some brush piles anyway but no fish other than a few 6” bass. I say brush piles but actually logs and limbs on the bottom from before the lake was flooded. It was pretty windy and hard to anchor even with 2 anchors but I managed to stay on spots. Do I need to look at other water or did the post front just get me? No floating docks and the wood post docks aren’t much over 4-5 ft at deepest with the lake down 2 ft. No bridges but there is a power line across it with concrete pillars. I graphed them but saw no fish there. They’re 20-25’ deep. They’ve sprayed and killed most of the pads and hydrilla but the hydrilla is starting to come back. I don’t know much about crappie habits other than what I’ve recently read on here. Oh and I was using minnows and a double jig rig under slip corks from the bottom up to about 6 ft.


Guess that’s enough for now. If anyone has had the patience to read all this I’d appreciate any advice you care to give. Thanks in advance!