Need slap help!!!

[sliferk]

I need help finding big crappie! every time I go out on big water I have this problem. I can catch a mess of dinks, but im tired of that. what do tournament anglers do differently to catch slab crappie? do big fish relate to different structure? do they have different feeding habits, are they even in the same area as the small ones??? im guessing years of experience helps too. but I need some tips. iv only fished perry a few times but I want to start fishing it alot more b/c its the closest crappie lake to me.( so any tips for perry would be appreciated.)

[Crappie Chatt]

The lake you fish has A LOT to do with catching dinks/slabs. Perry has a gazillion small crappie & dats what yer gona catch the most of.. Try your same tactics at Clinton or Pomona or Melvern. You just might be surprised. Ifin ya wanna slab,,,,, well Glen Elder has a bunch of dem. <*)}}}><

[sliferk]

Okay that all sounds good but i saw some tourney guys catchin the heck outa 1-2 pound crappie yesterday at perry. what are they doing different??????? there has to be a secret. unless they tied up a stringer somewhere lol just kidding just kidding.

[Ozark88]

They got lucky???? LOL

[ragnar]

1.5. Was the big fish for the tournament. But they all caught there share of Dinks. On the lake side of slough creek bridge I caught about 10 10-11" fish and about that many dinks working 10 ft of water off the rockie bank on a brUsh pile about in the middle of the rocks. Just dropping minnows (small ones at that). Keep after them, they will come. Not the largest fish as Chatt was saying, but. Good place to learn as brush is every where and trees in the creeks.

[shane]

Our biggest was 1.45lbs and we use only big baits. We were using 3 inch curly tail grubs working them slow in the rocks and that was our ticket. We also caught tons of 6-8 in fish.. Most of the top groups were using big baits. Keep your head down and the the biggins will come... If you come to a tournament, the winners will tell you how they caught them and where.

[sliferk]

thanks for all the great advice guys! Ill just have to keep after em! I was using pretty small jigs. that could of been a major factor. thanks again!

[sliferk]

what size of jig head were you using with them grubs?

[shane]

1/4 oz

[fishlessDan]

An old tourney secret, if all you are catching is shorts, do something different! Change depth, location, bait size and type and even the type of structure. Just one of my old superstitions.