think crappie fishing might be my favorite type!

i always heard about crappie fishing and never really thought about it much since im more into catfish bass and saltwater fishing but my buddy took me fishing and i gotta say im addicted and hooked! its by far my favorite type and i do it about once a week. Here where i fish you cant keep anything unless its over 8" but i still have been filling up my cooler and my freezer and my stomach. heres a few pics of my last 3 trips out. i got me a bnm super sensitive rod and i gotta say trying to bring in a catfish on that thing is a fight but its fun too! ive been using minnows and bobbers with glow sticks attached since i dont have a boat i cant really go out deep im assuming thats where the bigger ones are? my biggest one so far is 14 inches. how big do they get?

Looks like your going to find out soon enough. Wow bobber and minnows from the shore. Great Job. Guess it show if you fish were the fish are you don't need anything fancy.

Good catches!

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Looks like you should be giving us ideas! Nice batches of fish.

I know what you mean. I still do all types of fishing, but crappie has become my favorite as well.

An 8" size limit generally means the waters are overpopulated & need thinning out, or the waters are not fertile enough and/or have enough baitfish to produce consistent growth above that length.

Crappie have been recorded as getting up to 6lbs ... but, generally speaking most state records are in the 3-5lb catagory, and a 2-3lb fish is considered a "Slab".

Welcome to Crappie.com !!

... cp :kewl

Not having a boat has not slowed you down at all, Good work! When you do get one all I can say is the crappie better watch out.

I like that forum name too. :Rofl

Nice!! The crappie bug has bitten me also!! I have heard they get as big as 15 and 16 inches. Those are the 2-3 pounders. But there are the big 5 pound ones too if you ever find one.

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Originally Posted by CrappiePappy

An 8" size limit generally means the waters are overpopulated & need thinning out, or the waters are not fertile enough and/or have enough baitfish to produce consistent growth above that length.

Crappie have been recorded as getting up to 6lbs ... but, generally speaking most state records are in the 3-5lb catagory, and a 2-3lb fish is considered a "Slab".

Welcome to Crappie.com !!

... cp :kewl

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Pappy, I have been Crappie fishing over 50 years and can count on one hand the number of true slabs I have caught in my life. There is nothing like crappie fishing though for pure joy and great eating.

Mike

That crappie flu bug is very contagious

I remember growing up all I ever wanted was to catch a bass. That was the fish to catch. That same desire extended into adulthood until one day a new next door neighbor and I went fishing together. He indicated he wanted to stop by the bait shop. Not really knowing what he had in mind we did and he came out with a coca-cola, a pack of nabs, and a tube of crickets. Once we got on the water he baited up and within 30 seconds he was reeling in a fish. I told him that was a nice fish but it was not a bass. He said, "I'm not fishing for bass, I'm crappie fishing." Well, I had never really paid much attention to them but within a minute or two he had another one! He asked me if I had ever eaten one and I told him no. He said "well, that is going to change, they are going to be your supper tonight."

After he caught a mess of crappie and I a few bass we headed home for our fish fry. We cleaned them and fried them up while our wives prepared the side dishes to accompany our fair. Well, all I can say is they were MUCH better eating than the bass ever were! The next time we went out I took a pole exclusively for crappie (and a tube of "roaches" as he liked to call them). It was one of the most enjoyable times fishing I ever remember. From then on....I was a self proclaimed "crappie man" ! Catching a bass was a bonus but now I was after the slabs! Jim and I spent many years together fishing for crappies. It has been a while now since his passing but I still don't catch a crappie without thinking of him and wondering how awful it would have been to have gone through life and not have experienced this gem of a fish.

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I like that forum name too. :Rofl

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I like the moniker too, but I'm almost afraid to ask what it means. :dono

Nice job!