Caught the crappie bug in VT

I caught my first crappies through the ice last winter on my last day ice fishing. Actually the ice lasted right into April-- it happened to be the day before trout season opened. Well, despite my screen name, I haven't been so crazy about trout this year. I've been pretty much obsessed with crappie!

And of course, like you have probably all experienced, as soon as I think I have them figured out, they change their behavior. I finally figured out how to catch them from my canoe, doing quite well, and finding more and more lakes that hold them. After the recent hot spell, though, I think they may have moved to deeper water. Back to the drawing board!

Welcome from Mississippi

Welcome Aboard

You have caught the bug you say, quick spray yourself down. Welcome from Indiana

Welcome to te Crappie.com family

Welcome from PA

Hey troutcrazy, crappie are much better eatin' than them boney slick trouts. I have been trout fishing here in Arkansas, but I quit because I never found a way to eat them that appealed to me. No sense killing them when I know I'm not going to eat them. Summertime crappie are hard to find sometimes, you may have to sink some brush tops and coax them in bit.

I've got a friend from up your way in the green hills. He's from Randolph, Vermont. He sends me maple syrup and I send him shelled pecans every holiday season.

Welcome to the boards. Lots of good people here. GTT

Welcome from Pickwick South! :fish

Welcome Aboard from Southwest Ms

welcome to crappie fishing summer is harder but a lot of fun work deeper weed lines deep cover mid lake humps
jigs trolling if you get on the fish you will give up trout

Thanks for the warm welcome, folks!