What method and pattern?

I'm working hard at this crappie thing but so far it's kicking my butt. My son and I went late yesterday afternoon and fished from 4:00 til 8:00 last night and got skunked on crappie, again. We hit a marina before the sun went down, fishing the edges of the boat slips in 10-12 FOW with minnows. I caught a few bluegill, my son didn't catch any. We hit 2 different bridges after dark with the green submersible light and didn't get a bite. Water temp was 61.1.

Where do I need to be looking and how do I need to be fishing right now? I am not finding much of anything on my Helix that looks encouraging.

Fish have been very erratic this fall no pattern for me yet

Bama is correct. This has been the worst fall I've seen in a long time. I don't know anyone who has consistently caught them this year in any big numbers. You might want to look at putting out
Some brush piles right now. It will probably pay off later.

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Yep. All true above. Last year was odd. This fall is odd. Last 3 trips: 2 - marginal; 1 - awesome anomaly. Keep trying. I find starting at sunrise works better.
Not sure how old your son is but you might want to consider bringing worms for those slow days so he can catch something.

Thanks for the replies and advice. Sunrise isn't an option on weekdays. I went last Saturday morning before daylight and fished until about 10:00 am and did no better.

My son is 15. He's a fishing machine on a farm pond but that hasn't carried over to the lake yet.

One of these days I'm going to have a dump bed pontoon to put out brush piles like Bama S.

picked up 14 keepers this morning about that many shorts most down the grass line in 6-18 fow talked to another boat that gave us 6 more Half on minnards other half on jigs water still on the clear side with no current. the bite was pretty much over at day break fished 4:30-9
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Great catch Mitch.

Mitch I've never fished Guntersvillie but I've said many times they should be on the grass lines. If I where going to pull cranks that's where I would start. I've fished lakes with grass before and they love to set up again that grass and pick of baitfish.

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The grass line is new fishing to me ! But they are in their ! Its like anything else I’m going to have to spend my time doing it . thanks to crappieseeker schooling me and spanking my butt as usual but I gotta learn some how!

Like everyone says this has not been a good fall. Where the fish have always been they have not been there, learn to use your helix look for bait fish and the crappie will not be far from them


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Good job Mitchell.


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Mitch fishing grass lines is like a lot of cover you have to find the spot within a spot. You may fish the line for a long way and the fish will be in a small stretch

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Thanks Glenn ! Hope to spend sometime this winter scanning the grass areas if it ever gets cold enough for it to die off for the winter! Sorry Brad didn’t mean to high jack your thread!

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The grass line is new fishing to me ! But they are in their ! Its like anything else I’m going to have to spend my time doing it . thanks to crappieseeker schooling me and spanking my butt as usual but I gotta learn some how!

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If you're ready to teach, I'm ready to learn. :)

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Sorry Brad didn’t mean to high jack your thread!

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No worries. Nice catch in your cooler. I'd like to tag along with you one day and see what you were doing to catch them.

Mitch, crappieseeker is all over that grass line bite. He schooled me up one night as well.

FurFying- might want to check the solunar tables for feeding times to increase your odds as well.

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I'm working hard at this crappie thing but so far it's kicking my butt. My son and I went late yesterday afternoon and fished from 4:00 til 8:00 last night and got skunked on crappie, again. We hit a marina before the sun went down, fishing the edges of the boat slips in 10-12 FOW with minnows. I caught a few bluegill, my son didn't catch any. We hit 2 different bridges after dark with the green submersible light and didn't get a bite. Water temp was 61.1.

Where do I need to be looking and how do I need to be fishing right now? I am not finding much of anything on my Helix that looks encouraging.

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Fishing is hard right now catching alot of dinks. Where are you fishing? Went out from 12 to 8am yesturday only brought home 10 barely keepers. The fish were only 3-5ft deep. Try setting your minnows a little shallower. At the bridges of gville they really dont be that deep. You can be in 20ft of water and the bite is right under the surface.

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Bama is correct. This has been the worst fall I've seen in a long time. I don't know anyone who has consistently caught them this year in any big numbers. You might want to look at putting out
Some brush piles right now. It will probably pay off later.

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I have been catching anywhere from 5 to my limit almost ever trip I start fishing at 2am and pink tube jigs and minnows are key for me I have tired late in evening early fall with little luck so I stick to mornings


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The joke's on us, Fur'. There are no crappie to speak of. All those pictures are imported from the web and photoshopped. CRAPPIE FISHING is what folk hereabout use in place of SNIPE HUNTING

You may be right DV8ed.