Simplicity

I think not . Some folks including myself promote the ketchn of crappie as easy squeezy .
To be sure it is ....AFTER lots of failed attempts and days of not much and being in the wrong place at the wrong time . A bud and I discussed our success and the many reasons we are on fish regularly . The ins the outs and the what if’s .
I have relatively good visits to the water in most cases , but to be sure I have years under my belt at these spots and know when and where it’s likely the fish will be there .
Some locations a month is it and yet others it might be year round . Yet other spots spring and fall and some just spring . So if I make it look easy and or it seems I am always on them ,remind yourself I have countless hours of dipping jigs in spots and trying to figure out what makes them tick .
No photos included as I don’t have the time these days to upload them easily and I will post up about this week later as it’s been fun .
But to be sure in the end stay after them and never say never and keep a log of some sort that reminds you when and where . Lots of times they are in the same spots every year at the same times ....
Tip a the week yawl
And Kaboom :highfive

Great tip!

"But to be sure in the end stay after them and never say never and keep a log of some sort that reminds you when and where"

Yep, excellent advice.

Well I usually can tell you where the fish aren't at!! :Rofl

I keep a log of every trip. It has sure has helped me find fish most times.
Been keeping records for the last eight years.

kept a log for long time but now can't find it. oh well, story of my retired life.

Practice and persistence pays. Attitude has something to do with it too. If you keep working to crack the code, more times than not, you will.

Jim

I agree theres nothing better for improving your catching success then time on the water,keeping up with where they are,what they are doing and what they are wanting to bite.No fancy gadget or gizmo in the world makes up for experience,at least thats my opinion.

I agree with you Ketchn. I post pics several days a week (off deer season of course) but being on the water a lot brings with it enough experience to find fish most of the time but in the beginning it was more miss than hit.

Exactly how i do it.

Did you ever question why your favorite team didn't play the entire game like they played in the last 2 minits?
I believe that keeping it simple while keeping it moving works well for many things we do.
Easier to do when fishing however when you only need to satisfy what one person likes doing.

I agree. You do make it look easy. LOL

I am not a note taker. I really need to do so, but I have never been and may never be one to write things down. I know it would help tremendously. I may have to give it another try and force myself to do it.

I have fished since I was a kid. Mainly fished for bass but cut my teeth on bream. I tried crappie fishing a couple of times each spring but was never really good at it. I'd try fishing under bridges like I saw other people doing and I'd also throw at visible limbs and such along creek banks looking for them. I was never successful doing so. I caught some crappie, but I never caught even a "good mess."

Until I found crappie.com, catching crappie was a mystery to me. Something only lifelong crappie fishermen could do. I did get some help from a few very kind folks with some firsthand experience on how to catch em. That helped a tremendous amount. Reading posts on here has helped a tremendous amount. I'm still not a great crappie fisherman, but I'm dedicated to hanging with it til I figure it out. Single pole jigging is still my weakest method of catching them. I'm working on that too.

One thing that helped me a bunch too was someone saying that crappie fishing was like deer hunting. Ridges, pinch points, terrain features were where to start looking first. I may have heard that on a Richard Gene the fishing machine video. At any rate, that helped a bunch.

IMO the biggest obstacle to overcome is to not get frustrated when things don't work out like planned. Learn from it and move on.

Thanks for all the knowledge you guys post. Ketchn one thing I've learned from all the pictures you post is, a lot of times color of jigs just doesn't matter. :)

Ketchn your post was spot on. I struggled for a long time and often wondered why I didn't give up. I just plain wanted to catch crappie and wasn't going to settle for anything less. To be honest I owe most of my success to crappie.com and my Humminbird Helix. Once I found my first crappie on structure I was able to take those environmental components and predict where crappie would be under those same conditions. I found several daily reliable spots by finding them first on my GPS looking at water depth and contour lines and then confirming crappie on them. As a new crappie fisherman my next challenge will be to continue summer success from fall and quickly into winter. Thanks to Floppingcrappie I understand how crappie show up on my SI. I look forward to the hunt.

one other thing worthy of mention , I go solo frequently as in more often than not and in many cases it simplifies what I am trying to accomplish in that I don't worry about the other person or persons with me and can stay more focused on the task at hand .
It isnt a selfish thing in that I love to have company with me and or be company ,its more of a dance to my own music type of thing .