If I read a fishing tip that says, "Fish standing timber in lakes to catch lots of bass" does that also apply to Crappie? The point is, how often does a bass fishing tip also hold true for Crappie fishing?
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If I read a fishing tip that says, "Fish standing timber in lakes to catch lots of bass" does that also apply to Crappie? The point is, how often does a bass fishing tip also hold true for Crappie fishing?
Thanks
GF
Works here in Texas :) Just gotta find that one tree out of a Hundred!
I think it's like a cross between bass fishing and bluegill fishing, very fun and addictive. But a lot of plus sized crappies are caught while fishing for bass. Now what is common is to catch flatheads while fishing for crappie as they like similar structure. They are ambush predators and like to hide near structure and wait fir something to swim by then attack
It really depends on several factors as to comparing them.
More often than not crappie are much less aggressive.
Crappie often tend to run in deeper water than bass
And crappie often prefer really small baits
We have some lakes full of timber that are basically void of crappie in the winter months
I personally wouldn’t apply bass tips to help me ketch crappie, just saying
I don’t know a whole lot about bass fishing. (Crappie fishing either honestly)
But the main difference I have seen is bait action or movement. I catch a lot of crappie by dead sticking, or moving very slowly.
One of my crappies fishing mentors told me a long time ago; “If your catching bass, your reeling too fast”
My home lake is big enough that bass can do bass stuff and crappie can do their thing and it's true that the biggest crappie seem to turn into loners, but generally I am not competing for the same water as the green carp croud.
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I know the same structure I use to Bass fish with success will also hold crappie but normally at different times of the year. Don't bass fish much anymore but almost every place I did will hold crappie at some point.
The fish are different, but not nearly as much as the folks that fish for them! Think about it.
A couple of nuggets of useless information.
I have caught more bass when I was crappie fishing than I have crappie when I was bass fishing, for whatever that’s worth.
I tournament bass fished for years back in the day and to this day the 3 largest bass I have caught were while I was crappie fishing with jigs.
Haha, I told my buddy a while back if he wanted to catch more bass switch to crappie fishing. The bigger a bait is, the more they can find wrong with it. We've been conditioned to buy all these fancy lures when really the original older stuff probably works as good.Quote:
Originally Posted by Goggleye
On that note, I've caught some Huge Crappie while Bass fishing. Full size spinnerbaits and full size buzzbaits, 3/8 and 1/2 oz lures other lures also like crankbaits and bass jigs. I think only a few ever on a plastic worm, not sure why.Quote:
Originally Posted by Goggleye
Crappie are for sure minner munchers. They'll eat worms but their preference is fresh fish. They also love plankton. A relatively unknown fact is the reason crappies are difficult to locate sometimes is because they spend a good deal of time in open water feeding on plankton. You've caught crappie on buzzbaits? That's coolQuote:
Originally Posted by keeferfish