Crappie spoken here?
Steve B
♂Sod BusterΩ
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> Got some questions.
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Okay, first one? Been fishing for more than 55 years now, swamps, lakes,
rivers, creeks, and ponds. We use to call them crappie white perch and
yellow perch. Crappie bite the best in the early Spring or early Fall.
SodBuster
Steve B
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I wanted to ask about a person named Daniel Eggertsen. Claims to have a
fool proof product, some type of light that attracts crappie. Supposed to
be some special wavelength. With the availability of everything today, I
doubt he has the X on this product. Just countless e mails on how many
crappie all these people caught using his methods and devices. Anyone heard
of him?
I have a convenient crappie lake near me. I want to figure it out, and
maybe do some good crappie fishing there. The keeper and catch and release
records for the state are from this lake. But, as one knows, crappie can be
a little challenging.
Steve
♂Sod BusterΩ
There are lights for night crappie fishing, anything else is probably a
gimmick, but people will sell anything for a buck these days. The floating
lights, for night fishing, are usually old headlights from a '55 Studebaker
or something, but they do draw bait and crappie. Fishing for crappie
depends on the time of year, the weather, the water, the weather fronts, and
the type of bait you use. Here in the south, crappie season starts in
February to the first of April, for Florida, Georgia, and Alabama. Next
season, after that is usually last of September thru maybe December. Bait
for Spring is usually a 2" grub on a jig head of 1/16th to 1/8th, hot pink,
weight or a RoadRunner. Color too is important for the grubs, it is usually
trial and error. Fall is usually minnow time. Sometimes we start in
September or August, depending on the water and weather.
Licker
a Lait in my parts of the woods) but other types of fish anything else is
probably a scam. My experience is looking for structure. Crappie love
structure like most fish. In my area where purposely sink several old
christmas trees (tied together with a cinder block as weight) in different
areas. We mark theses areas with our GPS and by late March and early April
theses trees are hold a lot of fish.
As fars as baits, I had more sucess using tube jigs. What colors is
determined by most by trail and error. Some believ in using certain colors
based on water clarity, type of baitfish in the area, and even cloud cover
(overcast verus sunny).
I also used shiners as live bait.
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Yes, lights attract fish, mostly pan fish, and they also draw bait in for
those fish. You're right about the scams, but most fishermen know a scam
right off the bat. Evergreen trees or Xmas trees are the best fish
shelters, most likely hardwords and privet would be the best, unless you
want to make your own out of PVC, wood , or things like that. Like I said,
we use jigs in February and March, but minnows in September thru December.
Crappie are getting larger each year as people are catching three and four
pounders now. Later,
♂Sod BusterΩ
Steve B
"Licker" <Profl...@Lickers.edu> wrote in message
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Damn, my introduction was to sac a lait, not crappie. I lived in Lafayette,
La, for about eight years, and extensively fished the Atchafalaya basin.
Now, I'm limited to one small lake in Utah. NO LIVE MINNOWS ALLOWED! But
the record keeper and catch and release crappe come from this lake, so I
know it is populated. I just have to figure them out. Others who fish here
claim good success.
It will be a combination of jigs tipped with worms or dead minnows. The
usual Beetle Spins, and they also hit on crank baits, and most anything when
you can get into a school.
I'm in the learning stage of this lake, but so far have been doing okay,
catching bigger rainbows than the locals.
I'll get into the crappie eventually.
Steve
♂Sod BusterΩ
RoadRunner and a chartreuse w/metal flake grub or a 1/8th jig hook with a
chartreuse w/metal flake grub. Chartreuse usually attracts crappie more
than other colors.
♂Sod BusterΩ
Mike
Steve B
"Mike" <rnr_cons...@comcast.net> wrote in message
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Yep. Utah. They also have some other weird practices in Utah. Don't get
me started.
Steve