re: Give me some crappie tips

Good luck to ya. Im hoping you go to half moon, for a report. Ive only went once, and i made my cousin drive so i could drink. So i didnt fish very hard.

It might be a few bucks. I cant remember. Id bring $4 or $5 bucks at most.

Cook them with the tails!

Nobody in Louisiana calls the "crappie" is my first tip.

I only wish we could find some slabs in this lake. Will have to give that a try

This is a private 55 acre farm lake, and we take out upward to a couple hundred a month from Apr-Oct. We're just not seeing larger ones. The lake has bass, crappie, various small perch, & a very healthy mussel population (not zebra). The lake max depth is in the 15' range.

Bandit 100s do the job, but going to try the 200 & 300 in the morning to see if we'll find the slabs.

It has both. I'd say average is 10", but we had a good number of 12s last year. The spring was wierd weather wise here. We had a record cold April and record hot May. This lake gets no pressure besides us & a few more guys we know. It gets some fresh water from a small creek. Bass over 3# usually get released. The crappie just didn't seem to spawn in May like they usually do. They went to deep water by the second week in May.

I have about 30 places saved on my depth finder where I know there is sunken structure on the bottom of the lake. Most are 10-20 feet deep and usually in wide open water. I find the spot and I throw a marker. Hit spot lock on the trolling motor. I use a drop shot rig most of the time with minnows and sometimes a slip cork with a bobber stopper on it. I can usually pick up 5-10 at each spot before I move to another one. I typically call it quits when I have about 25 keepers.

I met a guy fishing on the lake one day. I actually got pissed because he pulled up on me and killed his engine and started fishing so close. Started talking to him. Dude was retired and fished 5 days out of the week for crappie. I followed him around the lake as he started showing me structure. Later on that week he sent me coordinates for spots for a couple of lakes. All of them are legit so far with fish holding there. I see him fishing out there every time I go and I’m sure to stop by and talk to him before I leave. Really nice guy.

Thanks, baw.

Thats pretty impressive for a 9.5hp. That seemed like a pretty nice little hull, as well. Perfect for places like that. A 25hp on that hull would make me a little nervous at the speeds you could get up to