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Tips and Tricks for Using the Best Bait for Crappie Fishing

by fishinghelper

There are many tricks-of-the-trade involved in crappie fishing.
Learning them can go a long way towards helping you fill your
creel with slabs.
     
The first trick I use is a double-rig (also known as a
fish-finder rig). It evolved from commercial longliners in their
search for Bluefin Tuna.  Scaled down, it is a very efficient rig
for crappie. Simply rig two # 4 Aberdeen hooks on 6 dropper
loops, about 3 apart, over a 1/8 oz. bell sinker, or several
split shots. You can fish this under a slip bobber, or anywhere
from the bottom up tight-lining (or vertical fishing, as it is
sometimes called). You can also omit the sinker and hooks and use
two 1/16 oz. marabou jigs under a slip bobber. This is deadly for
crappie in heavy cover. It is not uncommon to hook two crappie at
a time with one of these rigs. I usually tie a white or yellow
jig on above a chartreuse jig. Another trick is to omit the
bobber, and tie a small crank-bait on under the jig. It gives the
appearance of a small minnow chasing an even smaller one, an
irresistible situation for any predator fish.
     
When minnow fishing slows down, try this trick. Take 6 or 7
minnows and place them in a 2 qt. or gal. glass jar with water in
it. Punch a few small hole in the top to let water and smell
circulate. Then tie it with a small rope so you can lower it into
the water a few feet. Now fish near the jar.  The crappie can
smell the minnows and see them, thinking it is a school of unwary
baitfish.
     
In winter, when crappies are hitting very light, you can make a
strike indicator out of an old guitar low string. Simply tie on a
4 length of the guitar string onto the last section of your rod,
with the ball-end even with the tip.  Then bend the string up and
away from the tip at a 45 degree angle. Run your line through the
ball-end of the E string, then through the tip guide of your rod.
You can now detect even the lightest of hits.
      
When hooking minnows, you want them to be able to swim, so it is
best to hook them through the eyes, jaw or just behind the dorsal
fin. Be careful not to stick the lateral line, as this will
instantly kill the minnow.
      
Another one of may favorite tricks that works around 90% of the
time when crappie get lock-jaw is to rig a bobber, a spilt shot
and #4 Aberdeen hook. Then, take a 1" to 1-1/2" minnow and hook
it through the lips.Take a pair of fingernail clippers and clip a
small portion of the minnow's upper or lower tail fin. Not a very
big piece, just a very small nick. This causes the minnow to swim
erratically because his tail fin is now unbalanced. Cast this rig
into likely places and let it sit. Now, take another rod rigged
with a small crank-bait and cast it past the bobber on the other
rod, and reel it past the rig continually. To the crappie, this
appears as if a smaller fish is going for your bait and is
inattentive to his surroundings.

Dan Eggertsen is a fishing researcher and enthusiast who is
committed to providing the best crappie fishing information
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