web stats

Games of Knowledge | Sports and Exercise

Games of Knowledge and Games of Sport

Crappie Fishing A97 Old Master Special Crappie Coldwater Fishing Details And Info On Good Crappie Bait Details Here!

| March 29, 2010

catch crappie


Click Here To See A Secret Weapon For Crappie Fishing My Friend Discovered In 2004

Yes crappies which go by peculiar names such as calico bass, speckled perch, speckled bass, white perch, pole crappies, strawberry bass, and papermouth can be caught during the coldwater period of fall and early winter. The cold water period typically starts after the water has turned over and the thermocline stratified  Also The water temperatures will have dropped below the mid 50 degree mark. Surface water temperatures will be the same as the bottom water temperatures. As the weather continues to get colder the water temperatures at the bottom will be warmer than that at surface. One the water has turned, Coldwater crappie fishing patterns will start to emerge.

 Although the white perch’s metabolism has dropped the cooling envirement has also triggered the strawberry basse’s instinct to feed for the upcoming winter months. The pole crappies may move slow during the cold water period but they will not pass up a good  meal if you present a good crappie bait.

 To catch crappie in large deeper lakes and reservoirs during the stable coldwater period you will need crappie fishing rigs set up for a deep water crappie fishing presentation. And ideal crappie bait to use during this period is any small invertabrates such as small crayfish.  During the cold water period the water turnover sends the the warmest oxinated water to the bottom , and the coldest water goes to the top. Soon after the water turnover period has stabilized all the paper mouth and the natural forage will they need will seek the deep water area where the waters are warmest.

 To fish the a deep water presentation you will need to use a good deep water slip bobber rig with crappie jigs and crappie jigs with safety pin spinners. A excellent coldwater crappie live bait selection to catch crappie would be small crayfish, crappie minnows, fathead minnows or shiners. You can also catch crappie with a deepwater slop bobber rig fished on the bottom using enough weight and a crappie hook tipped with a live small crayfish as your crappie bait. In larger deep lakes and reservoirs you will find white perch at deep areas off main lake shorelines in 3o to 45ft of water loacated on a soft bottom area. In shallow bowl shapped lakes with little structure, pole crappies may suspend right in the middle of the lake in 20 to 30 ft of water. In any speckled perch habitat area, pole crappies will suspend 5 to 10ft off the bottom. During the stable coldwater period coldwater period you will seldom find papermouth near the surface.

I want to thank you for reading my article about Speckled Perch. Have a great day!

Click The Following Link At Mark’s Website For More Details On: Calico Bass

Sign Up For Free Crappie Fishing Newsletter Here!

Fishing Rigs A34 Old Master Special Fishing Details About White Crappies And Fishing Rigs Visit Our Website For Details!

| March 27, 2010

crappie fishing trip


Click Here To See A Secret Weapon For Crappie Fishing My Friend Discovered In 2004

If you want to get serious about crappie fishing and you want to catch a lot of crappie on a consistent basis then you need to have excellent crappie fishing rigs. The most common crappie fishing rig you will need to have and you will use it quite often are fishing rigs set of to catch crappie with different crappie jig presentations. You can use crappie jigs with our without live bait but sooner or later there will be a need to use a combination of artificial crappie baits combined with some type of live bait. The most common of these combinations being a crappie jig striped of any plastics combined with a live crappie minnow.

Your next step is to decide on what crappie jig you will want to use. To choose the correct crappie jig with depend on a some key factors that pertain directly to the local waters you intend to fish in. Your crappie fishing rig will change depending on what the local food source is for the crappie population you are targeting and also the season you are fishing in. To put it all together you need to do some research as to what exactly the crappies are eating on a regular basis, then you can make your crappie fishing rig selection based on this information. For example I had of this great farm pond that not many people fish in and that there was talk that this pond was full of crappie. When you first arrive at he pond you need walk completely around the pond looking for signs of what type of bait fish the crappie are feeding on. You can do this by looking very closely at what type of small fish are swimming in the shallows. Ok Its spring time and I notice there are just hundreds of small bluegill fry swimming around , bingo! I am going to try to match my crappie baits to look like the small bluegill fry. Actually if you had a minnow net with you The ideal bait would be to use a small crappie jig with a safety pin spinner tipped with small crappie fry. Well anyway the key here is you need to as they say “match the hatch” to be successful. I Think you will be pleasantly surprised with the results if you can design your crappie fishing rig to “match the hatch” so to speak.

There will be a trial and error period and some practice to identify on what to match the hatch with.  One very effective way to see if your crappie bait selection is going to be effective is keep trying different presentations until you catch tow or three crappies and then go ahead and clean them , but be careful to open up their gut to see what exactly they are eating. In my example above I did exactly that. I got lucky and hit on the right combination right away and when I caught my first three crappie within minutes I checked to see what they were eating sure enough they were feeding heavy on the small bluegill fry. This technique will work on any crappie waters you intend to fish. Don’t make the mistake and not use this important tip because it can be very powerful information on you next crappie fishing trip to this area.

Please take note that the size and the color are very important when you attempt to match the hatch. If you are going to say fish only artificial jigs you need to match the size and coloration of the hatch. In my example above I chose a jig head that had a color similar to the color of the bluegill fry and the size was a 1/ 32 ounce jig size because the bluegill fry were very small. The safety pin spinner was used because the pound was weedy and the water was a bit discolored so I wanted my crappie fishing rig to have some flash so the crappie could see it, and hear the vibrations.

Well that concludes my article about Match The Hatch. Have a great day!

Click The Following Link At Mark’s Website For More Details On: Crappie Baits

Sign Up For Free Crappie Fishing Newsletter Here!