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Comment by John Sheehan on January 4, 2011 at 7:59am

Got 4 Crappie thru the ice just before Dark.The biggest was 12"

Comment by Greg Wade on December 4, 2010 at 1:53pm

Wade,
What part of IL do you live in? I don't know if you saw my blog post from a week ago, but I was fishing at Carlyle lake in IL & caught some nice Crappie in 5 - 6 feet of water, using one of my 1/20th oz. jig heads and a micro "red" plastic.

Just because the water is cool, it doesn't mean that they will not hit hard. There have been times when I busted thru a thin layer of ice with the boat, just to get to some spots. And when you find them, you're in for a lot of fun!

Best,
Greg

Comment by John Sheehan on December 4, 2010 at 9:10am

Wade -In New Jersey the air temp is in the upper 30's and the water below 50 degrees I'm guessing.Yesterday I got about 12 Crappies along with Bass Gills and Yellow Perch .

The Crappies were all caught on hand tied 32nd oz. Feather Jigs and a commercial 16th oz. Marabou Jig tipped with Crawler pieces or Mealworms. They were down about 5-6 ' over 8-10 ' of water and in or to the side of a fallen oak tree. This time of year my experience is find the best wood cover on the lake that will hold Crappie.I do this year after year on my home lake around this time of year.Good Luck!

Comment by Wade Jones on November 8, 2010 at 6:23pm

I am in Illinois, the water temp is now dropping into the 50's, what techniques, baits, lures, etc. do you guys like for gettin late fall crappies? Also what depths?

Comment by John Sheehan on August 22, 2010 at 6:22am

James I have caught most of my Crappie on home made whie Bucktail jigs tied with red collars, sometimes tipped with mealworms or crawler pieces.#2 bluefox spinners are good but the Bomber 4f is killer, as well as the Rebel WEE R.

Comment by James Chavis on June 28, 2010 at 1:56pm

What kind of baits do ya'll like to use for the crappies?? I like using some spoons and spinners but worms also do good for me.

Comment by John Sheehan on May 30, 2010 at 7:23am

Trolling in 10-12' over sandy bottom caught three 10" suspended Crappie yesterday.Two on #2 Blue Fox Spinner (Brass) and one on Rebel Wee R.

Comment by Bruce Condello on May 1, 2010 at 11:22am

As a very broad, general rule, white crappie are more piscivorous (fish eating), and black crappie are more planktivorous (plankton eating). Evidently there are some subtle differences in gill raker anatomy that make white crappie less efficient when eating plankton, which means that a nice clear small pond is likely to have faster growing black crappie, and a more turbid lake with gizzard shad etc., will have better white crappie populations. As always, there are many exceptions.

Comment by John Sikkila on May 1, 2010 at 11:09am

Ahhhhhh! A place for crappies!.......another dignified fish along with the bull gills!.......a great group!

Comment by Tobias Jackson Jr. on May 1, 2010 at 10:59am

ay man anybody have an opion on whether when it comes to fly fishing for crappie, what is better to fish for them in either a lake or a pond or some sort? but all of my best crappies have came out of a pond. I just want to see whats yalls thoughts on that.

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