My Winter Crappie Technique

[Josh Holt]

Many of you are wanting to know where and what the crappie are biting on. I wont give a certain location but i will give you a very good tip on finding winter crappie and the technique i use to catch them.I dont have a fancy boat or none of that but the best way to find winter crappie is to go were you have caught them before,Like any fish cold water makes them slugish, slow is the key, I normally fish the flats where it drops off into the channel useing 1/16 oz road runner heads in many different colors their is many colors i use but by far the chartrues head with either a black and chartrues crappie ringer or mini slider or blue thunder swimming minnow. I cant tell you or stress enough the 1/16 oz head because of how much slower i can fish with it that is the key slow. If you can find bait fish around channel drops you will find crappie when i find them i set on the and fill the boat I hope this helps some of you who are wondering what they are biting on and how to catch them But minnow work really good to this time of year but i personally dont like to use live bait the depth i have been catching the fish will vary earl its been 25ft but on some sunny warmer days it has been anywhere from 20 to 8ft of water depending on the day good luck to you hope this helps.

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Many of you are wanting to know where and what the crappie are biting on. I wont give a certain location but i will give you a very good tip on finding winter crappie and the technique i use to catch them.I dont have a fancy boat or none of that but the best way to find winter crappie is to go were you have caught them before,Like any fish cold water makes them slugish, slow is the key, I normally fish the flats where it drops off into the channel useing 1/16 oz road runner heads in many different colors their is many colors i use but by far the chartrues head with either a black and chartrues crappie ringer or mini slider or blue thunder swimming minnow. I cant tell you or stress enough the 1/16 oz head because of how much slower i can fish with it that is the key slow. If you can find bait fish around channel drops you will find crappie when i find them i set on the and fill the boat I hope this helps some of you who are wondering what they are biting on and how to catch them But minnow work really good to this time of year but i personally dont like to use live bait the depth i have been catching the fish will vary earl its been 25ft but on some sunny warmer days it has been anywhere from 20 to 8ft of water depending on the day good luck to you hope this helps.

Do you have to get out of the wind to fish that deep with light jigheads?

[Josh Holt]

no when its really windy i just put my rod tip real close to the water or if real bad ill put on an 1/8 but i dont like to unless i just cant feel the bite anymore

[Champ188]

Very good info and well explained. Thanks, Josh.

[Quillback]

Yes thanks for the info. It makes this forum a better place to visit when people make these types of contributions.

[kjackson]

Yes, thanks. Being new to the area and very new to open-water fishing in the winter, this helps. I'm heading out this week either on Table Rock or Beaver, so I'll be giving this a try.

[Jeff Olson]

thanks Josh !, I am also new to the area and this helps as the rock is a lot different than I am used to.

[dtrs5kprs]

no when its really windy i just put my rod tip real close to the water or if real bad ill put on an 1/8 but i dont like to unless i just cant feel the bite anymore

That is profound advice for any fishing on TR. Great way to scrub a smoke grub in March / April. Stay in the wind as long as you can safely stand it based on your boat.