Alex Heitman Posted March 28, 2014 Posted March 28, 2014 A little late on the post sorry guys. Lots of people asking about crappie so thought I would post. I usually fish for bass exclusively on TR but I noticed when I was bass fishing a lot of people were catching crappie. I picked up some minnows and focused on brush piles in 10 ft or less. Set the float about 5-6 ft with a small split shot sinker about a foot 1/2 from the bait. Was using a short trout rod since that's all I had in the boat haha. My dad and I did catch 11 big slabs with the biggest around 15in. Caught about 4 shorts which was surprising. You really had to work for them though and have your bait right exactly where they wanted it. Sometimes that was the center of the pile or just to outside of it. A lot of times I would set the hook and think man I'm caught in the pile but the fish would be on and had to wait for it to swim out of it. Cannot give the exact locations since a nice gentlemen directed me towards these piles. I will say they were up in the creeks and 10ft or less. Good luck guys.
duckydoty Posted March 28, 2014 Posted March 28, 2014 Thanks for the report. Good the see things are starting to happen over there. A Little Rain Won't Hurt Them Fish.....They're Already Wet!! Visit my website at.. Ozark Trout Runners
dtrs5kprs Posted March 28, 2014 Posted March 28, 2014 Nicely done. We do have some nice slabs. Too bad they can be as far between as they are. We are a little spoiled up in KS.
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