Old School Crappie Fishing Family Secrets

To be a very successful crappie angler it will be necessary for you to educate yourself with the different artificial crappie lures at your disposal. Once you have learned some of the tricks of the trade, You will increase your crappie catch compared to fishing with strictly live bait. The Key is to understand what artificial crappie to use at the appropriate time. When you are fishing for pan fish smaller is better. Look for lures in the 1/4oz or smaller size.

List of black crappie Lures to Use:

• Curly Tail Jigs

• Marabou Jigs

• Spinners: weedless (smaller the better)

• Willow Leaf Blades: Silver Colorado Or Gold Blades

The above listed lures can be bought at any department store, bait shop, or on-line . Most of these artificial baits can be purchased for very little.If you really are on a tight budget then do some comparison shopping to get the best price. Make sure you get pricing for crappie lures 1/4oz or smaller.

Here are some suggestion to use lures for crappie:

When fishing a curly tail Jig, use a uniquely designed jig head with screw lock from Cabella's. It takes your bait to the bottom where the big ones are. It allows you to thread a plastic tube, or split tail onto the corkscrew and hook it through the tail. The innovative flat-bottom jig head helps the hook stand up at a 60deg angle. Your hooked bait stands up straight off the bottom and is free to move about. I recommend you use purchase and use a Karlins Lunker Curly Tail. This jig is a good choice to use when using a slip bobber rig.

If you are going to fish Marabou jigs purchase jigs smaller then 1/4oz. You fish these jigs many ways but if you use a slip bobber put a split shot sinker on the line so the jig falls to a set depth.

Use a weedless spinner bait when you are fishing in waters of poor visibility, muddy or murky water. Try to use the 1/16oz size, smaller is better.

If you are using the willow leaf blade jigs, fish the crappie lure very slowly. If you use the 1/16oz jig, the hook will bend before you loose your jig, you can use over and over again. The larger sizes work well but they break the line when snagging. Also , put on a Karlins plastic tube Curly split tail 2" in length.

There are no guarantees that you will catch crappie with the lures shown above, but if you stick with purchasing small crappie fishing lures you up your chances of catching a good batch of crappie.

Well, good luck and good fishing!