CRAPPIE ?????s

  • mike_anderson
    Alborn,Minnesota
    Posts: 99
    April 5, 2009 at 3:35 am #1300442

    Hey
    i am going fishing tommorrow around a nearby lake for some crappies and panfish and was wondering wat works best this time of year.. most of the crappies on this particular lake are small but i wanna catch some.. i usually have great luck with a minnow head on a buck shot..
    thanks everyone
    Mike

    jigginjim
    Buffalo, MN. USA
    Posts: 75
    April 5, 2009 at 4:23 am #765793

    I have normally done well on waxies, using a small jig (flu-flu, genz bug, even fatboys.)

    mike_anderson
    Alborn,Minnesota
    Posts: 99
    April 5, 2009 at 4:47 am #765796

    ok thank you
    i will give all three a try..
    Mike

    luke_haugland
    Iowa City, Iowa
    Posts: 3037
    April 5, 2009 at 5:21 am #765802

    Mike, just about anything that works for crappies through the ice will work in the open water as well.

    Figure out whether the fish prefer horizontal or vertical baits. Shrimpos, and ratsos…will help you decide that.

    Great thing about those baits, is you probably won’t need to tip them with anything…

    Last year I experimented with the heavier lightning spoons, and slender spoons for open water crappies…
    If you happen to get a wild hair, don’t tell anybody the results of using those two deadly spoons for vertical panfishing during the open water periods…

    luke_haugland
    Iowa City, Iowa
    Posts: 3037
    April 5, 2009 at 7:37 pm #765924

    Sorry, I guess I didn’t realize your were talking ice fishing…

    arklite881south
    Posts: 5660
    April 8, 2009 at 10:54 am #766658

    And……..DIAMOND JIGS WITH MAGGOTS!! In case you get tired of slapping them with Ratsos and shrimpos!! 15.5 and 16.5… Back to Back Diamond Victims!! Girls dig Diamonds Pink or tiger Pattern for me!!

    woody_036
    Spooner, Wi
    Posts: 198
    April 8, 2009 at 3:21 pm #766755

    WOW! Great Fish. I hope that I can get out this weekend one last time up north and catch some of those.

    bosman
    DeSoto, WI
    Posts: 914
    April 9, 2009 at 5:53 am #766966

    Hey Chris ~

    Is that a UFO over up off your left shoulder

    Doesn’t look like a door or anything…

    That must be the secret with those Rainy Monster Lake Crappie….

    Marvin the martian using his Illudium Q-36 explosive space modulator on em!

    mike_anderson
    Alborn,Minnesota
    Posts: 99
    April 9, 2009 at 9:57 pm #767207

    Thanks to all who posted to help. Luke i appreciate the open water presentation outlook you gave me. i will definetly be giving them a whirl.. i almost never fish crappies during the summer i fish walleyes because i cant catch crappies cosistantly.. thanks alot
    Mike

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