"Crappies by the Ton"
April 20, 2001
While
fishing has been metza metz on flounder. I took my son and
wife to join Crazy Joe, my brother, to slam some crappies.
And slam them we did on fly rods. That's right, I'll admit
it...when something works hot and fly fishing for crappies
is stupid fishing. My brother Joe showed my son, who has
never used a fly rod in his life, the basics in about 10
minutes. No sooner, I turn around to see Michael wacking
away at those dang crappies one after another. It was beautiful.
Mike turned to me and said "Dad, you have to get me
one of these fly rods." I just looked and him and smiled
and said "You got it!"
Joe
and I caught over 65 crappies easy. Michael caught an easy
35 fish and we release all of them. Robin fished for 20
minutes and caught 10 and was finished.
Crappies
is all about finding them and learning their Spring locations.
Look for brush and tree limbs in the lakes bank. That is
their spawning areas in the Spring. When fishing for crappies,
think micro-jigs...the smaller the better...fluorescent
green Mister Twisters, tipped with a grub. Depending on
the depth, crappies look up, not down. So sitting your bait
on the bottom of the lake is going to get you gotz. As Joe
has pounded into my head with a hammer...use two to three
feet if leader with a float in four to five feet of water,
in the shallows. Structure is 95%.
Now
here is a little secret that Joe will shoot me over. Black
and green Mister Twister micro-jigs, tipped off with a grub
or Berkeley crappie powerbait nuggets are a hands down killer
for Joe. For me nice juicey white grubs will do. Artist
Lake is definately a ticket for you crappie junkies. This
will be short lived. Bring waders to get out to your spots.
Go have a blast and bring a child...ScreamingReel Dave.
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