Spring Crappie Fishing

Old School Crappie Fishing Family Secrets

Well anglers now that old man winter is near over and the ice is off most of the lakes, ponds, rivers and streams we are all anticipating the crappie spawn to catch some big slab spring crappie. Wrong! You are missing out on some of the most amazing spring crappie fishing. The fishing pressure will be light because of the still very cold weather. If you can tolerate some very inclement weather you will experience some of the most amazing spring crappie fishing.

When the ice disappears it is time to go out and start your spring crappie fishing. The crappie are still in deep water but will start their move into holding areas close to their spawning beds. The big crappie will be hungry and will be located there feeding like crazy. The water will be very cold, so you will have to use a very slow bait presentation. The trick is being able to locate the fish, there are some fundamentals you need to be aware of to find the giant pre-spawn spring crappie. Just a reminder, it will not be nesessary to be out on the lake at the crack of dawn. It has been my experience , afternoon is a better this time of year because there is some sun warming and the crappie feed on the moving bait fish more in the afternoon.

A good place to start your spring crappie fishing is at the last places the ice fisherman were catching crappie. If you don’t ice fish contact some ice fisherman and find out their last fishing locations. The fish will be holding at these locations right after ice out. If your lake is shallow, head to the deeper boat channels around your lake, the fish will be locate here. If you are fishing a deep lake one of the best spots to fish will be where there are narrow creek channels feeding from the main lake. The spring crappies will be located there. I rivers head for channels that feed off the main river.

I prefer to use ultra light equipment when fishing in very cold water. You will find that in cold water spring crappie will bite very light. Use a very light test line around 2 to 4lb test, with a open face rod and reel combo that has a graphite rod with a sensitive tip. If you are breaking line and snagging a lot move to 4lb fluorocarbon.. I recommend you use 1/32oz or 1/16oz jig heads that have eyes painted on them. The color of the jig head can very, but my preference is chartreuse or pink. with split tail plastic tubes. with some glitter color. My preference is to use clear color tubes with some glitter color in them for clear water. In murky water use white or yellow. If the water is real muddy use chartreuse.

I hope these tips these spring crappie fishing tips help you on your next spring fishing outing. Well good luck with your spring crappie fishing.

Mark Fleagle is a serious fishing webmaster. Mark Is a dedicated fisherman with 30+ years of experience and has published numerous articles on fishing. He offers free fishing information and “how to articles at his websites. crappie spring fishing and get some amazing crappie fishing secrets from some good ol’ boys who survived by discovering unique and brilliant methods of catching crappie. Also visit my website oldfishinghole.com and download a free copy of his “78 fishing discoveries unleashed”