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Inside Crappie Strike you will find detailed how to crappie fishing tips and techniques that will help you catch more crappies in the spring, summer, fall, winter, or through the ice.
12 Simple Crappie Fishing Tips - If you’re like me your always searching for a few more crappie fishing tips that will help you catch just a few more fish. Here’s twelve tips that I hope will do just that for you to.
Crappie Fishing Techniques – Anglers from either shore or in a boat can enjoy crappie fishing. Like so many fishing techniques, both have some advantages and disadvantages. Both boaters and shore fisherman can use many different crappie fishing techniques.
Pre-Spawn Crappie Fishing Tips - The most productive season for crappie fishing is during spring when fish movements are related to spawning. Depending upon which part of the country you fish, this will normally occur sometime in April through May when the water temperature ranges from 58 to 68 degrees F. Locating fish during the pre-spawn/spawn period will produce excellent stringers of fish.
Fishing Crappies With Live Bait - Small minnows are, by far, the best live bait for crappies, both in open water and for ice fishing. Selection of the proper-sized minnow is very important.
White Crappie Facts - The white crappie lives in creeks, rivers, lakes, and ponds. It moves in groups around submerged objects and may be found at depths of 15 feet or more. It eats insects, small fish, and crustaceans. It moves to shallow water to spawn. It reaches maturity at an age of two to three years.
Black Crappie Facts – The black crappie is a deep-bodied fish, flattened side to side. Its back is arched in front of the dorsal fin and dips over the eye giving it a hump-backed appearance. It has a green back, silver or white sides with black or green speckles, and a silver or white belly.
Crappie Fishing is a sport that anglers of all ages can enjoy, whether they own a boat, or fish from shore and docks. I grew up fishing farm ponds and sand pits in northeast Iowa for crappies and bass both in the open water season and ice fishing in the winter. Since then I have experienced crappie fishing in various interior rivers of Iowa, Minnesota, and the Mississippi River. It is the intent of this website to share the knowledge I have gained over the years through the crappie fishing tips and articles on this site. Have fun on the water and hope you make some great memories. 