Thread: Distinguishing crappie from bass

KNOWING THE FISH IS YOUR BEST INTERPRETATION,IN BRUSH OR UNDER DOCKS CRAPPIE WILL BE MOSTLY GROUP UP WHERE AS 2 OR 3 BASS SCATTERED IN PILE OR UNDER DOCK,ALSO IF YOU HAVE UNIT IN TUNE AND BASS ARE BIG THEY WILL BE A LITTLE LONGATED WHEREAS LOOK FOR A GROOP OF WHITE LITTLE DOTS,THE FINAL WAY IS WITH ROD AND BAIT,FREEZE UNIT WHILE YOU ARE FISHING FOR THEM AND WHEN YOU CATCH A FEW THEN LOOK AT YOUR FISH AND SIZE AND AT THE UNIT TO HELP YOU LATER

Originally Posted by genec

KNOWING THE FISH IS YOUR BEST INTERPRETATION,IN BRUSH OR UNDER DOCKS CRAPPIE WILL BE MOSTLY GROUP UP WHERE AS 2 OR 3 BASS SCATTERED IN PILE OR UNDER DOCK,ALSO IF YOU HAVE UNIT IN TUNE AND BASS ARE BIG THEY WILL BE A LITTLE LONGATED WHEREAS LOOK FOR A GROOP OF WHITE LITTLE DOTS,THE FINAL WAY IS WITH ROD AND BAIT,FREEZE UNIT WHILE YOU ARE FISHING FOR THEM AND WHEN YOU CATCH A FEW THEN LOOK AT YOUR FISH AND SIZE AND AT THE UNIT TO HELP YOU LATER

Genec ,has given you some great advice!

Thanks for the advice Genec. Its going to take some work. Last FF I had was a HB727 with side finding. I got pretty good.
The 999ci is enormous to that small non color unit.

Crappies generally school vertical (up and down in the water column) whereas bass will school horizontally in big packs similar to catfish. Sometimes schools of crappies can be 10 foot high, but only in about a 5 foot circle.. Think of their schools as pillars.

If you are looking on DI or SI into structure, the crappies will simply be smaller dots due to being thinner fish and casting a thinner shadow. Bass will look like torpedos or footballs whereas crappies will just be disc shaped marks.

Lets us know how it goes.
Fin

This is a good image of what I think is crappie stacked up.

Originally Posted by FIN

Lets us know how it goes.
Fin

Sorry about this erroneous post. I was on my cell and thought I was on another thread
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volfan411 How far are the fish from the boat?