minnows and crappie

[beagle man]

well went fishing at the pond for crappie late this AM. caught about 44 chiggers, two crappie and no pearch. but I only fished about 20 mi.then I set minnow trap and going back this PM and see if any minnows in the minnow trap. try a little evening crappie fishing, wonder if the crappie lights will work in a small pond. never tried it. bet it will.

new question, do any of y'all use minnows in the hot of summer. I do but seems like stockton and me and minnows do not gell, I can go to truman and catch the heck out of crappie on minnows, watched John and jonnnie catch the heck out of crappie on minnows thursday and I went back to the same tree, same area and used minnows and never got a bite, zip Drfishjd and I have caught the heck out of crappie on truman and I have by myself but hardly ever use them and when I do zip is usually the outcome on stockton, wonder why. me don't know.

[KCMO CRAPPIESLAYER]

beagle my buddy and i use to nightfish a couple of his pond's at nite and catch lot's of crappie and catfish... bout a 3 acre pond and could not for the life of us catch a crappie during the day! even during the spawn it just had black crappie in it but we tried time and time again with everything and could'nt get a crappie to bite... come dark, we would put the light's out, open a cold one, and we would catch nice 10-11 inch crappie... never quite understood that but he doesnt live there anymore so guess i'll never get to try and figure those crappie out in the daylite

[bwillaub]

How do you prepare those chiggars? Deep fried or baked? 44 is a good mess for sure.

[beagle man]

Bob I just quick fry in bacon grease,and enjoy, darn chiggers good for nothing but more chiggers.

[Pole Bender]

I use minnows a lot in the hot summer months and do very well. Here is what I do and maybe it will help. First I use a plastic minnow bucket with a starfoam lining with an areator. Keeping them alive and lively is a must. I use a drop shot rig with a 1/8 or 1/4 once bell sinker 12 inches below the hook and use a loop knot to tie the hook on with. I use a 7 foot Outlaw rod, small spinning reel and power pro hi-vis 10/2 line. I use this rig to fish brush piles and dip trees. Works great and have caught too many crappie to keep count with this setup.

[arkyfisherman]

Beagle,i've had luck on minnows the same way bender said.As for the chiggers they use to tell me to go down by the creek and strip off,pour salt all over u then when the chiggers jump off to get a drink take off running.

[embo_9]

My wife caughT a one and a half inch crappie on a minnow that was larger thanthe fish itself. God it was cute. Feisty too! Any chance either of you two pros could post a pic or diagram of your drop shot rigging or direct us to a u tube how to video per chance?

[DRD]

I use them all summer long #1 or 1/0 hook at the end of the line and a 1/4 or 3/8 SS about 4-6" above it.

[ttwoods]

Roll Em' In Andy's Cajun!