Hope to become a decent crappie fisherman one day, hang tuff. Until last year I had never fished for crappie other than the spawn, I struggled to say the least. I was pulling cranks but once it started coming together it became fun and enjoyable. A little tip is to go somewhere that has a ton of dinks in it, more bites means more knowledge. I was trying to learn on Grenada and it never really turned on to cranks very good last year, this made it hard to learn as I was not getting many bites. Started going to Enid, a good lake but known for catching a bunch of throw backs (on the COE lakes in north MS we have throw back 12 inch and under). Man what a difference, many times had 5 fish on at one time.
Another thing is to get in good enuff with a good crappie fisherman on the lake you are wanting to fish and just get water depth and fishing depth from them as a starting point. Time on the water in most cases makes a big difference, good luck adn keep your chin up.
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