Crappie books
I am a reader, all kinds, but mainly fishing and after my bass days came to an end mainly crappie fishing. Not near as much about crappie fishing out there and a lot of it is a rehash, don't guess there are too much new to learn. I think the reason for so much on bass fishing is selling new lures, boats and other equipment, think the bass guys have to have the latest and greatest all the time. I have most of the crappie books that I know about, so I'm going to list some of mine and give a little info about what I think about them, repeat IMHO.
Crappie secrets & techniques for catching other panfish, W. Horace Carter
Some great stories and the first place I ever read about jig & minnow combo. He was using pieces of plastic worms and minnows on a hook and drifting across the lake. Also used a float. Mainly in Fla.
Practical guide to catching more crappie, Buck Taylor
Pretty much the same stuff as todays reading, he did say something about using small pork rind on your jigs which is something I have to try. He has a great section in the back on paper graphs and how to interpret the readings which can be applied to todays LCD's
Both of these books are some of my older ones.
Crappie Wisdom, In-fisherman
Lots of techo stuff and drawings etc. I'm sure most of you have that book.
Master's secrets of crappie fishing, John E Phillips
One of my favorite writers, some good info, he even has a chapter on trolling crankbaits, attn. Jeff
New techniques that catch more crappie and Advanced crappie secrets both by Steve L. Wunderle
Both pretty good reads, he too has some photos of paper graph readings.
Winning crappie secrets, slow vertical trolling, Tim Huffman
Tips and tactics etc of Ronnie Capps & Steve Coleman. Good read for the tournament and spider rigging.
As I said I enjoy reading as have gotten something out of all of my books, just remembering and putting it to use when the fishing get tough is my problem. Hope no author will take offense to anything I wrote just IMHO. I'm sure there is more good reading out there and I would love to hear about any other good fishing books, Steve
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