Thread: Article: Crappie Science in the Headlines By Brian Waldman

Interesting information. I just pole fish and will try the trolling next summer. I can't seem to find the big crappie in the summer though. Maybe more baits out will do the trick1

Great article. Just statred trolling myself.

Just goes to show that fishing isn't all luck...some science involved!

great info
Thanks

Great read. 9" on lake wheeler, Al. It has made a difference in the size. You no I done it all. Trolled jigs & crankbaits. But it seems my one cork and jig out perform in size and quanity. Whe have a mostly shallow lake on the Tenn. river. Tons of shad. I grew up as a child with my uncle telling me to watch the bait fish around the bank or out in the lake. Mimic their movement and look at them in the light and cloudy days. Off course I watch him reel and twitch his rod tip. Or stop and go. He'd say no hurry son, slow down. Cause he'd no I was reeling to fast. We'd fish in a boat with a older man that had 2 to 3 Lews crappie poles. He never owned a rod, reel, or jig. He caught more crappie than anyone I've ever known ! It seemed alot less complicated back then......

great article........here in tx most of the lakes are10" and over but several have a must keep all up to the limit which I dont like....
BTW, I have never caught a limit of crappie........if that ever happened I believe I would start throwing them back after 5 or 6
caught.......Ive quit filling the freezer with fish and gone to keeping what I could eat immediately....thanks for the post.