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    Default Anybody Catch Crappie with Nightcrawlers?


    Just wondering since I got my African Nightcrawlers breeding if they will do well for crappie.I have not really ever tried to use worms.Lucked into a couple by accident,but not on purpose.I am a worming fool now,lol.
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    If you put them on a jig head and swim them, they should catch 'em?
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    Bluegill will steal the worm before it gets near a crappie.

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    I caught 3 last week 2 feet away from shore fishing for bream under a slip float in 2 ft of water, largest was 16 in.
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    Years ago a guy I knew claimed to have caught several nice messes of crappie out of White River using worms under a bobber, but that's the only time I've heard tell of it.

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    You probably would catch some if the Bream don't steal them first. We catch Crappie and Bream every year Catfishing with Catalpa Worms.
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    Absolutely! Pinch off a 1 inch piece and thread it on a # 8 hook, so that the point comes out 2/3 the way down the worm. It will look like a little brown minnow. You need to keep it moving,,,kinda swimming it, even with a cork. So what if the gills eat it too. I use it when we don't have minnows and the boys are with me. Works great around bridge pillars and docks. Throw it up in the shade.
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    This years spawn there were three of us fishing off a rocky point. We were catching Crappie with jigs. A guy comes out and starts fishing with worms. He would put a nightcrawler wacky style on his hook with no weight and cast it out. He caught 10 crappie in short order and 8 of them were bigger than any of the crappie we had caught. Figure that one out?

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    Heck yeah, we catch Crappie on nightcrawlers tipped on small spoons using the slow reel method. You will catch some bluegill and perch too if you let it sit too long.

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    Yes, I catch crappie all the time on worms (mostly nightcrawlers). Most of the time when they are under a float and I'm fishing for bluegill or green sunfish. I've caught more crappie on minnows and/or jigs than anything else, but worms are number 2.

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