Thread: I am (finally) a Crappie fisherman!

The monkey is off my back! I had never caught a crappie, until today.
I have been a fisherman for about 50 years, starting with my grandpa when I was 7. I've caught most freshwater species and a few of the ocean variety, but the little ole demure crappie just never got on my hook. I joined this forum a few years back to learn what the heck I needed to do, and still I continued to not be able to cross the crappie off my list.

Today I went fishing with a friend, who like probably others reading this, could not believe my lack of success. We hit Morrison Lake near Saranac about 7:00 a.m. Air temp was 30 degrees and a fog was upon the water. My friend and I each had a jig with a minnow on our rods (4) and he landed the first one about 9:00 a.m. that was all for the next 2 hours, then he landed 2 more. I was once again feeling this was not going to be the day. I switched one of my lines to a bare hook, sinker and a slip bobber then impaled a minnow on my bare hook.....and waited. About 10 minutes I had my first ever crappie! My friend took a picture and I sent it off to my wife and also to Rich. Rich sent a txt back congratulating me and bam I had another one on.

At the end of the day I caught 4 crappie, my friend caught 5. They were all between 9-10 inches. My friend gave me his 5 so I now have a nice mess of crappie fillets in the freezer.