Learning to fish for Crappie
I'm 65 years old and have used live bait my whole life fishing for Crappie and Catfish. The last couple of years I've been trying to master the use of jigs. I have friends that have give me advise on jigs, colors, size, temperature, depth, presentation, the right rod and reel and how to respond to the "thump" . I fish once or twice a week. I'm finding fish on my finder, which gives me the depth to fish. With all that, I'm getting an occasional bump but that's all. Other Crappie fishermen are coming to the dock loaded with Crappie. I'm coming in without getting a bite. I don't know if I just fish when they're not biting (every time I go) or what my problem is. Other than advise to go back to using minnows, does anyone have something I need to try? I would say, asking for a friend, but even my friend wouldn't admit to not being able to catch fish:biggrin