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Some mid winter Mississippi River crappie!

I've been known to use small pcs of red worm for late ice Perch, Walleye, & Sauger in the past. Can be a killer presentation espeicially in heavily pressured areas where our underwater finned...

5 pounder caught on 2lb Vanish through the ice. Wasn't exactly targeting eye's when she hit but that's river fishing for you.

Captain Ted operates his guide service & docks on Pool 9 of the Mississippi. Trust you me ~ he is not guilty of his own pen. Cannot speak for all guides across the country as I'm sure there are...

Crappie spawn on the Mississippi river (Pool 9) 09'.
I made it out twice boating a good number of healthy fish off as many beds. I took home a few to release in grease however the lions share went...

The Year: 2005
The Month: April
The Place: Crystal Lake, Dane County, WI

A buddy and I parted for Crystal Lake at 4:30am on brisk April morning. Heard the crappie bite was turning on after...

Have you ever thougth about hiring a local guide? Can take light years off learning curves.

Also, if you are fishing in IA, then your crappie "season" will follow close suit to mine here in...

Fishing during the actual clement weather is not an issue (with the fish) on most days. However, 8 to 12 hours after a good regional soaker water visibility vastly decreases from run off in which I...

A guy could write a book on this topic! Some very good tips thus far fellas. Structure and forage are in fact the two primary keys to finding active crappie on a river system.

I do think it's...

To all for some very well written stories!
As well as everyone that voted.

Bos~

Crappie I pulled through an 8" hole in the ice in mid March had eggs all ready (Southwest Wisconsin)......

My personal rule of thumb......

If it's 12" long (or larger) it's a female.

DEPENDS! Some days the crappie like a vertical presentation and yet on others they go for the more traditional horizontal. Some days I prefer a T-bone with a helping of American Fries. Other days...

Hunt morel mushrooms........of course the "hunting" only lasts 3 or 4 out of 52 weeks but worth it!

Very nice looking specs!

Okay Crappie-dot-com'ers......

What do you ladies & fellas look for in a good fishing report?

Just the basic meat & potatoes ~ i.e. technique, baits, depths, time, location, & results etc......

Fish are by no means "stupid"....however sometimes I wonder about bass:)

Sunday, March 15th.

Felt like a 7 year old confined to my bed at 4:00am on a Christmas morning Still a solid 2 & ½ hours before the first hint of daylight and a Crappie hunt. Thanks to a hearty...

crappie were running in the 9 to 12 inch range. Them "unwanted" perch were running in the 8 to 14 inch range. I commonly practice selective harvest - bringing home just enough for dinner. Six big...

Finding a good ice bite in recent weeks has been about as difficult as bouncing up Mt. Everest on a pogo stick in my neck of woods. Marking fish – not so difficult it takes a lot of beer batter to...

Fishing on the Mississippi River where water clarity rivals the eyesight of a flying rodent even on the best of days - PINK & PURPLE are the colors where I start jig fishing for crappie. Fishing...

Here are two links to a couple of articles that really help break down rod rating terms.

Graphite rods - FLW Outdoors

Fishing Rod Selection; Selecting a fishing rod

You start getting into the later half of the 4th quarter of the hard water season on most bodies of water and not only crappie but BIGGER crappie run much higher in the column. As a previous poster...

I for one look for any advantages I can get. Sight fishing is great but adding feel to your skill set can be a big difference maker.

For jig fishing in closer proximity to the boat once river...

Chasing crappie on the open water is a close second to my favorite time killer which is pulling slabs through an 8" hole on the hard water! Do most...okay ALL....of my ice fishing on the back waters...

Very Nice Slabs!