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In New Jersey, every lake is overfished and it is very rare to come by huge crappie. Record white is over 3 and I believe record black is over 4. So its not impossible but my personal best is only 14...

i have been catching them 8-20 ft of water around structure like water overflows and branches on ledges.

that's a good point. I wasnt complaining just trying to improve a problem. I will try the light wire jig heads for sure.

Yesterday I was thick in the crappie caught about 60-70 but that came with a cost. I lost about 15 jigs on branches. are their any jig heads that help reduce the amount of snags or is just the nature...

Thanks for all the advice ill check it out.

I have a 55lb thrust minkota maxxum trolling motor that i use as my main motor (most lakes near me you cannot use gas, electric motors only). it works fine for short distances but when i take longer...

in between the dorsal fin and the spine

i use the micro lite series rods by bass pro shops. the greatest bang for your buck only around $50. i have a rod in ultra light, light, and medium light. i swear by these rods and would rather have...

i have noticed that crappie and even bluegills hit lures/bait with monofilament more than braid. i had one pole with 4lb mono and one with 10lb braid (diameter of 2lb mono) and the one with mono...

fathead minnows. hands down my favorite bait for crappie and panfish fishing.

#1: For monster bluegills, an aberdeen hook size 4 with a flat head minnow with a splitshot four inches above that and a float eight inches above the split shot.
#2: For consistent action, an...

Hello all. Found this forum from google and found a lot of good information and decided to join. Love crappie fishing. Harder to find big ol slabs here in NJ but not impossible.