Old School Crappie Fishing Family Secrets

How To Catch Crappie Minnows

If you don’t have a whole lot of experience, and you want to get out there and guarantee some good catches of crappie than live minnows are for you. Also, if you have a limited budget for bait I have some suggestions below on how to catch a bunch of crappie minnows quickly and for free.

Their is a distinct advantage of catching your own crappie minnows that is a little used crappie fishing secret that surprisingly not that many crappie fisherman use. When you catch your own crappie minnows from the lake you are going to fish, these minnows are from the crappies natural environment and a mainstay of their natural food source. These minnows are less prone to be rejected by the crappie then minnows purchased from a bait store. Plus, bait shop crappie minnows are usually more fragile-i.e. older, and dying from being in captivity. Amazingly this is a little used crappie fishing secret , that few fisherman use these days.

STEP#1 Scout the body of water you are going to fish looking for shaded areas that are very close to shore.One of the best areas is near to boat ramps, and boat docks. The reason for this is these areas are shallow and provide shelter from other predator fish, and provide a good food source, not mention that many returning boat fisherman dump there unused crappie minnows here.

STEP#2 You need to find areas that are between water depths of 4 to 8 feet. You need these depths because of the limitations of your minnow catching casting net.!

STEP#3 You need to purchase a 3-4 foot crappie minnow casting net that has 1/4″ netting. Now cast your net out across the surface of the water. The net needs to land flat to be successful at catching your crappie minnows. This may take some practice but you will get the hang of it.

Step#4 If you can’t find any good areas to cast your net or your just not catching anything , then I suggest you try it at night. You will need a good submersible fishing light to be successful at night, but your chances of success will be much greater.The under water fishing light will attract 1000′s of minnows close to the light just cast your net near by or build your self a minnow trap and drop it near the light. you can also use a large dip net.

Well I hope these tips on how to catch crappie minnows help you. This concludes part there of our Crappie Fishing Secrets Series.

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