It was a very cold day yesterday. I know the air temps were in the high 30s while I was fishing, and the water temperature was in the 30s as well. Lil' Shaka and me already hit up the crappie two weeks ago, and the good news is they were biting on this day as well. I caught a total of 15 crappies.
The water is so cold right now that I doubt their is much life, or much movement by anything in the water right now. I did try some moving baits, and even some jerkbaits to see if there were any patterns using these techniques. No Go!
So, stuck with more of a traditional crappie rig with a bobber and a jig. We like the Berkley Gulp Minnows with our jigs. Any jig will basically work. We use Strike King Mr. Crappie Jigs but many jigs will work.
The key during this time of year is to get the jig right in front of them. Let them take a look and "suck" the lure in! It is a very subtle bite at this time of year, and you basically keep reeling in to set the hook. There is really no "Big Bass" hookset, that is not how you hookset crappie! LOL.
Locating crappie takes skill. I was fishing from the bank of a specific pond. I know where the crappies camp during this time of year in this specific pond. So that helps to find them obviously. I am very appreciative that I got a few hours to catch these little beauties. I was fortunate that they were biting. Until next time!
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