21st October, 2009

Old School Crappie Fishing Family SecretsHow To Catch MinnowsIf you are a beginning crappie fisherman and you want to give yourself a chance to catch some crappie, Then I suggest you fish with live crappie fishing minnows. Also, if you have a limited budget for bait I have some suggestions below on how to catch [...]

Old School Crappie Fishing Family Secrets

How To Catch Minnows

If you are a beginning crappie fisherman and you want to give yourself a chance to catch some crappie, Then I suggest you fish with live crappie fishing minnows. 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.

The best thing about this is, crappie minnows that you catch come from the crappies natural environment, in the exact water you will be fishing. Bait shop minnows are sometimes caught at different bodies of water, and will be “foreign” to crappie which can cause crappie to reject them as a food source. 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. The best place to catch crappie minnows is by boat ramps or boat docks. Possibly because that is where fisherman dump their bait after they are done bringing their boats in.. but also because these areas offer good “cover” for minnows, along with food sources.

STEP#2 You want to target water 4-8 feet deep.

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 are having a hard time finding crappie minnows to catch , a surefire method to catch your minnows is at night with the help of a underwater fishing light. 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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