My technique starts with Buck Perry's structure techniques and then you add in cover
if your lake has any, and then combine them together and you have my technique.
The best way to explain it is to show you how I start a plan, with just a
map and the questions you need to know. 1. Does the structure led from the shallows to the deepest water in the area? 2. Does another structure get near or cross this structure? 3. Does this structure have cover on or near it? Those questions will get you underway, remember this is just the start. Understand any 2 questions above together will hold crappie, but all 3 is a spot I would not pass up. Now its time to ask what time of year is it. Spring: You want to fish the shallow end of the structure, beat those banks.... Summer: You want to fish the deep end with the sharpest drop, or irregular feature. Fall: Same as spring, but also mid depth areas. Winter: You want to fish the deep end with the sharpest drop, or irregular feature. Last but not least, ask yourself the next time your on the water???? With a lack of timber on the lake, does that mean all the fish are on man made brush piles??? The answer is no, structure is the road baitfish travel, and where you find baitfish you find crappie. Its not as easy as fishing your brushpiles but my technique holds a lot more crappie and thats how you reach a limit, without moving 3 to 6 times and wasting gas all over the lake. Just my 2 cents, I never was a fan of hauling loads of trees to the lake, but lots of guys do it and it works. By: Trunks __________________________________________________________________________ My Crappie Rigs |
My Crappie Technique |
The Slip Cork & Jig One of the rigs I use in spring, set the depth, cast it out and bring it back slowly. The rig is nothing more than a slip cork, a split shot, hook snap and jig.... |
Jig Spinner Combo I use this rig in the spring & to shoot docks. A jig and a elbow spinner is all you need. I slow-roll it when fishing in the spring and count it down when shooting docks.... |
The Trunks Rig This is my "Live Bait" rig, an egg sinker, bead, a barrel swivel and hook. I like to use a # 1 bronze crappie hook with this rig, this rig works great around heavy cover.. |
The Jig My bread and butter rig, hook snap and jig, I use this rig when vertical fishing, the hook snap helps give the jig more action and also makes it easy to change colors.... |
All jigs are "Candy Jigs" by The Fairlane Bait Co. |
