Crappie Fishing Research Paper

The type of crappie fishing tackle you use is a personal choice; it is important that you feel comfortable with it and you can get the "feel" to know what the bait is doing as it maneuvers underwater and you can detect the sometimes tap-tap light hit of a crappie. My pet rig is a six-and-a-half-foot spinning rod, medium action, fitted with an ultra light Mitchell 308 reel filled with 6lb. test monofilament. A spincast outfit is plenty good; even fly tackle in some specialized situations, a couple of which we will discuss later.

Again, I stress the importance of small baits and light line. Many crappie fishermen use a 1/16th-ounce jig and two-pound monofilament line. But with line such as this you must know what you are doing.

The problem is that crappies live in and near brush cover. If one grabs a bait and retreats back from where it came, you feel pretty helpless with that sewing thread-like line. So line choice is sort of a compromise: light enough to entice more strikes yet stout enough to bring a protesting crappie to net. Thanks to modern technology, quality eight-pound monofilament is thin and pliant enough to do the job in most cases, although six- or four-pound is even better if you can handle it. …show more content…
There is a gimmick that will short-circuit such trickery. When you feel this happening, stop reeling and drop the rod tip quickly, and the artificial will plummet as if it is trying to escape. Immediately take up slack and the odds are you will feel the resistance of a hooked