Fishing Crappie In The Spring
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Well folks now that old man winter is near over and the ice is off most of the lakes, ponds, rivers and streams all we need to do know is wait for the crappie spawn to catch some big slab spring crappie. Wrong! You are missing out on some of the most amazing spring crappie fishing. The fishing pressure will be light because of the still very cold weather. If you can tolerate some cold crummy weather you will experience some of the most spectacular spring crappie fishing.
After ice out it is time to go out and start your spring crappie fishing. After ice out, the crappie are still holding in deep water but will start their move into holding areas close to their spawning beds. They will be hungry and will be located there feeding in Ernest. The water is extremely coldYou will want to move your bait very slowly through the water. The trick is being able to locate the fish, there are some fundamentals you need to be aware of to find the giant pre-spawn spring crappie. Just a reminder, it will not be nesessary to be out on the lake at the crack of dawn. It has been my experience , afternoon is a better this time of year because there is some sun warming and the crappie feed on the moving bait fish more in the afternoon.
Start your spring crappie fishing trip at the location where the ice fisherman were last catching crappie. If you don’t ice fish contact some ice fisherman and find out their last fishing locations. The fish will be holding at these locations right after ice out. If your lake is shallow, head to the deeper boat channels around your lake, the fish will be locate here. In deeper lakes head to narrowing creaks and channels feeding off the lake the spring crappie will be located there. I rivers head for channels that feed off the main river.
I prefer to use ultra light equipment when fishing in very cold water. You will find that in cold water spring crappie will bite very light. Use a very light test line around 2 to 4lb test, with a open face rod and reel combo that has a graphite rod with a sensitive tip. If you are breaking line and snagging a lot move to 4lb fluorocarbon.. I recommend you use 1/32oz or 1/16oz jig heads that have eyes painted on them. The color of the jig head can very, but my preference is chartreuse or pink. with split tail plastic tubes. with some glitter color. My preference is to use clear color tubes with some glitter color in them for clear water. In murky water use white or yellow. If the water is real muddy use chartreuse.
If you use these tips you will be successful. When you catch a giant slab crappie in early spring there is no better feeling. We Hope you have a great time with your spring crappie fishing, and we wish you all the luck in the world.
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