| Crappie fishing is popular for many reasons. | | | | efforts depending on which type you want to |
| Crappie fishing can be done by people of all ages | | | | catch. While they taste the same, there are some |
| and sizes. Fish like carp and bass can put up too | | | | differences between them that might help you |
| much of a fight for children or smaller adults. Also, | | | | catch them easier. Black crappies are different |
| the equipment required to fish bass and carp | | | | than white crappies because they have seven or |
| costs more than that needed to catch crappie. | | | | eight dorsal fins with random spotting patterns. |
| Crappie fishing can be done with a simple, light | | | | White crappies always have six dorsal fins and |
| pole. Nothing large, fancy, or expensive is needed. | | | | their spotting patterns are arranged in vertical |
| Crappie can also be found all over the United | | | | flows. The black crappie are found more often in |
| States in rivers, streams, and lakes. Crappie can | | | | cooler, slower moving waters such as large lakes |
| also be caught in any season over most of the | | | | and wide, slow rivers. The white crappies tend to |
| country, though in some parts they can only be | | | | prefer warmer water and do not care as much if |
| found in certain seasons. | | | | the water is clear or moving. |
| Crappie can be found in large schools around | | | | A popular place to fish for crappie is under |
| waters that offer a lot of cover during the | | | | wooden docks. Some metal docks make too |
| summer and winter. During the summer and | | | | much noise when people walk on them, and this |
| winter months you should look for places with a | | | | scares the crappie away. Bait that imitates |
| lot of shade and cover and fish in those areas. In | | | | minnows tends to work very well. The minnows |
| the spring the crappie go to their spawning | | | | also hang out near the docks and are the favorite |
| grounds which tend to be places with not much | | | | food source of crappie. |
| wind and decent amounts of cover. In the fall | | | | Fishing for crappie can be fun for anyone and is a |
| crappie tend to be very unpredictable and can be | | | | great way for a father to bond with a son. Since |
| found in waters ranging from a few feet to over | | | | crappie fishing is fairly easy it is not hard to have |
| thirty feet, with or without cover. No matter | | | | fun during a day of crappie fishing since you will |
| which season it is, an inexpensive fish finder will | | | | not go home frustrated. Crappie fish is a great |
| help you locate crappie whether they are hiding or | | | | way to get started fishing because it is not |
| not. | | | | expensive at all. You can move to fishing for |
| There are black crappie and white crappie and | | | | other species if you want more of a challenge. |
| you might want to alter your crappie fishing | | | | |