crappie question

[TroutKing]

Hello all,

I know there are a few on the site who don't like when people ask for tip-type questions, but I need some help. I've given the trial and error thing a couple of weeks now, and I CAN'T SEEM TO CATCH LARGER CRAPPIE. I caught 25-30 of them this morning, but only 2 were worth keeping. I'll post some pics later. I find them on the vex, and I can hook up pretty regularly, but most of what I am catching are 5-7 inch babies. Using different lures tipped with waxworms and mealworms. I absolutely love them, but would like to get more for the frypan. You can PM me, if you like, but please, I need some tips. Thanks.

TK

[COLD-AS-ICE]

keep some of the smaller ones this year, and next year you may find some larger ones. All those small guys are too much competition for food for the bigger guys

[fl18guy]

just be thankful you caught some. We cant find em yet.

[bdonaghy]

Prob too many in there & their stunted. But some ponds will never produce large crappie. Imo it takes large water, with some deep muddy holes & the right amount of forage to produce big crappie. Try another pond. If you can catch 5-7" ones you can certainly catch 16" ones but not if their not there to be caught.

[fishless12]

Try a different pond.

[Bowdoin Boy]

If your catching small ones your doing everything right,its just that maybe that's whats in the pond mostly are small ones.there is no special trick for catching big/or small..

[rboot]

Try jigging a few feet above where there are suspending,  we often find the pod of smaller fish in 20fow suspended 11 feet down, if we jig at 5-7 feet we catch slabs.  The big fish might be there but you're dropping your jig past them.  I've always had better success catching the better fish higher in the water column.