crappies

[bapearl]

Just wondering what you guys use for crappies at night

[Mrwiggler]

Minnows,with plain hook,and small split shot, or glow white jig,with 2-3 mousies,when i can get them. Sometimes they'll hit a rocker, with waxworms. Have to experiment..!

[tater140]

White and purple moon glow with gold sparkles and red spikes

[shovelholdsdirt]

red #8, sinker, and minnow.     

[Fishking83]

Demon glows and a minnow.

[bigr]

Used a red swedish pimble sunday night to take a few. Tipped with a small shiner. Was fishing for walleyes. 

[bammer]

eggs, breading & hot oil.

[rjflynn]

Ratsos work great too!

[shovelholdsdirt]

Used a red swedish pimble sunday night to take a few. Tipped with a small shiner. Was fishing for walleyes. 

Minnow probaly swam up on you.  You still need to jig a little with live bait. 

[river_scum]

a minnow on some kind of hook or jig. dont forget the light to draw in fish.


thats about all thats needed(besides location) for crappie. remember fish are stupid. lol

[shovelholdsdirt]

   Cool light.  What is it and what do you run it off ?

[river_scum]

thats a "REEL-LITE" its LED, so any 12volt will work. i run it off the vex. batt. very happy with it compared to the halogens i had been using for years.

[Ice_Fly]

Minnows and a gold teardrop or regular gold hook. Splitshot and small slip bobber (ice fishing type)

[kcskypilot]

Teardrop and a water wiggler!

[crappiekilr]

Bros blood worm in the wax worm color tipped with a spike

[PoleCat]

All you need is a friend that smokes or has a lighter, 1/2 stick, 6" - 10" hole and you are ready to lite the fuse and fish....

[netminder34]

River Scum,

Do you run your light suspended or just under the ice?  I have used a light for years for smelt suspended and have thought about it for Crappie but have not tried it yet.  Will this weekend if ice is still good.

[river_scum]

usualy 2-3 ft down bro. you can get a bigger area of light if you put it at about 4ft. that maximizes the relextion off bottom of ice/water. trying the green and blue ones next time out. i really liked the green one in open water this last year.

[rico]

usualy 2-3 ft down bro. you can get a bigger area of light if you put it at about 4ft. that maximizes the relextion off bottom of ice/water. trying the green and blue ones next time out. i really liked the green one in open water this last year.

And you fish out of the same hole the lite is suspended in?

[river_scum]

no, set up around the light 5-20ft away.  you will draw plankton then baitfish then predators. you can see all the plankton around the light. it was only down for 5 min. on shad lakes the schools can get huge!

can you imagine this at night! lol
http://s264.photobucket.com/albums/ii171/river_scum/?action=view&current=shadhamilton09.mp4

[rico]

Pretty cool!!!!

I was just asking because you said you ran it off your vex battery.

[Da_Roc]

Hi Rico
  I use a #22 glow marmoshaka (spelling?)  It needs to be green with a white glow nose.  Tipped with a wax worm tee boned.  Its my go to lure during tough bite nights.    The crappie usually lift bite so you'll need a light spring bobber set up.  Use it in 10 to13 foot of water in the weeds it shows up great on a sonar.  I use them on #2 pound test with a p-line florocarbon leader 22"  Tied to any main line you want.  Better get a magnifying glass its hard to tie.  The jig resembles those tiny white water bugs crappie eat all winter.
  Da-Roc sharing ancient chinese secrete with an ol buddy!!!! 

[netminder34]

Thanks Guys going to give it a try Saturday night if we still have safe ice, should be ok, but still iffy.

[river_scum]

I was just asking because you said you ran it off your vex battery.
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you can get any length cord you want on them if you ask. i think mine are 25ft.  one guy ordered 150ft of cord. the guy plugged it into his dock(with a converter) and strung it out into the deep water and dropped it. he said he leaves it on all the time. i bet boaters were curious for a while. lol