How To Catch Minnows Crappie Fishing Secret Part #3
Old School Crappie Fishing Family Secrets
How To Catch Minnows
If you don’t have a whole lot of experience, and you want to get out there and guarantee some good catches of crappie than live minnows are for you. Also, if you have a limited budget for bait I have some suggestions below on how to catch a bunch of crappie minnows quickly and for free.
The best thing about this is, crappie minnows that you catch come from the crappies natural environment, in the exact water you will be fishing. Bait shop minnows are sometimes caught at different bodies of water, and will be “foreign” to crappie which can cause crappie to reject them as a food source. Also, bait shop minnows are usually older and near to dying then freshly caught minnows. Amazingly this is a little used crappie fishing secret , that few fisherman use these days.
STEP#1 Walk around the lake looking for “shaded areas” close to shore.One of the best areas is near to boat ramps, and boat docks. Possibly because that is where fisherman dump their bait after they are done bringing their boats in.. but also because these areas offer good “cover” for minnows, along with food sources.
STEP#2 You want to target water 4-8 feet deep.
STEP#3 Cast a 3-4 foot crappie minnow net with 1/4″ netting holes. This takes some practice. The Idea is to cast the net “flat” so the largest area hits the water.
Step#4 If you are having a hard time finding crappie minnows to catch , a surefire method to catch your minnows is at night with the help of a underwater fishing light. The under water fishing light will attract 1000’s of minnows close to the light just cast your net near by or build your self a minnow trap and drop it near the light. you can also use a large dip net.
Well I hope these tips on how to catch crappie minnows help you. This concludes part there of our Crappie Fishing Secrets Series.
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