04-21-2020, 08:05 PM
North Marina is where the crowd goes, because there are almost always crappie htere in the early part of the year.
Other places I have had good results are the shrubs in the NE corner and Freeway bay.
Crappie in the spring gather to spawn in those areas. Water is warmer and prevailing winds push to those areas.
For bait I prefer chartruse jigs under a slip bobber, it has to be a small thin one because the bite it almost inperceptable most of the time. I often use fly fishing indicators because they are so small. I do cast and slowly, like dead slowly retrieve while I am trying to locate fish. Once you find them, cast back to that EXACT same spot, 2, 3 feet either side seems not to work, for me.
Once I have found them I often switch to a crappie rod that is 16' long and just keep dropping straight down on the spot.
Once the spawn is over I have no idea where they go and I switch to Pineview for them.
Other places I have had good results are the shrubs in the NE corner and Freeway bay.
Crappie in the spring gather to spawn in those areas. Water is warmer and prevailing winds push to those areas.
For bait I prefer chartruse jigs under a slip bobber, it has to be a small thin one because the bite it almost inperceptable most of the time. I often use fly fishing indicators because they are so small. I do cast and slowly, like dead slowly retrieve while I am trying to locate fish. Once you find them, cast back to that EXACT same spot, 2, 3 feet either side seems not to work, for me.
Once I have found them I often switch to a crappie rod that is 16' long and just keep dropping straight down on the spot.
Once the spawn is over I have no idea where they go and I switch to Pineview for them.