How To Catch Minnows
If you are a beginning crappie fisherman and you want to give yourself a chance to catch
some crappie, Then I suggest you fish with live crappie fishing minnows. And if you don't want to spend a arm and a leg at the bait shop here is a way to catch a ton
of them quickly.
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. Plus, bait shop crappie minnows are usually more fragile-i.e. older, and dying from being in captivity. 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. The best place to catch crappie
minnows is by boat ramps or 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 need to find areas that are between water depths of 4 to 8
feet. You need these depths because of the limitations of your minnow catching casting net.!
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 can't
find any good areas to cast your net or your just not catching anything , then I suggest you try it at night. You will need a good submersible fishing light to be
successful at night, but your chances of success will be much greater.The submerged fishing lite will attract minnows like crazy! you can either use your cast net,
build yourself a minnow trap and drop it down near the submerged fishing light or use a bait store dip net. All these methods work great and you will catch your
crappie fishing minnows in no time flat.
Well I hope these tips on how to catch crappie minnows help you. This concludes part there of our Crappie Fishing
Secrets Series.
NEARLY 20 years ago, on a gloriously sunny September afternoon on Cape Cod, waves sparkled, fishing boats bobbed and guests arrived bearing gifts. My widowed mother was about to marry on the well-groomed lawn of her house overlooking Nauset Harbor, not 10 yards from where my own wedding had taken place several years earlier. My husband, Chris, and...