| You have been stuck in the house for the last | | | | 2. Spring Crappie Movements |
| few months and you are itching to get out and | | | | While the spawning season is going on they are |
| do some fishing. The only thing you do not have | | | | very protective of this nest and will run anything |
| in your tackle box is the tips to catching some | | | | away that gets close to it. Crappie fishing at this |
| spring crappie. Here are 3 basic crappie fishing tips | | | | time of year can be real fun even if you do not |
| to make your crappie fishing trips more | | | | have a boat. |
| successful. | | | | 3. Spring Crappie Baits |
| 1. Spring Crappie Depths | | | | Since the crappie are on the beds, you can usually |
| Crappie have been held up in deep water all | | | | see them from the shore line and be able to toss |
| winter long but with the water is starting to | | | | a lure their way and watch them strike it. Toss a |
| warm up now they are starting to move into | | | | small 1/16th oz feathered or plastic bodied jig into |
| there spawning season. The males will come up | | | | the area nearest the bank and watch them turn |
| into warmer shallow water during this time of | | | | into a ferocious beast trying to protect the nest. |
| year and build a bowl liked nest in the lake | | | | This is some great fun for both adults and |
| bottom. This is a great time to get out and catch | | | | especially for kids. So take a kid with you when |
| a stringer of fishing. More times then not your | | | | you go, it will not only be fun for them, it will |
| stringer will be full of mostly make crappie. This is | | | | make your trip that much more exciting as well. |
| called the spawning season. | | | | |