| How To Catch Minnows | | | | in.. but also because these areas offer good |
| If you are a beginning crappie fisherman and you | | | | "cover" for minnows, along with food sources. |
| want to give yourself a chance to catch some | | | | STEP#2 You need to find areas that are between |
| crappie, Then I suggest you fish with live crappie | | | | water depths of 4 to 8 feet. You need these |
| fishing minnows. And if you don't want to spend a | | | | depths because of the limitations of your minnow |
| arm and a leg at the bait shop here is a way to | | | | catching casting net.! |
| catch a ton of them quickly. | | | | STEP#3 Cast a 3-4 foot crappie minnow net with |
| The best thing about this is, crappie minnows that | | | | 1/4" netting holes. This takes some practice. The |
| you catch come from the crappies natural | | | | Idea is to cast the net "flat" so the largest area |
| environment, in the exact water you will be | | | | hits the water. |
| fishing. Bait shop minnows are sometimes caught | | | | Step#4 If you can't find any good areas to cast |
| at different bodies of water, and will be "foreign" | | | | your net or your just not catching anything, then |
| to crappie which can cause crappie to reject | | | | I suggest you try it at night. You will need a good |
| them as a food source. Plus, bait shop crappie | | | | submersible fishing light to be successful at night, |
| minnows are usually more fragile-i.e. older, and | | | | but your chances of success will be much |
| dying from being in captivity. Amazingly this is a | | | | greater.The submerged fishing lite will attract |
| little used crappie fishing secret, that few | | | | minnows like crazy! you can either use your cast |
| fisherman use these days. | | | | net, build yourself a minnow trap and drop it |
| STEP#1 Walk around the lake looking for "shaded | | | | down near the submerged fishing light or use a |
| areas" close to shore. The best place to catch | | | | bait store dip net. All these methods work great |
| crappie minnows is by boat ramps or boat docks. | | | | and you will catch your crappie fishing minnows in |
| Possibly because that is where fisherman dump | | | | no time flat. |
| their bait after they are done bringing their boats | | | | |