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Taylor Atteberry
Bronze Ambassador
4/19/25
Species
CrappieSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Bobbers
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Crappie
Water Temperature
52°
Species
CrappieSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Crappie Sniping
Structure
Docks
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
54°
fished the MN bound crappie contest, was the coldest water in my 7 years of going. The crappie have just moved into the cuts and are starting to feed on gulp minnows. I used a VMC pug bug with a chartruse gulp minnow under a fixed bobber.
Species
CrappieSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Texas Rigs (Worming)
Structure
Laydowns
Shallow dark bottom bays are producing a lot of crappie around laydowns.
Species
CrappieSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Bobbers
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Water Temperature
60°
Finding early growth vegetation close to deeper water was key. The shallow fish were stubborn. The active fish were still staging in 8-10 foot of water. Close to spawning areas.
Species
CrappieSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Crappie Sniping
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
46°
Crappies are really going on isolated patches of weeds in the 4-10 foot range. Drive around with your electronics looking for thicker patches of greener weeds. Closer to deep water and proximity to shallow flats is key. Set your bobber just above the weed tips. These fish like to feed up. Plastics are working as good if not better than minnows this time of year and you keep your hands dry to boot.
Species
CrappieSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Bobbers
Structure
Docks
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
48°
Was fishing the deepest parts of the docks 7 to 9 feet next to vegetation. Was using Billy Rub ball shad in pink from 3 to 5 feet down under a bobber slowly jigging it.
Species
CrappieSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Bobbers
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
46°
Was catching staging crappies in 2 to 4 feet of water with some weeds near by. Was using minnows under a thrill bobber 2 to 3 feet down. Was trying to locate spawning crappies on beds.
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HCPA Bass Fishing Team
Bronze Ambassador
4/29/23
Species
CrappieSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Finesse Hair Jigs
Structure
Humps
Water Temperature
43°
The weather was very cold, we were using all sorts of bait they were not biting. I finally put a rabbit hair jig and it was lights out. The key color is orange they love that color. We caught a few 10" but mostly they were all 11" and 12". We were there from 6am to about 11am. We had a blast!
Species
CrappieSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Bobbers
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Water Temperature
46°
Targeting small, isolated groups of fish produced larger size. Smaller fish located around docks and larger fish out deeper in 8-12’.
HotbaitVMC Hot Skirt Jig 1/16 oz / Pink Pearl
Out of Stock
Sufix NanoBraid Line - EOL 10lb / Low-Vis Green
Out of Stock
