Crappie Fishing Tips For Winter Crappie!

Most people put their fishing gear away as the cold weather of winter approaches. This is really too bad since winter can be a great time to get out there on your favorite body of water and catch those "slabs."

During early and late winter look shallow for crappie. Target the shallow bays, coves, and channels with cover such as weeds, brush piles, stumps, etc, in 3 to 8 feet of water using small jigs tipped with minnows or waxworms on light line in the 2 to 4 pound test range. If you don't catch a fish within 15 to 30 minutes move to a different location. Keep moving until you catch a fish. If you catch one, more than likely there will be more crappie hanging out in the same area.

Midwinter is the time of year when the weeds die off and the crappie will move to deeper water, generally, out in the main basin or river channel of the lake or body of water that you will be fishing on. Locating crappie during the midwinter months can be a bit more difficult. A good depth finder is essential and will make locating crappie much easier. Look for breaks, drop offs, ledges, and humps over a soft bottom. Crappie tend to hold over soft bottom areas. Target depths of 12 to 20 feet in these areas. Use jigs tipped with minnows or waxworms on light line and fish along the edges of the breaks and drop offs and just above the humps. Once again keep moving and trying different locations until you catch fish.

Crappie fishing during the winter can be fantastic. Don't let the cold weather keep you from getting out there and catching a nice stringer full of "slabs."

By: Jack Martin

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