Crappie Fishing: A112 Key To What Do Crappies Eat! And Info On White Perch Details Here!
April 23, 2010 by admin
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ARTICLE 112 Understanding the crappies feeding habits What Do Crappies Eat?
One of the most important key ingredients to developing a consistent crappie fishing pattern to find and catch crappie begins and ends with the golden question: What are the crappies eating? Determining what the crappie forage is and learning the habits of the crappies food chain means one thing catch crappie!
The the crappie is a very sought after species of fish which goes by many different names through out the country such as calico bass, speckled bass, speckled perch, white perch, pole crappie, strawberry bass, and paper mouth. The speckled bass has exceptional night vision and their eyes are the biggest of any other game fish when compared to their body size. This fact gives the crappie a distinct advantage over it’s crappie food such as zooplankton ,small shad,perch fry,shiners,crappie minnows,fathead minnows anywhere there is low light conditions.This is the main reason that pole crappie turn on at dawn, and sunset and feed aggressively at night. If you have ever thought of going night fishing for crappie you would make a good choice because the white perch is very active at night.
The white perch is like many other preditors in the sense that they develop a close relationship with their prey. Once the conection is established where you find one you will find the other. Foe example if you notice that there is a new hatch of crappie minnows swimming near some weed growth you can bet there are some speckled bass close by feeding on them. You can use this connection to your advantage when you are selecting your crappie fishing baits. Determine what the forage is the calico bass crappie are feeding on at a certain location then select either your crappie artificial baits or crappie live baits to match as closely as possible. The more detail you include here the better your crappie catch will be. For example if the crappie are feeding on crappie minnows than an excellent crappie bait would be a crappie jig tipped with live crappie minnows or a artificial crappie jig and soft plastic that resembles a crappie minnow.
The connection between the prey and the crappie normally begins when three conditions occur. The number on condition that triggers the start of the connection is when there is a large population of a certain crappie forage food such as in our example crappie minnows. The number two condition is the prey are vulnerable such as when they are moving in migration or spawning. or example at night where the crappie have a distinct advantage. The number three connection is when a certain forage exsists in locations that the paper mouth are spawning.
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March 6, 2010 by admin
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Not all rivers just like not all lakes hold crappie. Crappies all over their habitat range are called a lot of different names such as calico crappie, speckled perch, speckled bass white perch, pole crappie, strawberry bass, and papermouth. Typically warm water river basins like the Mississippi will hold strawberry bass in their back water areas which can be quite expansive.
Typically you will catch crappie in river systems that are middle aged in geological terms. These rivers are slow flowing, shallow and have large flood planes that many times create large back water areas that are excellent white perch habitat areas to catch crappie. River systems from Minnesota to Louisiana that have back water areas will hold large populations of white perch. You will find crappie in backwater areas that are out of current. papermouth will thrive in these areas if there is an abundant crappie food chain for forage. Head for brush piles, stump fields, deadfalls, and wood cover.
The average depth in many of these river back water areas is typically 5 to 6 ft so a flat bottom boat will work best to get to these areas. Because of the numerous stumps make sure you use a prop on your motor that is not stainless steel so you will shear your pin or just dent your prop if you hit a stump. This will save from loosing a lower end on your outboard motor.
There are many different crappie fishing baits that you can use to catch crappie in these areas. Threadfin shad and gizzard shad make excellent crappie live bait but they must be caught fresh while you are out fishing because they must be fished alive and they die quickly in captivity. Crappie minnows, flathead minnows, shiners, small crayfish will work well too. Crappie fishing jigs with soft plastic grubs tipped with live baits such as crappie minnows, wax works work well also. Or you can use a crappie jig with just a small crayfish.
You can also use crappie jigs with soft plastic grub imitations or a small crayfish Imitation also. To make these bait more inticing to the calico crappie you could tip them with wax worm to make the speckled bass Crappie crank baits will work well fished on the edge lines of brush stump fields, and weedlines. To fish your crappie jig setups use a small fixed or slip bobber that is easily adjusted for depth. To fish in the hard to get to brush and tree areas you will need a long crappie fishing rod. Also.
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