Crappie Ice Fishing

Here is where we distinguish the professionals from the amateurs. Ice fishing can be great starting about early December thru late March. Crappies hang out in shallow water near creek channels or over large flats. Watch other ice anglers and see what they are up too, if you are not familiar with that lake.

Starting from daylight to sunset is what seems to be the best. If you have the desire to stay out longer crappie are attracted to light to finish filling your stringer. Crappi Candle is a new revolutionary fishing light concept designed to slide freely along the line without resistance. This concept allows the Crappi Candle to serve as a weight and light as one. Crappi Candle allows fish to use their keen sense of eyesight at night to locate food rather than being limited to their sense of smell and vibrations. Watch the video!

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The best way to find them is to keep moving and looking, and not stopping until you find their location. Once you have found location of a few fish, it is time to drill some holes in some sort of wide circle pattern and wet a line. Reason for many holes is that crappies have a hard time being in one spot for a long time, this way you can move to pre-dug holes to stay with them.

Crappies have the ability to forage all winter long for food sources; your challenge is to figure out what they want on any day to day. Suggestion be prepared to offer them couple of di nner options, just like you they get tired of the same oh same oh.

Minnows seem to be the selection of many ice anglers. Small jig with a small float with a plain hook, or tiny ice fly.

Now days there is enough technology to determine where the vegetation is to help you locate those elusive crappie. However, as the snow covers the ice the vegetation tends to deplete. Invest in underwater camera will more than pay for it's self with increasing your limits. When you are at it the store getting your camera, get some glow jigs.

Finding the first ice crappies can be a challenge, without the right equipment.

Your best option would be small jigging mini spoon tipped with piece of minnow or tipped with a waxy minus the float, giving you the better of two worlds. The mini spoon without a slip bobber speeds up the process of getting the bait down to the fish. Then again, some days the crappies will want a slower approach, so go back to micro and waxy set up.