Crappie Fishing Secrets Part#1 Make Sure You Check These Out!

Old School Crappie Fishing Family Secrets

Folks, if you are like me I like a little bit of competition with other fisherman I always want to have the bigger fish when I am around my fishing buddies. If you've ever sat around swapping stories to a bunch of anglers, you know what i am talking about. Most of them spin tall tales of monster crappie catches.. and of course, "the one that got away". We would like We would like to share some crappie catching secrets that i am sure you will be interested in. Wouldn't you love to show of a giant 2lb slab to all your fishing buddies? Well read on and use these great crappie fishing secrets.

Some of the secrets we have identified go back generations handed from father to son for many many years. Even if you are just an occasional fisherman or a beginner crappie fishing angler you can use these crappie fishing secrets to catch crappie.

First, What's in your crappie fishing tackle box?

The first part of our crappie fishing secrets article series will focus on what you have in your tackle box and what we recommend you should have. You will need a Spare spinning reel, one that is designed to hold line from 5lb to 8lb test mono-filament line or "spider wire". The reel should be classified as "medium" and the gear ratio on your reel should be between a 4-4.5:1. The reel should should a consistent drag that pulls out steadily without sticking at any of the drag settings. Having the correct reel is very important if you want to catch crappie consistently.

Make sure you have a light weight crappie fishing rod. There are many crappie fishing rods out on the market that are perfectly good choices, I only recommend one rod and that is the Ultimate by B'n'M it is built to be a casting, flipping or jig rod for walleye, bass or crappie or use it to rig for live bait or jigging. With a strong backbone and superior tip action, these tough rods have Portuguese cork handles and one-footed aluminum oxide spinning guides for superior casting ability. They come in two lengths, 8ft and 10ft More length is better so get the 10ft rod if your thinking of buying. It is very important that you don't pass this crappie fishing secret up.

You should have at least 25 size 4 aberdeen or mustad gold hooks in your tackle box. These hooks are commonly called "perch hooks".

I recommend you have at least (5) pre-assembled crappie fishing rigs that have a double hook set in your tackle box. Make sure you check with the state department of natural resources for the state you plan to fish to make sure multiple hook setups are legal before you use this crappie fishing tip. It seems like every state is a bit different. To make a double hook set, slide a second hook over the barb of you crappie jig. This considered a double hook set.

You need to select bobbers that are not to large, that you can feel the slightest bite. They need to big enough to support a crappie rig.Bass proshop sells a boober that is perfect, it is called "Mr crappie rattling pair" and comes in 3/4", 1" and 1 1/4" sizes.

I sincerely hope you enjoyed the first part of our crappie catching secret series, and stay tuned for our next part of the article series.