3 Crappie Fishing Tips Guaranteed To Catch Crappies From Shore! 

I caught my first Crappie 2 days ago on a green grub lure....about two feet off the shore I was fishing at.. It fought pretty good and was only about a pound and a half. ...now I can't wait to catch my next...I appreciate you doing these videos. ..I feel like I've gotten a lot of good tips from you.

My grandfather did this with a cane pole on the Osage and Illinois River in NW Arkansas back in the 50's.

Nothin' beats a hot spot holding good fish. Thanks for posting!

I remember fly fishing for crappie from shore. This is how l started fly tying. I went crappie fishing and had two flies one that broke and other started unraveling. I was able to catch my last 1lb crappie when nothing was left of unraveled fly. I was using a yellow Salley fly with red tail. Great fly.

Always cool to take your dad fishing

Last time I went crappie fishing was in fall time I live in eastern pa 'my freezer still full with 10 inchers it takes skill and instinct to be a bank fishermen

Thanks for the great advice. Its great that you and your dad share this in common.

That’s a great looking river!! Some really nice crappie you caught!

Awesome vid dude, I just subbed and keep them coming, I am boat less and fish from banks. Thanks man!

Wow this is awesome info!!! Thanks for sharing!!! Keep em coming

Great video, looks like a lot of fun. Never seen anyone using a bobber with an artificial before, but based on that crappie your dad was catching seemed to work just fine. Definitely learned something today!

I am going to give it a try I will let you know.

thanks dan, nice fishing with your old man.

Makes me hungry

I don't know where you're fishing but I would be terrified to stand on a tree like that here in Central Florida. A Gator will snatch me right off that tree. 🐊

Awesome video! You have a new subscriber! Can’t wait to binge some quality fishing videos 😎

Need more releases like this my home lake is fished out.

I love the bobber and jig method.. The main trick to catching crappie is to find the depth they are at.. jigging without a bobber is good to find them, but when you do, set your bobber just at or a little above that depth and you will slay them.. Another nice thing about a bobber is you can keep your jig in front of them longer. Just remember to work it real slow. let that bobber do the work for you. I loke to use 1/32 ounce jigs with bobby garland bodies. smaller the better.. anything over 2 inches is too big. 1 to 1 1/2 inch bodies are best. I like the blue ice shad, black tube with chartreuse tails, extremely small white twister tail seems to be my go too's but the thing to remember is if you hit a tree and dont get anything, change the color before moving. it could be something as simple as color or depth that didnt make them bite.. I always use a squirt of scent too.. dont matter what kind as long as its not catfish bait. I use power bait scent but I have heard really good things about slab sauce. I havent tried it yet cause I havent found it. but I will sooner or later. I will probably have to order it online. stupid if you ask me.. Man wants to see it first hand before spending hard earned money.. world is full of junk.. Anyways,, i hope this helps someone. Great fishin.. love to see them big river slabs.. good eatin too... Oh,, and bend your hook out just a tad.. not too much,, just a tad.. you will miss less crappies.. Learned that from Richard Gene the fishin machine.. It works..

Thank you!

Great adventure with Dad!!

Great video! Some nice crappie too!

In the spring they bed along shore lines , grass areas work well as well as edges of Lilly pads bridge abutment close to shore work well , I fish with my son it’s great you guys fish together you and your dad , tight lines and God bless

wow fishing with u dad is great i just to do back home

Great video , glad you and your dad got to spend some time together fishing ,Just FYI it would be a good idea if you included your tackle set up and links to the items that you are using in the video so we can purchase the same set up and catch fish just like you and your dad . : )

I LIKE THIS GUY

I would rather catch those all day vs a 200lb gar

You guys like that catch & release, I catch and I release also but I release them in some hot grease!!!

How did u catch those fish back to back..I been going fishing the past 3 days n I haven't caught nothing

Great video and thanks for the tips, ill be sure to put them to good use

Nice Vid! I just Washington in snohomish country Can’t find anywhere to fishing Nice place

Great job guys

New subscriber! Great information on Crappie. Thanks for sharing! 👍

That’s kewl, I fish with my pops too

Great video brother

I learned so much

I’ve never caught a crappy that big lol got to use you guys tips for sure thanks!

Good gravy, send me dem ones you be tossing back here in NC mr...🎯

man you are putting it on them great video

Can you please make a video, on how to find fallen trees ?

A lighter jig will sink slower if it's tied to line normally used for heavier jigs? Pardon my ignorance. I'm just coming back after a few years away. Thank you and thanks for the video! I can't afford a boat so bank fishing is what I do. New subscriber

Man.i see all kinds of supper meals..croppie are best

Good video, thanks.

Insane crappie fishing.

When you say shore, are you talking lakes or rivers! Great video by the way! I live in Lincoln NEBRASKA and fishing here is really bad, I have to drive 3 hours to catch some decent fish. Second question, can you catch them in July and how? What kind of bait? Thank you

:) ... I like fishin tidal water - crappie feed on a moving tide.

My favorite fish to catch. Nice vid and nice crappies. 👍

Nice outdoors video with Clear Water, and great to see father and son enjoying being together. I got two "tips", for bank fishing - structure and moving water - but missed #3 tip? Been fishing off and on for 60+ years, and have never seen anyone stand in the water without some rubber boots. Maybe that was the 3rd guaranteed tip? Fishing means different things to different people, but fishing for crappie just for the sport, without keeping them to eat (legal size and number allowed) is the main reason for crappie fishing - certainly not for the "fight" that larger species of fish provides. But then, that's just my idea on reasons for fishing for crappie, and you're the one catching them, not me. Hope to this next week though...…….

Great tutorial

Great advice

Nice scenery

Hello their buddy, doing some crappy fishing at a lake with realy mearky water cold mountain snow water in California. What would you recoment. I hqve tryed many diffrent crappy jiggs and nothing i need some good helpful advice.... Please.

It would be helpful to know how your rig is setup.

A nice crappie.

Nice crappie my friend and very good spot for fishing 👍

I love where I live now, but nothing like those deep Midwest panfish. Don’t miss the damn winters tho one bit. Haha

If the water is dark, do you use a lighter color like red and white, pink and white?

Tuff is right!! Boatless bank yanker 4 13.5 yrs now so wanna-needa-gitta kayak-canoe or holler log but seems when $$ R saved Daughter or g/kids need something so bank on bank again 4me! good info TY alot ;)

Great tips thanks!

I like jiging by rocky lake banks i find they like to hang out in the rocks

These suckers are difficult to catch from the bank. They tend to hang out in deeper water. I've finally been able to catch a few this year. Been a few years since my last one until this year. No giants but some decent 10-12 inchers.

Caught some Sunday. Water is still cold can't wait till they start to move in.

Nice video

Just found ya. Thanks for the video. Subscribed. At a fast glance your dad looked like teddy Roosevelt. Perched on that tree.

My dad taught me everything I know about fishing. I outfish him no matter what haha. Looks like you 2 are the same

Dan Meyer the Fish Frier

The first time I caught crappy was in a pond that didn’t have mcuh fish in it at all but I mainly cause was bait size bluegill but kne day I tried a beatle spin instead of worms or bread and then I caught three crappie two were regular good eating sized and the last one that I ever caught was a huge one and I thought it was a bass at first but it was a 3 pound crappie and I was amazed

FLA looks beautiful there

IN FLORIDA WE CALL THEM SPECKLED PERCH OR SPECS!!! THEY LOVE MINNOWS.

Why don't you eat the crappie, they are some of the best tasting fish on earth.

jesus. you could host one hell of a fish fry in just a few minutes from that tree. LOL

Do you prefer fishing morning or before sunset.

Wow you don't know how good you got it every spot you go to here in central Texas has people and hardly any good crappie anymore, I need to vacation somewhere this pristine

Right off my dock about 40 feet out at the drop off I can go out on my pontoon and toss a lil pinky reeling in 1/2 reel staggered at a time. Was getting 40 plus in 90 minutes while they were spawning. 8-14 inchers. Fun stuff.

I live in Massachusetts and for me I can barely catch them at my local pond they only caught them in the night with a night crawler never tried live minnows would it work?

Don't discount the bobbers. When I was a kid plastic baits weren't popular yet. We used maribu jigs (feathered), it's my belief that the bobber's jiggling along on the surface created a jigging action on the retrieve. Slayed 'em! Just last night my son and caught several on shad like swim baits in weeds beds just off the river channel in a small lake. Hot temps had driven them away from shallow shorelines.

what was the water temp and what season is it

So what does the bobber usually do when using a jig to fish

Hope you and your dad are alive and doing well. From Nashville Tennessee good night.

I'm at Snake river and fishing for Crappie and catfish and is good but it's been two day and I only got ONE CRAPPIE!

With 🍞works very good

Wht state u in

Cool then.

Was that during the spawn?

Nice

Yall catch and release...I catch and fry...love the video.

Structure always helps, but another thing you can do is, create your own structure. I've dropped christmas trees and other ecological safe stuff into lakes, completely submerged, gone back the next year, casted around where it was dropped, and hammered slabs.

I liked because he said 'slab'.

nice video keep up the good work 😎👍

Awesome video, thanks

I'm eating some of them sorry guys. God bless great video.

What pound line do you use with them light jigs

slab after slab you guys were knocking them down

Actually I'm a crappie fisherman and alot what you say is wrong. I fish from bank and I do it all day. And u don't need moving waters to catch them. In an half hour I caught 32 right off the bank. And I use bobbers and I also fish in a small swamp.

What bait does your dad use

The word slab has a whole new definition...here in mississippi, we don't say slab unless they're 2lbs or better...

Here in Texas our limits are 25 crappie what's yours at?

Does anyone know what country/state he’s fishing? Makes a big difference. I’m trying to learn how to catch crappie in south eastern Wisconsin, about 45 minutes west of Milwaukee. I’m out in the sticks.

Those are good fish! Why didn't you eat them or put them in the freezer for a rainy day? Great video

🙋 the best baits i use for trout, crappies, and perch is none other than the best there is & that is the Berkley gulp alive 1inch/2cm minnows & the best color to use is chartreuse shad. I will say it's true what they say these 1 in minnows by Berkley well out fish anything and that is a guaranteed. When Berkley did these they outdid themselves which is a fantastic little bait to use for all different types of fish. Of course they do smell in there only one in but still they actually work great if you know how to work them right. I have a stock of 5 jars of each colors. Ever since Berkley came out with these 1inch/2cm minnows I do not use nothing else but these. The downside to using these are the fact that every time you catch fish after a while the rubber rips. What can I say the fish love these little minnows. Don't know if it's because of the solution that they're in or because the action when they're in the water or what. I'm satisfied with them and I've been using them for years maybe about 10 years give or take no maybe. Catch nice big trout, crappies, small mouth in largemouth bass, and other fish as well with these Berkley gulp 1 inch/2cm minnows. The thing is if you do not have the jar closed right it will leak. Just letting y'all know. But I guarantee if you give it a chance you will nail a lot more and even bigger fish.

Ok, I will be the first to admit that you are clearly a master fisherman. But why are you letting these crappies go? That is utterly delicious eating, especially if you get a half dozen. Just need some good breading and fry those suckers up in a skillet. The fish is sweet to the taste and deeply nutritious!