Jon P Posted May 7, 2021 Report Share Posted May 7, 2021 Went out to a spot a buddy of mine referred me to for some crappie fishing. Shallow crystal clear high mountain pond with loads of big smallmouth and crappie. Ended up figuring them out and caught about a dozen on the spy bait. While I was catching a bunch of the average 12" fish I had my eye on some of the larger fish I would see underneath or on the outsides of the schools. While the smaller fish were all over the spy bait, the bigger fish would only follow until a smaller fish would eat it out from in front of them. That got me thinking about the possibility of using swimbaits that we would consider "too small" for true swimbait bass fishing having an application as trophy crappie catching baits. I know I've seen some big crappie caught as bycatch on smaller swimbaits like the TinyKlash and Shellcracker before. Curious to hear your thoughts. 168 Rookie and aholodnick 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chefchris Posted May 7, 2021 Report Share Posted May 7, 2021 Got this one on my rat 2 years ago. I've also caught on em a 9” slammer and azwake they get aggressive when they’re big Jon P, Tbird420 and 168 Rookie 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loudsplashbassn_ Posted May 7, 2021 Report Share Posted May 7, 2021 Caught this huge slab on a kast master couple weeks ago lol thought it was a new record when i pulled it up aha weightd a 1 lb 3 oz . seems there so big in this lake that they swim solo . Caught a few more on a gulp swimbait and jig head the next few days Jon P and 168 Rookie 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon P Posted May 7, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2021 51 minutes ago, chefchris said: they get aggressive when they’re big Curious to see how they behave after the spawn is through. As of right now they're pretty finicky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willlliw Posted May 7, 2021 Report Share Posted May 7, 2021 I'm not sure if this is forbidden, but from what i've heard the baby bull shad is a very good bait for large crappie, not sure how it would do if they're suspended though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CG_Fishes Posted May 7, 2021 Report Share Posted May 7, 2021 I've heard of people doing well on the baby bullshad. I have had a ton of crappie try to eat my shellcracker too. I catch most of my crappie on a 1.5" swimbait called a slider. I'm sure that a 2.8 keitech would hammer them, same with the new gan craft 70 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJSwimbatslinger Posted May 8, 2021 Report Share Posted May 8, 2021 I caught a 17.5” one on a spro rat 40. Weighed 2.05 pounds! Pic on my ig at @vance_fishing_freak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigpoppabass Posted May 8, 2021 Report Share Posted May 8, 2021 I was in Maine a couple of years ago and my buddy was throwing a small jointed creeper bait and they were all over it. Explosive hits too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Cindrich Posted May 8, 2021 Report Share Posted May 8, 2021 Not a crappie, but have caught a few nice gills along the way. This one bit a 6.5" RP. 168 Rookie and Unclefish4life 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niki814 Posted May 8, 2021 Report Share Posted May 8, 2021 168 Rookie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jim137a Posted May 8, 2021 Report Share Posted May 8, 2021 Caught this guy April 7 - well before the spawn in my neck of the woods on a DRT TK. Jon P and 168 Rookie 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cbritt17 Posted May 9, 2021 Report Share Posted May 9, 2021 (edited) This crappie freight trained the TK Edited May 9, 2021 by Cbritt17 Jim137a, danthefisherman, Jon P and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volfan Posted May 9, 2021 Report Share Posted May 9, 2021 That is a TANK crappie! Cbritt17 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrebleFingerz Posted May 9, 2021 Report Share Posted May 9, 2021 Caught this one last April Jim137a and Cbritt17 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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