| Bait fishing for crappie in the fall can sometimes | | | | larger size. In the later fall and winter you can use |
| be very confusing. As the water starts to cool, | | | | smaller jig sizes or use some method to slow |
| the crappies normal feeding and living patterns are | | | | way down your larger crappie jigs. The reason |
| unpredictable. Patterns you were anticipating and | | | | many crappie anglers use a smaller bait fishing |
| using in the late summer months may not work in | | | | presentation such as small jigs is because they |
| the fall. The bait fish have stopped spawning so | | | | float downward through the water at much |
| there is more competition for the remaining bait | | | | slower pace and perfect for the slow and sluggish |
| fish. The fact can actually work to your | | | | crappie in the late fall and winter months. |
| advantage, there are a few facts about bait | | | | OK I Mentioned above briefly that you can still |
| fishing for crappie in the fall that you need to | | | | use larger crappie jigs as your bait fishing method |
| study on first. | | | | but they need to worked in the water very |
| It is true that the bait fish will be larger and you | | | | slowly. If you are going to fish for crappie with a |
| would think that you would need increase your | | | | larger crappie jig then you need to use a heavier |
| crappie jig size in this fishing situation to match | | | | line because heavy line sinks much slower in the |
| the size of the crappie's food source and in many | | | | water. Also you a slip bobber to fish in deeper |
| occasions you would be right. But what you need | | | | water. Also, When you catch your first crappie |
| to understand in the late fall as the water | | | | clean the fish and see what the crappie has been |
| temperature continues to drop, that the crappie's | | | | eating so you can get a good idea of what the |
| metabolism will drop. and the crappie will not chase | | | | size of the bait fish are they are eating. Well folks |
| your crappie jigs unless you use a very slow bait | | | | that concludes my article about bait fishing for |
| fishing presentation. | | | | crappie in the fall and winter I sincerely hope the |
| Now I am going to tell you something that goes | | | | information here has been helpful, Have A Nice |
| against your logic and what you would normally do | | | | Day! |
| when the food source for the crappie is at a | | | | |