Fishing for Summer Crappies | What it Looks Like Underwater
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- čas přidán 21. 07. 2024
- Locating summer crappie can be a daunting task due to their nomadic nature. Wired2fish staff McKeon Roberts discusses how you can shortcut locating summer crappies by highlighting what to look for as well as an in-depth look at a variety of baits to help you cover water and stay on the fish.
TACKLE USED:
• Johnson Beetle Spin, 1/8-ounce: wired2.fish/BeetleSpin-Walmart
• Mister Twister Jig Spinners: wired2.fish/JigSpinners
• Yo-Zuri Rattl'N Vibe Mini: wired2.fish/FU-Yo-Zuri-Rattln...
• Rapala Slab Rap #4: wired2.fish/SlabRap
• Rapala Ultra Light Shad: wired2.fish/UltraLightShad
• Rapala Ultra Light Minnow: wired2.fish/FU-Rapala-UltraLi...
• Lunkerhunt Bento Minnow, 3-inch: wired2.fish/FU-BentoMinnow
• Savage Gear 3D TPE Mayfly Nymph: wired2.fish/3D-TPE-MayflyNymph
• Z-Man ChatterBait Micro: wired2.fish/FU-Z-ManChatterBa...
• Jenko Shinobi Shad: wired2.fish/ShinobiShad
• Savage Gear Goby Crankbait, GC-40: wired2.fish/FU-GobyCrankbait
• Rapala Jigging Rap, #3: wired2.fish/RapalaJiggingRap2
McKeon talks about transition areas that are magnets for summer crappie. Namely finding thick, healthy, outer weedlines adjacent to fertile bays that have access to deep water. Weeds are the key here, and crappies will roam them like underwater corridors. These weed beds can often be massive, which makes intercepting roaming crappies a bit of a challenge. Two things to consider when locating crappie in weeds are, the ability to cover water and fish slow while staying snag-free in and around thick vegetation. McKeon goes over a variety of baits suited for all anglers, that make fishing in weeds less of a headache. While giving a first-hand look at what these lures look like in summer crappie habitat.
OTHER GEAR USED:
• Fish Monkey Performance Face Guard: wired2.fish/FishMonkeyPerform...
• Garmin Force Trolling motor: wired2.fish/GarminForceTrolli...
• Garmin ECHOMAP 126sv: wired2.fish/GarminECHOMAP-Ult...
• 13 Fishing Fate V3 Spinning Rod, 6'10" Medium Light: wired2.fish/FateV3-SpinningRod
• 13 Fishing Prototype X Spinning Reel, size 20: wired2.fish/13FishingPrototypeX
• Sufix 832 Braided Line, 8lb: wired2.fish/Sufix832-FU
• Sufix Advance Fluorocarbon Line, 6lb: wired2.fish/FU-Sufix-AdvanceF...
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This guy has a calming voice makes me wanna go crappie fishin
Get out there!
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He's a Musician too...is probably why
I was thinking of the same thing too! lol
@@Wired2Fish qqa t u
Great lure selection! Thanks for sharing! Some Charlie Brewer sliders came to mind for them weeds. Great footage
LOVE this video especially since i havent had much success fishing from my dock this summer! love seeing how the fish are actually responding, love your advice...cant wait to see how it works 😊
Thanks McKeon! Great info, all the aerial and underwater shots really made your points. Awesome tutorial!
No problem, Joe! Thank you for tuning in!
Dude i could watch you all day you have a great channel. Your voice is calm and you don't talk fast. And have a great way of breaking things down
Thanks for the comment Curtis Chapman. Really appreciate you tuning in and dropping a line!
Most informative and useful video I’ve seen in a while. Great quality video under water to boot.
Thanks very much for watching and commenting! Glad you liked it!
Great explanation of different options for Summertime Crappie. Always enjoy your videos.
Much appreciated, BJH!
Great video with a lot of detail and explanation. Love the underwater and drone footage!!
Thanks a lot coldpint! Glad you enjoyed-
Informative, definitely some things to try. I troll a lot for them just with tube jigs and a slow troll. The reservoirs around me that we fish might get some vegetation but I'm sure its speratic as the water level changes all the time. One of the ones we fish, they jack the water level up so much, I think it really hurt the fishing and spawn. I have not been hearing any real good reports this year at that one. In winter they drop the level to basically a river channel, and I feel they wait too long to let it fill in. They need to keep it at a better level, and it could be done if they would pay attention to the neighboring reservoirs on not dumping too much into the river causing a flood.
Great video. Informative and well shot. Kudos!.
Thanks a lot Roger Dodger! Glad you enjoyed it-
That new 13 fishing rod looks awesome! Great vid!
Nice little crappie stick! They make it with actions and lengths that are good for all kinds of species too!
This was a lot of great information. Thanks for the video. Im going fishing!
Thanks a lot, Brandon B. Good Luck!
Awesome video and great information. Also, enjoyed the underwater footage of those lures in action.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for the comment-
just got into crappie fishing this spring/ summer and i absolutely love it
Such a blast! Thanks for tuning in!
Excellent details you will help people enjoy their day by the information you give me a true Sportsman thank you for this video thank you for being you keep it coming
Appreciate the comment, Eric Aikens!
smart!!! knowledge share is deep and rare. Thanks!!!
Excellent video appreciate the advice and the effort.
Thanks very much, Larry. We appreciate you tuning in as well!
This guy is cool. His calm voice is making me wanting to go crappie fishing. I have seen videos of people yelling and screaming but this is just cool and calm.
Thanks T & J! Best of luck if you get out fishin-
Wired2Fish thanks! Your video is very educational. Stay safe!
Great stuff - thanks for posting! A flyrod and streamer is my favorite way for fishing crappies.
Love a fly rod for panfish!
We can’t wait to get on the spring Crappie bite
So informative and easy to follow the details .
Thanks Larry, we appreciate your time. We're going to be making some fresh crappie videos similar to this in the near future so keep tuning in. Let us know if you're interested in seeing something specific.
Good info. Thanks for sharing.
Man you did a great job on this video, I'm going to try some of these baits
great vid. love the under water cam to really help understand what the lure is doing
Helps to see that perspective for sure! Thanks for taking the time to comment.
Thanks For the Great Video👍🏾
You're very welcome! Thanks for tuning in-
Awesome info, thank you 👍
You’re welcome! Thanks for tuning in-
What up boy! From MN here too, fishing in WI right now. Good video man. Subscribing looks like a good channel👍👍
Thanks for the sub dude. Enjoy the great remaining weather of summer.
Awesome informative Video experience Y'alls God bless Ya Prayers 🙏
Thank you for taking time to watch, Steven!
You're Welcome
Great video and great information, nothing better than fishing crappies, well maybe eating them. Thank you.
Thanks to you Ron Parks! We love a good fish fry. Crappie are among the best to eat.
Great video, thanks
No prob, James. We appreciate you tuning in.
Great voice , trying to fine crappie in Lovesick Lake in Ontario Canada, used to be all cabbage and cottage tail weeds . Now we have invasive weed that mate over large flats, just search daily with no luck so far. Need to watch more of your videos. Thanks tons. Looking to buy a Humminbird Helix 7 Chris mega SI G3N.
But is $ 1100 plus 13% taxes, also wish to purchase the i-Pilot kit for my Minn Kota. Power Drive V2 . Boat is a Lund WC- 16’ DXL, 30hp Yamaha 2 stroke engine.
Joe, thanks for taking the time to watch. Even those thick matted weeds have to terminate at some depth so you can fish them the same way. That outside weed line will still be a corridor for crappie. As for the Helix 7, If you are able to purchase one I would highly recommend it. Side imaging is a great tool for finding both crappie and those hard weed lines or transition zones. I'm not sure about the Canadian dollar amount but a Helix 7 with CHIRP, GPS and SI+ should only run you about $600-700 bucks US. wired2.fish/HumminbirdHELIX7
great comment and a great easy to listen to fella...
This could explain why I haven't found them with the new electronics. My lake is shallow 10ft mud bottom with a couple creeks feeding it. Theirs not much cover (trees stumps) but there is a ton of hydrilla along the edges that I can't see into
Beetle spin is my go to
i use a 1/32 oz. fish hawk wahoo popeye feather jigs and a 1/32 oz. Northland fishing tackle mimic minnow Fry's. they might be lite tackle but they have great action + great colors too.
Good stuff!
@@Wired2Fish 👍 👍
Thanks for not acting corny
He's giving away my secrets.
Great advice
🦖 Thanks, trex(X3). Glad the same tactics have found you success!
Every Croppie and every person has the favorite spot where the fish And angler goes at any given Waterway So the explanation is diverse and complex at the same time But I understand what you’re saying
Great Video very informative! Editing is great! What kind of underwater camera are you using? I enjoyed your bait tutorial!
Thanks a lot S- house outdoors!
Looks like an Aqua-Vu to me!
professional presentation new sub
Nice video
Nice video and baits. Summer fishing in Va. crappie are 15'-25' of water not on pads or shallow water. This must be up north. This would be spring fishing April maybe.
That’s what I’m thinking..🤔I’m in middle tn
Try #10 bronze spinner on a red and white mini Daredevle destroys crappie on every cast.
I wish VMC would make a higher quality safety pin spinner. Give it a high quality swivel and willow and Colorado blades. As well as gold and silver. Maybe even use some king of fast connect system like on the strike king tungsten football heads.
I would love to have some grass or weed cover in my home lake. Reservoirs in the South don't have much of that for sure. Looks like a desert on the bottom. Hard to get used to having fished natural lakes for so long.
What is that white rod you are using? Great video 🎣😃
It's a 13 Fishing Fate V3. Links to all the tackle in the video description! Thanks for watching!
That dude was too cool 4 school! Nice
Is the best....👍👍👍💪☕☕
Chatterbait Flashback Mini, single hook spoons and spinners, Rebel Micro minnows and Road Runners. Some micro hard baits are quite costly to buy. However, using light line and costly lures is bound to end badly fishing cover. If you change out trebles to light wire inline hooks you lose fewer lures and still catch plenty of Crappies.
What are the names again of the two small minnow type lures you used in the video?
@@renrut6842 Deep Sleeper and Fish Jumping
Wont find much vegetation in the reservoirs around here. Water levels fluctuate too much
Find some brush or make brush piles if you can. Or head to docks and bridge pillings.
DOPE!!!!!!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥🎣
This guy is the Bob Ross of fishing.
Everyone prolly already knows about the bobby garland baby shad swim-R. we have lots of luck with it for crappie.
It was nice of that mayfly to model for the video.
Agreed! We couldn’t find any info on how to credit him. Not even a name. Seemed humble enough.
man its very hard to bank fish crappie in summer texas
Looks like you're using braid, If so, how are you connecting it to fluoro and how long is your leader?
Connected with an alberto knot!
I use a six wrap double uni with 0 problems
Im going fishing in Sept. Any suggestions now that temp is dropping?
They’ll be on outer weedlines through September until turnover and then start mixing into the basins. Fall is an awesome time to catch them. Once weeds start to die they can be more concentrated on the last remaining weeds until they push out to the deep basins and inside turns.
What rod and reel were you using in this video?
The rod was a 6'10" Medium Light 13 Fishing Fate V3 spinning rod and a 13 Fishing Prototype X spinning reel
Could you tell us the lake you were on? Im in NW Wis
A lot of lakes in that latitude will set up with similar habitat! Pick a lake and see if you can identify the summer crappie holding spots.
Blade baits slay for crappie also
Yes they do. Maybe not so much in summer as they are heavy and I’d rather keep the bait floating through the weeds slowly. Have had good success in fall vertical jigging with blade baits for sure thou.
I feel like cleaning fish any day the crappies are biting !
Hannibal Lecter so basically all small lures on the same day fishing lol got it.
I mean do u have to have a scuba diver to get that footage?
whats rig is he using!!!??
Pole & reel are in the description.
Having fished multiple s in different sizes and colors, czcams.com/users/postUgkxCbNOWAGmn6nfbCbJDmasvBq7J38KZNw2 this is by far my favorite. One thing to be aware of is the sided willow blade. One side is silver and the other is the green/orange shown. This is not bad, just unconventional. In terms of fishing, I have found the lure works just fine without a tail like a craw or shad. That addition is up to you. Also, the hook part where you attach the swivel snap or tie the line is a problem on baits these days, since it's able to slide up and down. However this lure seems to be tight enough that that doesn't happen often, and you can solve it by putting a thin slice of medical tube over the hook before attaching the line. Like others have said, it's really magic on a good windy day.
Wired 2 Fish, nice and informative video! I hope my channel gets to your level someday. Keep doin what you do!
Me too man
Thanks a lot guys- Good fishing to you!
Minnows and a bobber outfish ya anyday.
You'll be busy reaching in the minnow bucket, struggling to hook the minnow and end up casting it off while I pile in a few more on any of these baits. Like I say in the video thou, something to be said about a cork and minnow or plastic once you find the fish. For me, it's faster to use baits I can move quickly on a horizontal plane to find fish. Bobbers are fun but I also like feeling those bites. Thanks for the comment! Happy fishing!
I'm tying to blaze a phatty with the host, let's go fishing.
I think that fish scanner ruins the game of fishing
Just a different aspect of the game. Adds a whole other set of variables to the game. It isn’t always necessary but it can be fun and efficient to use electronics.
Good lord man! Drink some coffee.........😴😴😴😴😴
Thanks Jay😂 I probably drink too much coffee. Consequently it doesn’t work any more.. trying to be concise. I’m not an in your face fisherman. I just catch em.
Wow u want summer crappie use a slip float and a minnow find the deepest part of the water and maybe they will bite none of this is nothing but luck and talking about lures btw its crappie not crap e
Deepest part in this particular lake is around 60 feet.. Wont't be corkin over that mid-summer. Crappies love weeds and they run, and run, and run em in the summer. In small ponds, when temperatures start to get extreme on the warmer end, crappies most definitely vacate to the deepest water they can find. Looking for cooler, more oxygenated layers. Again, thats the case in small ponds or shallow lakes. Weeds provide cover, oxygen and shade so crappies feel right at home. It's not luck, you can find them if you know where to start and how to go about it. These are just a few lures I have found to be efficient for covering water quickly in and around vegetation.
@@Wired2Fish some people don't listen to reason man. Your information was excellent and your calm/methodical approach to fishing is fascinating to watch. Good job, and tight lines.
Nope
Trying to watch but the plural of crappie is crappie not crappies. It is killing me.
According to the Cambridge dictionary, the plural of crappie can either be crappie or crappies. We’ve noticed the difference tends to align with the region. Much like its pronunciation. (Crapee VS Crawpee)
Why don't you guys leave all your electronics at home and see what you can do...........
Its always hard to decide during spring... do you go for the crappie spawn or do you go for walleye runs???? Im watching summer time crappie fishing......