01-13-2022, 07:22 PM
(This post was last modified: 01-13-2022, 07:22 PM by Springbuck1.)
(01-13-2022, 06:34 PM)Therapist Wrote: Someone posted pics of a dozen or so nice crappie, thru the ice, last year, from East Canyon. They SUSPEND during the winter, so look for marks on your graph up off the bottom. They can be anywhere in the water column, so watch for them. Use small jigs, tipped with spikes, wax worms, or half a crappie nibble. A bobber is very helpful, to keep your bait suspended, and to help detect strikes. Often times the bobber will just move sideways in the hole, so be aware. Just because no one catches them, does not mean they are not there. Even during open water, crappie are an enigma to most Utah anglers! Give it a try, you might be surprised, pleasantly !!!
Appreciate the tips. I've got some experience with crappie generally, and that was about the plan, although I might have used a whole crappie nibble..... I ALWAYS have either spring-bobbers or slip-bobbers on, and I know what negative bites look like. I'm less worried about the techniques of catching them than I am about finding them. You just never have time to drill holes all over the lake, so I guess I'll start on generic stuff like looking for suspended fish in clusters over deep points or whatever.
As long as they aren't secretly in three feet of water, ONLY where the willows stick through the ice, or ONLY in the deepest part of the creek channel near the dam which I don't have a GPS mark for.
(01-13-2022, 06:34 PM)Therapist Wrote: Someone posted pics of a dozen or so nice crappie, thru the ice, last year, from East Canyon. They SUSPEND during the winter, so look for marks on your graph up off the bottom. They can be anywhere in the water column, so watch for them. Use small jigs, tipped with spikes, wax worms, or half a crappie nibble. A bobber is very helpful, to keep your bait suspended, and to help detect strikes. Often times the bobber will just move sideways in the hole, so be aware. Just because no one catches them, does not mean they are not there. Even during open water, crappie are an enigma to most Utah anglers! Give it a try, you might be surprised, pleasantly !!!
Appreciate the tips. I've got some experience with crappie generally, and that was about the plan, although I might have used a whole crappie nibble..... I ALWAYS have either spring-bobbers or slip-bobbers on, and I know what negative bites look like. I'm less worried about the techniques of catching them than I am about finding them. You just never have time to drill holes all over the lake, so I guess I'll start on generic stuff like looking for suspended fish in clusters over deep points or whatever.
As long as they aren't secretly in three feet of water, ONLY where the willows stick through the ice, or ONLY in the deepest part of the creek channel near the dam which I don't have a GPS mark for.