 Welcome all back to the channel Fish and Freaks and to the great and wonderful outdoors It's like we got a bluebirder right now on the Dead Sea already brought a banana because Yeah, it doesn't even matter on the Dead Sea. I'm gonna try to catch some crappie though All right, we may look for a bass or two They catch one in the process, but you know, I have been trying to catch these things up in the dirt for a while now So hopefully today is the day We're going to slide up in here to Marina gonna slide on in get that rod Now I've been catching the bigger female crappie here in the last month away from the bank Bigger ones have been suspended the last lake I went to I Did end up catching some shallow crappie, but they were just staging males This is what's really interesting You know the rare the really dark crappie They almost look like black crappie white ones I came to that realization because when I clean the crappie all of them were males there were no females and So it's it's really cool to see those crappie all colored up. So what I'm gonna do is Go up in here around some shallow Rocks and brush and stuff and I'm just going to make some Some fancast with some some jigs from around swimming Can I talk I'm so excited about crop vision and then I've got a cork rig that is is very effective this time of year when they move up shallow so We're gonna look at those two rigs. We're gonna leave the the big pole the big 10-foot scoper pole In the box today, hopefully hopefully won't have to do any of that. So This is the fun stuff. Let's see if they're up shallow Probably gonna have to do some re-rigging because because that Yeah, yeah, yeah, we're gonna have to start the day on that note Unfortunately, I'm gonna pick up the cork rig because it's this in full function. There's cast with the cork and we are Hooked up on a colored up crappie. Yes, sir. Ladies and gentlemen natural colored dangled dart So that is a white crappie, but he has got his tuxedo on he's colored up So there's some in front of me here around this dock, but obviously there's some up shallow as well We're gonna keep some of these today Not to but let's check out what we got here Let's check out what we got. Oh, yeah got an 11-inch or Gotta keep the first one That's the rule. You got to keep the first one Okay, that is Extremely good start to the day. I'm gonna make a few more casts I'm gonna show you guys this rig that I got here. Oh got him. All right, shallow The book this guy's a little small, so we're gonna throw him back That is a male crappie up there shallow spawn it I'm gonna keep casting in this little area because there's likely Quite a few of them. Oh Right there under the dock got him another little guy Which we will let go can't resist that dart. Just looks like a little minnow not doing anything. Oh Yeah under the dock Little better one. Oh goodness. He come off. Oh My gosh, I'm so pumped right now. I've been waiting on this bite like all season. It's finally here Water is 65 and the crappie are moving in baby They're moving in I see some stagers up underneath the docks They are up on the bank. It is going down So the rod I'm gonna use for this is our micro series In the it's a gold series micro series. It's a light. It's not an ultra light This is my favorite all-around crappie fishing pole For vertical jigging and just fan casting It's also my trout rod can really do a Lot of panfish species with this this pole right here the only thing I don't use it for is scoping those those crappie Because I want to keep the keep the bait out in front a little bit If I'm trying to go for some big ones on this on the scope, but this is seven foot So I like that You know typical bass rod length you get a little bit more leverage Or casting distance with it, but it's still it's a buggy whip and you can you can handle throwing those little baits so I've got The thousand size spinning reel on here 15 pound braid. I do believe I love fishing the braid because it's just so easy to cast Very very easy to cast and if if you're gonna do the whole braid on your spinning reel I Suggest using an eight strand over Like a standard four strand Four strand is more abrasive abrasive resistant But the eight strand Casts a lot better and when you're a crappie fishing You're not not really worried about abrasion resistance All right tying up my connection not here with an eight pound fluorocarbon leader I have a 16th ounce Underspin head on there. So that's good for stained water, you know swimming it around to get that extra flash and This bait right here The snacky swimmer there's two different sizes in it This is electric chicken right here and this this little combo just swimming it around is just awesome I catch everything in the lake on this Bass crappie white bass catfish, whatever Anything that is eating minnows up in the shallows and even bed fish this time here We'll probably catch a bass on this today So it's a really fun bait to just throw around if you're just trying to get bites for whatever It's really fun, but searching for cropping and getting bigger ones Like to throw the larger size snacky swimmer and you just get some big bites on it All right, pretty much the exact same setup here thousand size reel And in our goog and gold series spinning reels I've got the 15 pound 8 strand braid on there same leader 8 pound leader But I have a line through cork on this. This is a fill cork They make really nice corks And I have a bobber stop All right, like you'd use flipping You know we call it a bobber stop We use it on our flipping setups all the time for Texas rigs But today I'm actually using it for what it is named for a bobber Stop so what makes this really neat when this hits the water? It slides up and it stops so that bait is going to sit two feet under the surface But when I cast it the cork is connected to the rig So instead of having you know a clamp on bobber up here that becomes more difficult to cast You got two things they kind of spin around they go tangled whatever this all stays together So it it enables me to cast it easier. I can pitch it I can also Get it up under docks because the whole thing is staying together and then when it hits the water it goes stops right there and You're good to go. Just watch it go under. Oh Yeah Guys to me there is no more fun crappie fishing bite than fishing shallow and getting that stomp Hit it they just hit it so hard they hit it like a bass does There's one. Oh goodness gracious Bopped me Yes, sir. That's a good white crappie. I might be a female One with me. That's two bites in a row right there. Just dropped off a little deeper. So Came over a shallow spot didn't get any bites and then Dropped off cast up there by a stick There's another one. Oh, yeah That's a largemouth bass Well, it's a spotted bass. See you buddy. It's not ideal for the 16 ounce jig. I guess they are spawning So you're right up there on the mirror that one would fill a nice Really would this bag right here. This is this crappie designated plastics Bag and it is perfect for this. So this is the two and a half inch snackie I'm just gonna go with Standard monkey milk and crappie on the monkey male. I've an inch or perfect Same size Good recipe. I'll show you guys I mean, he'll measure but barely 400 yards Very good reason y'all to always carry some form of knife in your boat because that can ruin your fishing day right there I usually keep a little ranch where I can take the lock nut off the prop and make sure there's none left in there I'll have to do that off the water today, but it can break the seal and ruin your trolling motor. You don't want that Not a croppy lmb bass. I'm just gonna filet him I have caught more bass and I have croppy possible fry garter. That is a fun if you don't have any Snackie swimmers Definitely suggest the two and a half inch All right y'all. This is just turned into fish madness catching everything Getting so many bites probably had over 30 fish, you know between the crappie and the bass I'm gonna cruise into us a little calmer area. I was fishing wind We've got an overcast that's rolled in here. I'm gonna go back to that Cork rig and see if I can catch a couple more crappies I really didn't want to catch that many as far as to keep I want to catch a thousand of them But as far as to keep I don't the freezers doing pretty good right now So I'm gonna see if I can get any of these calmer water crappies. They're not fully loaded on the bank yet It's just kind of here in there, but my gosh, there's so many bass. I mean It's like they're fighting for territory Okay, something just took off with my cork. It's gonna be a bass About four or five pounder They're quote on those It has gotten so windy out here this little calm spot that I'm in is about the only place I can fish The most effective way to catch them right now by far is Throwing the snacky swimmer around this bait Literally catches everything it swims and so I've got this on the 16th ounce head And I love that combination with the two and a half. You can just swim it really slow And there's a two inch as well, which I throw on crappie quite a bit. You know when they're being finicky so You know half inch smaller, but I love throwing this because it just keeps the rod bent I mean sometimes you go out bass fishing or even crappie fishing you want to work hard to try to get some big bites Get those nice rewarding bites sometimes you just want to keep that pole bent and keep the action going and That's exactly what this little thing does Google swad calm You can use code LFG save 10% and check out but get some monkey milk. That's this color right here It's kind of like a pearl glitter color and then also Get some stain waller water colors if you got stained water electric chicken is is money I mean I catch bass and and crappie on that electric chicken as well And we got some real clear water colors like pro blue red and all those fun colors as well The cork rig I thought was gonna be the program started off strong And when the crappie are up there shallow and they're loaded and you can just cast to the same spot You just need to keep that bait in place. This is amazing and also keeping it around cover Or you don't have a long scented pole and you know just keep it on top of them This allows you to do that So it just got way too windy though The cork was just blowing around and I wasn't able to keep it in place And the most effective way to fish for him was just fan casting around because they're they're not loaded loaded up right now And I just caught I don't know how many bass in the process of crappie fishing so got about six or seven in the well Typically this time of year I keep you know five to ten every time I go and they just adds up Keep fresh crappie going into the pan and I've got a recipe that I'm working on That is really good even our kids love to eat it Stephanie is dialing it in and Next time I go out crappie fishing. I'll probably show you guys that catch-and-cook Action and show you that recipe. It's amazing. So I'm gonna sign it off for today guys. So subscribe Smash get me outdoors. I'll see you on the next one