 Another butte going in the well Hey guys welcome on back to the channel today, we are looking at Spawning crappie. So this is this is one of my favorite times of the year because we got bass up in the shallows Top water shirts getting good You start to get some fish moving off you got fry garters and all that stuff Meanwhile crappie are just doing their thing typically on videos. You're watching me catching crappie And most everybody we're out there fishing Brush we're out in deep water using the electronics and all that but this this is the time here where you can literally go up on the bank You can walk around the bank and catch crappie. I'm fishing out of the boat today I was just kind of cruising through here and I Was talking to a guy just walking around and that's like you catching anything. He's like, yeah, I'm catching some crappie I'm trying to catch bass and that just told me everything. I needed to know I was like Well, I'm breaking out the crappie jigs and I'm going crappie fishing right here So this time of year crappie are going to try to find anything Hard they can spawn on bass and very similar, but it's gonna be stumps. It's gonna be shallow brush trees Something that's gonna have some protection I'm gonna rig up two rigs. I'm gonna have one for just kind of working the jig I may rig up a bobber rig as well, but crappie spawn in a swarm technique It's just one female tons of males and it's like whatever is getting in the zone They're gonna eat it. So it's all about just getting it in that zone keeping it there and getting one to attack. So Slip bobbers like this. You can use a little bobber rig and you can just float it over that area That works extremely well. I like that feel that thump. So I've got Just a jighead rigged on here with the plastic So I'm gonna be using some of our plastics that we're working on For the goog and crappie. Let's go get some Crappie fishing I'm using a really light rod This is kind of this is one of our rods. We're working on here for for crappie pan fish a light rod literally a light There's light and there's ultra light medium lights. This is a light. So for the slip rig. I'm just gonna put one of It's one of our little bobber stops right here slip that on the line Then I'm going to feed my line through cork So you kind of adjust that depending on where you think the depth fish is I think they're gonna be you know about two Foot gear Then I'm gonna take one of these really light weights. This is a 16 pounds Go all the way down to 130 second They're really shallow Snip that Okay, really hard to beat natural Look at that little batty That's a little Little dangle bug still working on sizes, but that right there. It's just That's an irresistible cricket Bobber hangs in the water. It's gonna go up and it's gonna it's gonna be stopped by the stop there So When I throw it out, it's all together and then when it goes hits the water it comes down and my other rig It's just gonna be a little standard unit 16th ounce head and I can work that one like a jig. So that's for a little quicker action So this is like a backwater marina type area. This is marinas are always good for any type of Spawning fish, you know, and they provide a lot of protection and usually there's some man-made Features to it that enhance You know the structure so there's a lot of rip rap, you know, there's there's walkways. There's pipes There's all sorts of things for for fish to get on and I'm gonna just throw it up there fairly close to the bank And I'm gonna work this bait down Just kind of work it down Till I feel a thump and when I Get a bite then I'm gonna slow down with that cork rig Try to figure out exactly the depth and just hang it in there But they're pretty aggressive when they're spawning so should be able to Get one to bite it as it's coming through Spawning area I'm gonna actually go switch this up Go swimming style Bait it's gonna be a little slower Little slower fall try to catch them while they're hanging here a little saucy style swimmer on there Micro swimmer. That's pretty good It's like a little minnow swimming through. Oh, there's one. Oh my gosh, absolute thump I mean smoked it. Wow Come here Sally That is a black crappie look how colored up it is y'all And down the hatch That was a fun thump finders keepers I think we'll say That was pretty beat up now. We're gonna try to throw that cork rig in the exact same spot I think I got bit see if that bobber will dip down there. There it goes Go a bit like immediately Try to do a little bit more dissecting here with a bobber Bite got him. Oh Come off. Oh There goes. Oh Losing them right here. Mm-hmm. There we go. Take it easy Right up there on the cork rig decent black crappie So what that's allowing me to do is keep that bait up there in the shallow. It's just a little bit longer Actually a lot longer Got to be 10 inches 10 and a half Why bam on the cork rig another one clone Just a male clone. Check these guys here. They're almost 11 Pretty good. Oh in nest over here I just missed throwing the moving bait. He's already getting another bite. Yeah, there it goes Little guy. I think just slamming this rig though Yeah, you're about the same it will let you go. Look at that Mmm juicy fruit Got him under that tree Trifted it under the tree For the big Chinaz Berry Mmm That was cool. That was something that I just can't do with a regular jig Drifting it up under the tree fish. There you go. I'll coat it up. These fish are That was tiny. We'll let him go. Oh Man, I've got some fish under it. I see them like see their tail There he goes. Come on That fish like crept up under it Followed it. You're so dark right now. I could see you Camouflage was not working dude You're gonna fry up so nice Okay, so the cork method Pretty effective here You know once you find the fish But biggest one in the live all right now It's coming on the mover the swim bait Got him. Mmm. A little better guys. I don't know what it is Getting the better ones On the swim bait for sure. Look at that one. And it's gone gone gone That one's keeper. It's not a hook set with the crappie. Hmm. It's just Get pressure on them. Have that sensitive light rod There he is Come on Sitting on that cable down there but Hose whatever that is Little small let you go keep but You already got some safety keepers now So I'm just sitting on this blue hose here Goodness Is that a white bass? That's a largemouth Yep, it's a spot of bass actually They're the ones that tear your baits up. This is a bait that I'm probably not gonna throw in the brush piles That much, you know, it's usually I'm just right on top of them. Don't need much tail movement at all Sometimes they don't like tail movement But right now they like it a lot All right, let's do some damage shallow buddy So the way I'm working this jig is I'm just Trying to keep it right off the bottom This bank set a 45 degree angle Where these rocks are set up so? Throwing it kind of close to the bank. I'm sitting in 15 foot here And then I'm just working that rod tip up Letting it sink work it up just jigging it As it falls that tail is kicking it There's one Feel better. He's down there a little deeper. Yeah, right at 10 You could also just parallel the bank staying the strike zone a little better, but This bank's pretty steep. I think there's some crappie that are kind of roaming A little bit deeper, so I'm gonna work it Just work it down God, I love fishing like this. They just jump the line The line just flinches on you and you just kind of took it Just took a better one So black crappie they're a little smaller But they are Then they usually live like shallower around shallower cover Another butte going in the well All right See if we can get another one here We are Spanking them spanking a lot of little ones Oh goodness Just smacked me around that's a good one Line just flinched That is a white crappie. There we go Got one different one in the mix And a lot of times they'll hybridize so you'll have Uh black crappie white crappie and you'll get hybrids and the hybrids are actually Pretty big All right thrown all the way As far as we can up there Another hit. Oh goodness Runner Boy you Felt like a three pound bass for a second Had it sideways Little boy gosh Just cracking them guys This is a big naster here Cracking them on the saucy It looks like hybrid Really interesting So it's got the vertical bars But it's also got these black specks down here. So I believe this one is a hybrid Quite a small hybrid hybrids are cool. We'll let them go I'm also seeing some shad on the electronics that are just Kind of hovering out here Oh my Wah Bammers I mean Guys a jig bite is a jig bite is a jig bite Care. Oh that fish just spit out. Oh, that was literally my saucy Probably spit out a real minnow A jig bite is a jig bite. Okay When you lighten up your gear and you're getting thumped By a crappie it feels Just like a bass jig bite because they are sucking it Into their throat. It hits the back of their throat and that's that exhilarating thump that you feel When a bass bites a jig That'll up so much. So same thing on this We're just using a light rod What are you 10 and a half 11 10 and a half let you go So much fun. I'm gonna try I'm gonna try a little mondo worm here. This thing is like all tail Like a big grub really light head this thing should just Kind of float down there extremely slow sinking So there's when you're jig fishing there's really two ways to Well, my other camera just died. There's really two ways to control Your the speed of your fall on your jig So you can increase your weight or you can Lighten up your trailer and it goes the opposite way. So If you want to lighten up your fall, you can add a bigger trailer. So this tail has a lot of Water pull And with that 16th ounce head it's just barely Going to sink down there, but it's got a lot of tail movement. So It's going to make it real good for just swimming in the shallows real shallow So once you figure out Where you're getting a couple bites, I mean even if you get one bite Take a look at the bank remember what tree it is or what whatever's on the bank And throw to that exact same spot again. It's bobbing time Lobbing bandido time the wind situation here. Oh bopped got him a little cleanup Little cleanup work with the bobber Keeper for sure Looks like another high boot. I'll switch it up. Oh, I've got some more. I've got some more sauce. He's just in a Color Big doing Go on man. They're sucking this. Oh Sucking this saucy down Okay, I think I got a bit three times right there black crappy You little is uh, that is going tattooed On the arm right just like it In like another month I know I said I was gonna do that like two years ago, but uh, it's gonna happen There's a little bonus crappie as I was idling out here saw this Just main link bank Just the main link bank or not a main link, but it's inside Inside of the uh, the pocket it's got rocks on it. So I thought I'd just make a couple of A couple little rando cast with the saucy Wop bam Right there on the bank come here, sir This is just I mean, I'm just going down the bank here Smash these there could be one that just Sneaks his way up there by that brush Yep Come here, baby. Oh, you're a good one. Oh, we got here big boy Big black crappie coming to town Holy cow, man putting Putting a clinic on right now I don't know what this is It's got bit by something big probably largemouth Yep largemouth One little fight You know Bass are interesting little creatures Get so dialed in to you know shad colors and everything But a lot of times I'll eat something like that Some funky color All right, got a little riprap right here More gradual slope, but looks pretty good looks similar 17 foot plenty of water It's pretty steep. I may have to get right up on the bank. Oh, there's one That cast I went all the way to the bank with it. It's a little bit tighter Beautiful little short bud You're a decent crappie they are on The beds Eating those micro swim baits. It's three pounder pretty nice See bud my gosh, it's a huge bass the sausage gets it's all of five pounder I'm about to go into the rocks. This is insane be fight I'm just out here trying to catch a crappie dude. Why you gotta mess with me like that? Why you gotta mess with me? I swear y'all I love I really love crappie fishing For a lot of reasons, but one of my favorite reasons is that Bass and crappie live in the same The same type environments look at that bass that little saucy Just down the hatch When they're that big on a rod that small it just feels like Just feels like weight good hard fight on that little rod Appreciate you and you up here eating crappie garden fry. You look pretty healthy. You might just be up here eating shad Little nose tickle and off she goes I kind of want to end it on that fish just because it's so funny But we'll give it another cast or two Just that right there that little nugget right there a lot of A lot of plastics you get that are the small they just don't swim. They don't swim good at all this one Our engineer Isaac nailed it. I got another bass. Oh my gosh so boy my boy Isaac at Guggen headquarters Has nailed this little thing. I got another one. This one's a crappie This fishing is so good. I wish you guys were here Crazy is a good one Good one to end on don't want to stop but my buddy's about to be here and I got to go meet him Going Into the box. Well guys, I'm just gonna say it. I think this is my favorite day On the water so far this year. I've caught three nine pounders so far This season, but This is my favorite time when everything is full swing fish are hitting the bank And you know, I'm out here crappie fishing catching bass. That is what I'm in my 100 happy dangle place right there. So again, 16 ounce jigs That's a really good way when you're fishing up in the shallows If you guys want to do the cork rig, this is especially good If if you've got some tree overhangs or something You're fishing the bank or even out of a boat that you just can't You can't really get your lure under and swim it through effectively. Maybe they want it a little slower If you throw this just around the cover let it sink to the right depth adjust that bobber stop Up and down just depending on the depth where you think the bottom is where the fish are sitting This is a really good way to target them. Hope you guys learned something from today's crappie catch I obviously had a blast. I love days like this Especially when I can catch fish and teach you guys something that I'm picking up little things as I'm fishing and talking about it. So Just good stuff Smash that like button. Please subscribe if you haven't already comment Comment comment the youtube algorithms. I think they like that sort of thing So help me grow a little bit godspeed. May god bless you in the great outdoors. I'll see you