 Welcome back to the channel everybody today We are going after one of my favorite species in the world to catch and that is the crappie And we are rolling out in my 15-foot John boat again aka the crispy collector But today we're gonna be focusing on fishing bridges now You're almost guaranteed to run into some sort of fish on a bridge at all times of the year But there's two seasons that it really performs well and that is winter and summer The reason being those two times of year fish typically like access to deep water and usually a bridge is going over Some sort of river channel. So little tip if you're gonna go fish bridges in the winter and summer Try to locate those parts of the bridge that are closest to the river channel start there and look for bait Now some bridges can be gigantic and it can be a challenge to find these fish today We're gonna be using our new electronics, and I'm excited to finally try out the life scope on the crispy collector And I'm gonna give you guys a little peek on a new bait today, which is the tasty tube It's not quite out yet, but this is an excellent winter time bait because it doesn't have much appendage movement Tubes are excellent fish catchers everyone knows that But this bait right here is awesome because it doesn't move very much just a little bit of tentacle movement And if you guys are gonna get into crappie fishing for the first time need some baits or you're just wanting a sweet deal Googinsquad.com the crappie crusher bundle right now is on sale. It's linked down below But today we don't want much action because the water is in the 40s these fish are cold We're trying to match the movement of these bait fish and that is key when you're fishing bridges Make sure to find some bait. You're gonna find some fish. Let's get under these loud crazy big bridges I'm apologizing right now for the bridge noise, but the fish are under there. I promise you just gave The old little 30 little dirty 30 Merc her first Gear loop change yesterday So I wanted to get out of the water make sure everything's running smoothly Seems to be so far and also a new a dish Check this out Stuff figure, you know, it's the crispy where we're out here catching things to eat and whatnot I'm gonna head and just put ourselves a big old foam measuring board in here All the way out to 32 inches I don't think we're gonna be using the full extent of our measuring board today So we're going after crap Okay, so I've gone across just a couple of rows of piling so far and I found one spot that looks okay So what I'm gonna do is take some paracord. I'm just gonna kind of take the boat around Try to wrap myself Around one of these posts Okay You're set in motion for to use this. I got to turn on my black box Just press that button right there. There she blows And we got some fish down there This is kind of a special one because I I Tied this little fly myself, but I've basically got a Eight-thounts Guggen squad jig head with the spinner on it. This is a spinner version. I took the spinner off And I'm just using the swivel To basically create a little fly that goes right underneath it We're hooked up I Don't know which bait that the fish got but we got one. Oh, we got the fly. Oh, it's a drum The drum ate the fly Four-pound test At least I know something will eat it probably thumb the white bass probably bass eight the tube tasty, too I go a bit better All right, second fish is a white bass hooked up. There's our crop Sir Get in here That one wanted a tasty tube so it was interesting about that one is You know, I caught those other two fish in the front and the first cast I made on the back side It's where we got the crappie with that current. It's kind of flowing through See if we got here See what kind of measurements we got You can enter. I'm sure to put him on the string or so to Tell his other buddies about it. Oh Man, he's still fighting Feisty now quick rigging tip if you guys want to try the double rig like I'm fishing here You don't have to fish to fly you can do two jigs. You can try different colors on each Jig head so you can see what the fish like more. It's also a way to cover a little bit more water You can take your underspin rig Ours comes with a nice burrow swivel under here You can take that split ring off of there and your little willow blade and replace it with a leader And then tie your jig head below that and then you're fishing two baits at once Little caveat to that you may not get the best fall like you would on a single 16th ounce jig head, but you are able to cover more water and maybe even double up Oh got it Right under that pilot Hey, there's a cuppy Good one That was pretty sweet y'all Watching to go down Another one about 12 White crappie collecting in the crispy got it. Oh, no he dropped it. I feel like he's gonna eat the fly. That was a big thump I don't know if it's crappie though It was like a white bass tug. Yep. That's what it is They're a little bit more off the pilings, but I've had crappie Do the same thing. God that felt good whatever it was I'm here, baby That's a big slow tug I don't even know what this is Oh, yeah, I know I know It's a school of gasp for goose Good crappie all Oh man that jig just popped out Just popped out. There's a solid crappie I just had to leave it sitting still All righty guys we're getting some interest, but they're not connecting so I'm gonna try to switch up colors Maybe switch up dates I'm gonna go with natural Natural daughter. Hey, look at this one. You better be a crappie You're nailed against that post. That's what I've caught Slimy sucker Question of the links just barely gonna do it All right, we got our four I'm gonna settle for five That's what I'm gonna try to go for if you guys have never crappie fish before Crappie are pretty unique And that they'll typically stay in an area and they they won't move off a piece of company I love to stick around company And looking at them on the electronics They're one of the few fish that I've watched that will that will back up as well And sometimes that's a good thing if they see your bait coming They'll kind of back up and get in position and they're very curious or like cats similar to bass but bass are More aggressive with their approach whereas crappie will Very slowly Start to turn And they'll nose your bait now on life's scope You can actually see their fins moving and they'll they'll start to get kind of excited And that's what you know You got a good chance of catching that fish But sometimes they just sit there and they do not move at all and you cannot get them to bite so Sometimes it's just experimenting. You know, that's one of the cool things about it. You can stay on some fish And you can keep experimenting until you catch them where it's best, you know Most of the time You get a couple shots and then they're they're gone like they're going to move on to the next piece of cover move on somewhere Crappie will a lot of times come back or not go very far at all This is the crossmember And you see these fish Are sitting up under there And that's very hard to get to so The best way that I have found To get onto these fish was two ways I can pass across it and let my line Go over it straight down Or I can move my boat up a ways Cast back and basically parallel it Both are difficult because you need to get within inches of these fish You can't just have it off and put my foot A foot off they're not going to eat it So it's difficult, but that is where the crappie are sitting and a lot of white bass as well You see these they're just individuals And they're chilling We're just chilling there. They're not moving Now it's the typical telltale sign of crappie. Look, there's a couple more over here Well, this one sees it Come on, baby Oh, got him You better be a crappie You better be I'm gonna lose my cool Oh gosh Yeah, you acted like a crappie Whole entire time But that one right there guys that that one's I'm talking to cut the biscuits Zach same place I caught White bass and we're up and catching these other crappie, but God they're difficult You got to absolutely nail them in the schnaz Dead stick it Don't move it Don't you dare sneeze Oh, we got one coming Got one coming. Come on, baby This crappie came from a long ways Don't back out of me now Don't you back out of me now Got him Oh, you gotta be Fiddle farting my flusies What in the absolute Chodnub means was that They're so hard to get to because they're Underneath structure. I can't do a vertical presentation on Essentially have to You saw how I had a big one a second ago. I lost them threw it over Just dangled it, but I lost him because I was over the cover and he got hung on it God Bless them It takes so long to set up 16th ounce jig drifting into the perfect spot and then dead stick it And then I miss them Buggers there we go I got one but honestly this feels like a white mess and it is what in the do's man I think these are just lone females that are just Hanging with crappie, I don't know What are you doing by yourself? It's supposed to be in a big herd an old spoon Spoon fish My SD card just filled up, but I just dropped at a base of a pillar All the way down there a Dean come up and popped it and I was thinking oh man It's gonna be another white bass. No Big girl big girl right there. That is number five. That is completing the stringer. We've been working hard out here That's the one I've been looking for right there 14 inch White crappie smells so sweet when you work this hard for them Always nice to end on a big one ended up with a nice little stringer crappie to feed the families Fresh golden crispies go out and do it again. Hope you guys gathered something on fishing under bridges today Uh, you actually don't have to have a bass boat to fish under bridges In fact, I saw guys fishing out of kayaks. I saw someone fishing out of an inner tube today So it's it's pretty easy access to get up under there and there's always fish under bridges Go ahead and give me a thumbs up subscribe to the channel for more fishing and outdoor adventures And I'll see y'all on the next one