| Over looked crappie baits | | | | not legal to fish with sunfish fry in all states, so make |
| Can crappie be caught on natural crappie baits other | | | | sure your state allows you to use bluegill fry as for |
| then minnows? | | | | crappie baits. If you fish ponds for crappie then you |
| The answer to this question is definitely yes, but few | | | | need to take a good look at sunfish fry when you |
| fisherman rigging live bait for crappie switch from | | | | are deciding on rigging live bait for crappie. Sunfish fry |
| minnows to other baits because 95% of the time | | | | will stay alive in your bait bucket longer then most |
| minnows are effective. Crappies will normally strike | | | | minnows so they are not only a excellent bait source |
| minnows like rosy reds and shiners the majority of | | | | but a very hardy one as well. You will have to catch |
| the time. But what about that other 10 percent of | | | | them yourself though.If you want to get into a mess |
| the time when crappie minnows just are not | | | | of big crappie use sunfish fry for crappie baits in the |
| producing anything? Well then it's time to look at | | | | early spring during the fry hatch. To catch your |
| some old reliable and very good producing crappie | | | | sunfish fry in ponds head to the shallowest flat area |
| baits. | | | | where there is cover close by and cast your bait net. |
| Sunfish Fry | | | | Make sure you only keep fry that are approximately |
| Young sunfish fry are a very overlooked bait | | | | 1 to 2 inches in length, because this is the ideal size |
| probably bait probably because you will not find them | | | | to use when rigging live bait for crappie. |
| in a bait shop. Probably another reason is because it is | | | | |