Finding a Crappie Pond Close to Home

Finding a pond that holds crappie close to home will alter your approach to fishing for them. It’s no longer plotting out a weekend trip and instead it’s throwing on Tuesday night after work. You’re getting to know the water better because you fish it more. How To Locate A Local Crappie Pond Finding the … Read more

Picking a Crappie Rod for Hard Water

In clear water, you have to fish finesse and tailor the equipment to the situation. Hard water crappies see everything, won’t eat what isn’t naturaly-looking, and detect your line. For them, a lure has to dissapears; you have to feel the subtle bites in your hands. How to Choose a Crappie Rod for Clear Water … Read more

Fishing a Fourteen Foot Crappie Rod

Long rods, You can catch crappie with short rod, but some people swear by longer ones. Lots of newbies to crappie fishing don’t believe it when they hear old guys say they use long rods because it help them feel bites better in big foam. Long rods also helps keep your line off the boat. … Read more

When a Ten Foot Crappie Rod Makes Sense

Rod length is consider by most angler to be a straightforward compromise; use a short rod for accuracy in close quarters and a long one for distance. There’s merit to this formula, until you start targeting species that aren’t concerned with casting distance. That’s not the case with crappie. These ambush predators hangs vertically in … Read more

No Alibi Jigs Are Still Hand-Tied and It Shows

They are trying to recreate that with No Alibi Jigs. They want you to feel like you tied the jig yourself, even though its an off-the-shelf product. It’s a lofty goal and it seems simple enough: instead of churning out lures like everyone else, they say these lure is actualy hand-tied by real makers. Sounds … Read more