I need help, how the crap do you catch crappie between now and the end of march? I took my 4 yr old today to lay lake. We fished docs in creeks as the main river is heavily stained, we used minnows and fished 4-9 ft deep piers. We did not get a bite using minnows. I see these pics of you guys with 60 crappie and just wonder if yall can give any advice. I know nothing about crappie!

WE caught em yesterday at Tims Ford fishing boat dock with lots of cover fishing as close to and under pontoons and jest ski ramps. They were unbelievably tight to the cover. Move no more than a foot to either side and not get a bite. had to put it directly in front of them.

long line troll on Wedowee right now. 2 1/16 oz jigs, about 1 mph and have at it

picking up some, shooting docks also

Same thing happened to me today on Logan Martin.. Me and a buddy took my 3 year old out with us today and nada. We tight lined minnows in creek channels, fished boat docks and slips with minnows and bobbers even tried jigs.. Not a single bite

Drag your boat to tuscaloosa and I'll show you

The crappie are still in deep water on eufaula. 25-30' of water 12' down. We longlined Saturday and caugt 47. No fish in the creeks yet.

They are hard to catch on Lay. Me and my daughter went yesterday and got 0.

They should be moving up this weekend. And water should be clearer. I would troll. They should be easier to catch.

Easiest way to go right here. I run the same setup till they get shallow.

This time of the year I can normally fund them between humps in blue eye. They might be deep or shallow,just have to find them depth their in.

Caught 11 this afternoon in knee deep water, in about an hour. No joke.

Crappie are the easiest fish to find with a depth finder in my opinion. They are often stacked to look like a column suspended in the water. If you can't find any around structure in the creek channels, then move shallow. I've had days where I was striking out fishing tree tops in 6-10' of water where I thought they should have been. I moved on up and found them right on the banks in 1-2' of water. I wouldn't think they're that shallow just yet so I would start deep and move shallow.

I'm telling you if you come to tuscaloosa we will catch the piss out of them

Beadlescomb I will drag Mine if you take me to Lake T and we can catch the piss out of them.

How many does it take to be considered(catch the piss out of them)...I would be happy with 20+ myself...just curious...I may have to be in a follow boat

50-60 is a normal trip

Latest tip from a buddy who crappie fishes all of the time. Longline trolling with "Crappie Carrots."
Said you could get them at a Sykes or Sikes bait company. (I don't know who they are, or where they are located)

50-60 in a day would technically be catching the Piss out them