Crappies For Family Fun

If you’re looking for an inexpensive way to entertain the family some weekend, try taking them crappie fishing.  Crappies are an easy fish to catch, are abundant and usually when you find one, you find a whole bunch of them. 

There are many places to fish for them in our area.  The Wisconsin River bottoms have nice crappies in every one of the dozens of sloughs that lay along the river.  Look for a tree top or a beaver house and you’ll usually find crappies.  Also Blackhawk Lake or Yellowstone Lake both have many nice crappies that are easily caught.

The simplest way to catch them is with a small minnow, a medium sized wire hook and a bobber.  Toss your bait out and you’ll soon see the bobber “sneaking” away.  You can also try small jigs or small spinners for them.  The thing is, crappies are easy to catch for anyone of any age.  They make a great fish for a family outing where success equals fun.

Take the family out and when you find a school of crappies, you’ll have a day of fun, and when you get home, you can have a great fish fry too.

post by: Dan Bomkamp