Or you could share some of your sage wisdom, perhaps??
What I'm going to advise goes for all panfish and even catfish at times; bass for certain. I don't know your experience level or the equipment you own, but I'll assume you want to take a child fishing and insure success the first time out by using a basic set up.
Light or medium action rod 6'; 4-6lb test fluorocarbon line or a good monofilament (Trilene XL)
Lure: 1/32 - 1/16 oz ball head jig
soft plastic bait
[img]http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j...~original[/img](I pour my own and have bags and bags of other styles accumulated over the years that I never use that are stored in the basement. Crappy tubes I use but only after I dip the front in hot plastic to increase the girth.)
There a hundreds of lures that will get hit, but I prefer lures with
motion sensitive tails. The above I cast out, slowly allow it to sink to mid-depth, and reel
slowly, with a few slight rod tip twitches on the way back.
Crappie cover includes weed edges and pockets; crappie accumulate over mid lake humps and the schools can be very large. I try to find the best depth by casting around the boat as I head to deeper water. They will be shallow and easy to catch early in the year around the spawn which can last into late June. Time of day matters - they may be more active (am or pm) depending on water temperature. Rainy days my bring them shallower and easier to catch.
The above would work for
anyone as long as you search water by moving around. Shoreline anglers are at a big disadvantage if they can't move along the shore.
There many lure designs sold as crappie lures, but their success is less on average. Curl tail grubs are okay, but they must move at a certain rate for the tail to flutter. When crappie are active, most small lures will work, including those downsized sport fish lures.
Nothing beats getting hit by a foot long crappie!
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