texasfishingforum.com logo
Main Menu
Advertisement
Affiliates
Advertisement
Newest Members
TraeMartin, Power-Pole CS, T-Rigger, JoeGoes, EcKo
119150 Registered Users
Top Posters(All Time)
hopalong 120,565
TexDawg 119,511
Bigbob_FTW 94,879
John175☮ 85,892
Pilothawk 83,259
Bob Davis 81,478
Mark Perry 72,280
Derek 🐝 68,311
JDavis7873 67,416
Forum Statistics
Forums59
Topics1,037,815
Posts13,934,987
Members144,150
Most Online39,925
Dec 30th, 2023
Print Thread
Page 1 of 2 1 2
Fork Crappie #14374841 05/23/22 03:27 PM
Joined: Apr 2021
Posts: 17
T
TXGar89 Offline OP
Green Horn
OP Offline
Green Horn
T
Joined: Apr 2021
Posts: 17
Taking my 4 year old out for his first crappie trip to fork the weekend after memorial. Any tips would be appreciated. I typically bass fish but want to get him excited about the sport.

Re: Fork Crappie [Re: TXGar89] #14374933 05/23/22 05:37 PM
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 5,753
David Welcher Offline
TFF Celebrity
Offline
TFF Celebrity
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 5,753
Hit the timber with minnows. They will be 10 to 20' deep. Start out at 10' down, or 10 pulls down, then drop 2, then drop another 2 until you start getting hits. Once you find the depth repeat and repeat, rule of thumb hit 50 trees to catch 50 fish, some will produce better than others, some you will get skunked on. Early morning they will be on the sunny side of the timber, as it gets towards 10:00 am and afterwards they will be on the shady sides. Look for trees, near points, channel swings, and humps the bigger the trees the better it will be. Cedar trees are good too. They will get right in the middle of Cedars so fish with a Texas toothpick right in the middle, the Texas Toothpick rigged on 50' braid will allow you to not get hung up so much. I've caught about 10,000 crappie out of the thickest cedars using them. Kids love the minnow thing.

Last edited by David Welcher; 05/23/22 05:38 PM.
Re: Fork Crappie [Re: TXGar89] #14374937 05/23/22 05:40 PM
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 5,753
David Welcher Offline
TFF Celebrity
Offline
TFF Celebrity
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 5,753
Texas Tooth Pick
[Linked Image]

Re: Fork Crappie [Re: TXGar89] #14375064 05/23/22 08:37 PM
Joined: Nov 2007
Posts: 16,047
K
KidKrappie Offline
TFF Guru
Offline
TFF Guru
K
Joined: Nov 2007
Posts: 16,047
If it was me, I would go straight to one of the bridges and drop some minnows down. Definitely don't want to make things too complicated and it will be cooler for the kid with plenty of action and nothing to get hung up on

Re: Fork Crappie [Re: David Welcher] #14376102 05/24/22 11:01 PM
Joined: Aug 2020
Posts: 15
U
uraveragejoe Offline
Green Horn
Offline
Green Horn
U
Joined: Aug 2020
Posts: 15
I need more info on this Texas toothpick!

Re: Fork Crappie [Re: KidKrappie] #14376218 05/25/22 12:50 AM
Joined: Mar 2002
Posts: 4,403
S
Slewfoot Online Content
TFF Team Angler
Online Content
TFF Team Angler
S
Joined: Mar 2002
Posts: 4,403
Originally Posted by fishin'aholic2
If it was me, I would go straight to one of the bridges and drop some minnows down. Definitely don't want to make things too complicated and it will be cooler for the kid with plenty of action and nothing to get hung up on


This is what I would do! Focus on 154 and East and west 515. Usually around the crossmembere but with the lake down maybe not as much. Probably 12-15’ down on the shady side of the bridge!

Slew thumb

Re: Fork Crappie [Re: uraveragejoe] #14376460 05/25/22 11:49 AM
Joined: May 2015
Posts: 152
6
67TexasTBend Offline
Outdoorsman
Offline
Outdoorsman
6
Joined: May 2015
Posts: 152
Originally Posted by uraveragejoe
I need more info on this Texas toothpick!


So do I.

Re: Fork Crappie [Re: TXGar89] #14376486 05/25/22 12:33 PM
Joined: Jan 2013
Posts: 2,104
R
reelswift Offline
Extreme Angler
Offline
Extreme Angler
R
Joined: Jan 2013
Posts: 2,104
Texas TP looks like a metal rod for a leader ?


Team LVS34
Captain WNB
Re: Fork Crappie [Re: KidKrappie] #14376756 05/25/22 04:07 PM
Joined: Apr 2018
Posts: 266
S
sticknstring Offline
Angler
Offline
Angler
S
Joined: Apr 2018
Posts: 266
Originally Posted by fishin'aholic2
If it was me, I would go straight to one of the bridges and drop some minnows down. Definitely don't want to make things too complicated and it will be cooler for the kid with plenty of action and nothing to get hung up on


!st time out at four years old= keep it fun!! If he is having fun -you'll have a partner for life! Bridges/shade and minnows are a great way to invest in fun at this age. When my girls were little, this worked well. The minnows were "fun" to play with on the days the fish were not co-operating roflmao
My oldest came home from college( for the weekend) and one of the things she wanted to do while home was go out and "thump" some crappie! Of course , my youngest-who is still at home was in on the deal. We went out on Sunday morning and put 25 in the boat with jigs.... Keep it fun and theyll keep coming back!

Re: Fork Crappie [Re: TXGar89] #14376781 05/25/22 04:20 PM
Joined: Apr 2018
Posts: 266
S
sticknstring Offline
Angler
Offline
Angler
S
Joined: Apr 2018
Posts: 266
https://texasfishingforum.com/forums/ubbthreads.php/topics/9209934/Rod_Bumping

David explains his toothpick method on a thread back in 2013!

Re: Fork Crappie [Re: TXGar89] #14386883 06/07/22 01:02 AM
Joined: Apr 2021
Posts: 17
T
TXGar89 Offline OP
Green Horn
OP Offline
Green Horn
T
Joined: Apr 2021
Posts: 17
Ended up with 72 crappie over 2 days. Freezer is full and the kid is ready to go back. Caught most of the fish on main lake points/humps in timber in 20’ of water[Linked Image]

Re: Fork Crappie [Re: TXGar89] #14387181 06/07/22 12:37 PM
Joined: Jul 2012
Posts: 4,765
T
Tommar Online Content
TFF Team Angler
Online Content
TFF Team Angler
T
Joined: Jul 2012
Posts: 4,765
Wow! Sounds like a great trip and look at that happy kid!


US Army and TXARNG 1984-2014
Gulf War 90-91
Iraq 2004-05
A'stan 2009
VFW Post Commander 2013-15
Re: Fork Crappie [Re: TXGar89] #14387314 06/07/22 02:43 PM
Joined: Sep 2017
Posts: 5,362
P
pop r Offline
TFF Celebrity
Offline
TFF Celebrity
P
Joined: Sep 2017
Posts: 5,362
Nicely done sir. Making lifetime memories. It doesn't get any better. thumb

Re: Fork Crappie [Re: TXGar89] #14396192 06/17/22 01:04 AM
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 797
D
Double Row Offline
Pro Angler
Offline
Pro Angler
D
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 797
Originally Posted by TXGar89
Taking my 4 year old out for his first crappie trip to fork the weekend after memorial. Any tips would be appreciated. I typically bass fish but want to get him excited about the sport.


It looks like you had a great time, making memories. If you want to really get him hooked on fishing, take him white bass fishing. The action can be fast and furious and they will bite anything when they are in a feeding frenzy.

Re: Fork Crappie [Re: TXGar89] #14396691 06/17/22 04:43 PM
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 12,433
J
JIM SR. Offline
TFF Guru
Offline
TFF Guru
J
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 12,433
Lake Fork Marina Beach in the background is a nice touch... fish

Page 1 of 2 1 2
Previous Thread
Index
Next Thread

© 1998-2022 OUTDOOR SITES NETWORK all rights reserved USA and Worldwide
Powered by UBB.threads™ PHP Forum Software 7.7.3