FISH HIDDEN SPOTS ANYTIME

"To take big crappie, build brush shelters in places with no other structure on which the crappie can hold," Sam Spencer, a retired fisheries biologist, once told me. "I like to build brush shelters along the edges of clay banks or solid rock faces where the crappie have no other type of cover on which they can hold. I've also built brush shelters in the mouths of embayments with nothing but clay or mud banks in them."

Spencer has found that by sinking brush in sites where no crappie fisherman ordinarily will fish, he can concentrate crappie and often catch some of the biggest crappie in the lake with this technique.

According to Spencer, "I learned that when I put brush in areas where the crappie had no cover that often within only 1 1/2- to two hours I could return to those same spots and not only catch crappie but also take numbers of big crappie."

TOMORROW: BECOME STRUCTURE ORIENTED TO CRAPPIE FISH ANYTIME

Check back each day this week for more about fighting tactics for monster crappie...

Day 1 - Use Bass Baits For Spawning Crappie
Day 2 - Fish Deep With Tiny Jigs For Post-spawn Crappie
Day 3 - Fish Hidden Spots Anytime
Day 4 - Become Structure Oriented To Crappie Fish Anytime
Day 5 - Fish Limit Lakes For Crappie Anytime

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