Catching Fall Crappie

I have never fished for crappie or walleye in the fall, choosing to chase "Old Mossy Hoof" instead, but his year is going to be different. I am tired of hearing the stories (lies) about the boat loads of fish, so I am loading up my two boys, dragging out the camper and boat, and heading to woods so I see what all the fuss is about.

While I am waiting on my vacation to roll around I will be posting my fall fishing research so that maybe I can save someone else the trouble.

This guy seems like he knows what he is talking about... He even calls himself "The Crappie Guy."

Fall Crappie

If there was ever a time of the year to love crappie fishing, the Fall is the time. The lakes have started to cool, the crappie are starting to instinctively fatten up for the winter’s hard times, and the fishing gets easier as the temps fall. This is the time of the year that I think you have the best chance of catching a really big crappie. Whether you’re flipping stumps, shooting docks, fishing shallow brushpiles, shooting bridge pilings…it doesn’t really matter. You’ll find crappie in all these spots and more. This is the time of year that the novice crappie fisherman should be out gaining his confidence for the long cold months ahead. In North Texas, the crappie will generally start their migration to shallower water about the middle of October and will generally stay there until the lake ‘turns’. During this time, I have found that it makes little difference what jigs size, color, presentation, or whatever you choose…cause the crappie are hungry and willing. Some of my personal best days have been when the air temp was in the 40′s with a light mist falling and the lake in the mid 50′s. Everybody else is in the house watching TV and sipping hot toddies…and I’m on the lake killin’ em. Honestly, nothing too technical about this season, as long as you’re willing to get out in a little weather and can stand catching limits of two pounders.

Fall……hands down, my favorite.

And here is a video I found... Not as helpful as I would have liked...

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Dippin' trees for summer Crappie

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Helicopter FISHING! Dude tries hand at "Heli Fishing"

"For you skeptics who say the fish was dead, I assure you it wasn't dead.

That said, I still risked my E-Flite Blade 400 for some entertainment for you
(I used 3 batteries, hence the cut) as fun and challenging for me.
I doubt most others would risk their $450 heli just to hover over the water, let alone dangle a line!

This scenario shows it may be possible to use the Helicopter for fishing, however it would be expensive fishing.

It is always terribly windy here, so on this calm day, those simple waves in the water was of no concern to a sunfish!

It also helps to have lots of fish, like in our Sand Pit Pond where they bite on hooks with no bait! (actually I used fish eggs and the hook 24" from the bobber.
Hey, you never know, if you don't try!
***Caution from past experience***

If the Tail rotor hits the water even slightly, it will immediately cause a crash.
Big fish can drain batteries fast. It takes and hour to charge between flights of only 6 minutes, so this could be a long process to catch a fish.
Sunfish are not big fighters.

Fly easy and thanks for watching.
I hope you found this entertaining.

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and yes, I'm going to try it again, so stay tuned"... NightFlyyer (youtube video comments)

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