JUST CAUGHT: Crappie Machine

Texas crappie guide James Davis explains how he and show host Karl Kalonka are going to fish for Lake Whitney crappie with his weight system jigs and jig poles for crappie wandering from submerged tree tops and deeper timber on a calm, sunny day in Texas.

Full time Oklahoma crappie guide Joshua Matthew explains how to locate and pattern crappie on channels and coves during severe weather changes and how you can catch them with hand tied hair jigs and spinning rods in sunken brush and boat docks in the backs of coves and in front of boat docks.

Crappie Guide Dan Langston explains how to locate and fish for migrating black and white crappie on world famous Lake Fork with long jig poles and tiny hair jigs with the aid of his electronics and finding river channels in deeper water.

Some useful tips and tactics for catching springtime black crappie during a cold front by down-sizing your cork and plastic bait when searching for crappie in the warmest locations of a lake with dark bottoms and new weed growth. This is how we do in the north and you can do it on your favourite crappie lakes in springtime.

Karl is fishing with Florida guide Jack Smith on Crescent Lake, using his proven technique using a combination of four different rod lengths by HH rods and reels and dragging Charlie Brewer paddle tail baits over sand flats for roaming crappie on a beautiful day in the sunshine state.

How to rig scent into tiny jig heads for more crappie with Oklahoma guide Joshua Matthew. Sometimes a little scent can go a long way and on this cold front day, using tiny scent balls in the Eye Hole jigs helped us catch some of the biggest crappie of the season in deeper brush piles and submerged timber with spinning rods and light line.

Dan Langston of River Bottom Boys Crappie Guide Service describes the ins and outs of how to fish for giant black crappie hiding in deep timber by swimming one-eighth ounce Slab Syndicate hair jigs on medium light spinning rods on an overcast day and catches some truly giant black slabs.

Popular Texas crappie guide James Davis of Davis Guide Service explains the technique of catching wandering crappie in the Rio Brazos River area of Northeast Texas with ten-foot jig poles and Strike King Joker baits and tungsten weight systems that get the bait to the fish fast and provoke them into biting.

Local Louisiana crappie guide Haiden Richard describes a very popular technique for triggering bites from crappie holding close to bridge pilings and tree stumps with long jig poles and tiny soft shad baits in neon green in the Henderson Bayou area near Lafayette Louisiana.

Karl and buddy ‘seabass’ are hunting for black crappie prior to spawning in front of spawning back bays with sensitive slip floats and soft plastic baits suspended just above the weed beds and catching a bunch of thick black crappie. The hottest bait colours and when to move from the weed clumps when the bite slows down.

Oklahoma crappie guide Joshua Matthew explains how using Forward Facing Sonar can help you find those roaming crappies when they are roaming from brush piles in low light conditions and how to catch crappie with tiny hair jigs and light action spinning rods.

Karl hooks up with legendary Florida crappie guide Jack Smith after a bucket list request to experience this deadly way to catch big black crappie when the sun goes down with his unique system of submerged neo green lights that attract baitfish and in turn the big nighttime slabs.

Elite crappie guide and tournament pro Dan Langston explains why the sixteen-foot jig pole helps you catch giant Texas crappie roaming in deep timber while using bigger shad-like soft baits and big jig heads. kwfishing kwjust