Midwest Fishing: Fall for crappies
Many very accomplished and well-known anglers have made the observation that crappies are a mysterious fish. In mid and late summer in a good number of lakes, they seem to disappear from areas where they were abundant just a few weeks earlier. But if you keep a few things in mind, you can catch’em when they re-appear in the fall. Crappies are crepuscular. This means that they are most active early and late in the day much of the year. In the fall though, they’ll often bite all day. Depending on where you’re fishing, there are a couple of very good ways to catch crappies right ...