01-22-2006, 05:01 PM
I have fished crappies quite a bit in Monatana and what worked for me is a castmaster or swedish pimple tipped with live minnows. Had to use a spring bobber most of the time because of such light bites. Watch for your line to go slightly slack most of the time they will come up and hit from underneath. I also had succes with ant style ice flies tipped with meal worms for them. Since you have a fish finder always try and position your bait a foot or 2 above them. Rarely will crappies follow a bait down to hit it. If you see fish coming up to your bait as your dropping it stop it above them and slowly reel up to entice them to bite. What part of ND do you live in? Thinking of maybe heading that way in Feb.
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