SATUBBORN SLABS

CATCH MORE CRAPPIES DURING THEIR FALL TRANSITION.

By Jeff Knapp

The water temperature was in the low 50s when my neighbor Don joined me for a fall outing on a local lake last year. Don likes to eat crappies, and I was cautiously optimistic we’d put enough slabs in the live well to satisfy the needs of him and his family. Stopping the boat shy of an offshore submerged tree, I instructed Don to cast a 1/16-ounce jig dressed with an action-tail grub toward the spot. The sunken tree sat in 25 feet of water with branches that extended 10 feet off bottom. As our lightweight jigs slowly swung toward the cover, they were intercepted by footlong slabs, the start of a great morning. By fishing this brush pile and ones like it, the outing provided exactly what my friend needed. I…

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Game & Fish East (Digital) - 1 Issue, October 2023

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