hacksaw Loc: Pasadena, Texas

Aww man! You just missed it.
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Coffeeman113 Loc: Spring, TX

Very nice! Anytime you catch 15 inch crappie it's a memorable day on the lake. I think your 2 lb estimate is spot on. I have caught a couple 15 inchers on Conroe this year and they were 2.05 and 2.1 lbs., both on jigs. Crazy how the big ones seem to hit the jigs over live bait.

hacksaw Loc: Pasadena, Texas

Coffeeman, those Crappie have a mind of their own. We’ve bought minnows before in case they didn’t want jigs. They never even looked at the minnow. Wasted money. Thanks for your estimates too. Tight lines.
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Coffeeman113 Loc: Spring, TX

Hacksaw, You are so right about Crappie having a mind of their own. Livescope has definitely confirmed that fact to me on multiple occasions. Honestly, I have my best luck using shad (my preferred bait) if I can catch them and they are the right size. April and May I can usually catch them right off the boat ramp just before dawn. They can be so abundant at times you can use a dip net and scoop them up. We keep the ones that die off and freeze them for later use with pool noodles and circle hooks. We set them about 7-10 ft down and usually catch a few blue cats in the 7-10 lb range. Perfect eating size.

There was an older gentleman that turned me on to using shad about 20 years ago. We fished in the same stumps in about 20 ft of water in April and May. He would always seem to catch his limit of Crappie and one day he was nice enough to give us some leftover shad. We immediately started catching crappie doubling our normal catch. Soon after that we had a couple of limits. They are hard to keep alive, but we found at times crappie would even hit fresh dead shad.

Good luck to you and thanks for sharing a picture of those 15 inchers.

TexasWomack Loc: Prosper, TX

Good times right there.

Jarheadfishnfool Loc: Woodlake/Tulare ,Ca.

Beautiful Crappie Hack ,my favorites !👍🤙

hacksaw Loc: Pasadena, Texas

Coffeeman, I’ve only used shad saltwater fishing for Reds. Keeping them alive was a challenge but the Reds hit them dead or alive. We were in my boat and fished at a HL&P discharge near Baytown, Tx. We had live and dead shrimp but weren’t catching anything. One of the guys started foul hooking the shad and put them in the aerator. The Reds tore them up. Shad must be a favorite of most fish, fresh or saltwater. A couple of guys were fishing behind us and asked us what we were using. I told them what we were doing and all he said was “bullshit”. They were using shrimp and didn’t get a bite all night. Couple of dumbasses if you ask me. We caught huge Reds all night. I didn’t know if were over limit or not but when we got back to the launch the game warden checked us and we were good to go. Thanks for sharing your information with me. Next time I bank fish I’ll net some shad and see what happens. Tight lines every time.
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hacksaw Loc: Pasadena, Texas

Thanks Jarhead. My favorites too.😉
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hacksaw Loc: Pasadena, Texas

Yessir, you betcha it is. Lotsa fun.
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Coffeeman113 Loc: Spring, TX

Yes sir. That's a beautiful bass you caught. I didn't know you could catch them at night. Sounds like you have some skills.

Coffeeman113 Loc: Spring, TX

Hacksaw, I get the same type of response when people ask me what I caught them on and I tell them shad. Let me know if you have any success catching Crappie when you try it. Good luck!

hacksaw Loc: Pasadena, Texas

I'll do that for sure. Thanks 😊.