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Crappies on the Side

Tips for locating and catching crappies in

the waning weeks of autumn

By David A. Brown

Fall is feeding time for predators of every flavor, and crappies are in full-on gorging mode; keenly aware
of winter’s lurking. Knowing this, Seaguar and Raymarine pro Troy Peterson knows that finding the food
means finding crappies. The fish are mostly suspended this time of year, but dialing in the likely bait-
holding areas helps him narrow the search.

“We have a pretty big river system with the Wolf River (Wisconsin) and all the minnows, shiners

and other baitfish are up in the rivers, scattered amid the timber, in some of the deep holes and