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structures, or along inside

turns or points in the basin.
Depressions or rises in the
basin are also good and any
edges between different
bottom types in the basin.
Some of the stuff crappies
like is hard to describe, but I
usually know it when I see

it.

When I find a school of
crappies, they are often
suspended several feet or
more off the bottom. I like

to use a 5-foot ultralight St.
Croix Panfish Series Rod
(pictured prior page), so I can fish close to the boat, where I can see both my lure and the crappies on
sonar, much like I do when ice fishing.

I spool my reel with 3-pound test Sunline Fluorocarbon and use the Northland PM1 Puppet Minnow
with no bait or the 1/32 oz. Buckshot Rattle spoon (pictured below) with a minnow head or wax worm. I
also like to use a Dart Minnow with small fathead minnow on the back hook or a small Feather Jig and a

minnow with a split shot about 2 feet above the jig to help get it to the bottom faster.

Remember, crappies will get the “Bends” in water deeper than the mid-20s, so you may have to keep
what you catch, regardless of size.

I look forward to seeing many of you on the Bro Road Show this late fall. See my facebook page or
website for more details.