Early this year I decided to try going a different route, I bought a complete tube kit from Bass Pro Shops, since then I have ordered another just to have the extra on hand. The kit is so complete, in fact I dont think I have ever put together a more complete assortment on my own.

Listen quit wasting your time and money and try one of these complete tube kits, I promise you wont regret it. Ill be the first to admit that most assorted fishing kits are seriously lacking, though that is just not what you will find with this crappie fishing kit.

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When jigging for crappie you have to find and maintain an optimum depth. A good way to keep a consistent depth going is by using a rubber band. One you hook a crappie wrap the rubber band around your spool to prevent any more line from being released then what was released on the cast that caught the crappie. This allows you to go back to that same depth with ease!

If your crappie fishing and the action suddenly dies, move to deeper water, but keep fishing at the same depth! Crappie will often move to deeper water, without actually suspending deeper.

It is essential to remember just how important depth is when it comes to crappie fishing, You find the right depth, you catch the crappie!

I know to many crappie anglers that make great catches then end up murdering them during the filleting process, its a shame, if your keeping your catch take the time to learn how to prepare them correctly.

OK, on with the show!

Lets face the facts here, spring is gone and so is the easy crappie fishing. If you want to catch crappie consistently during the hot summer months your going to have to work for them. A little knowledge will go a long way here. Which is why I am writing this article, to give you that little bit of knowledge that will help you become a productive hot weather crappie killer!

Crappie generally will head for deep water once the temperatures start rising, they are often found suspending in these deeper waters at various depths, there is usually no set pattern to this movement which makes them harder to locate and catch. So what do we do, how do we catch these crappie?

One method killer method for catching crappie in a situation like this is trolling. Trolling small crank baits will allow you to cover allot of water, at different depths. Once your on the crappie and have an idea at what depths they are suspended you can then switch up your presentation, with some vertical jigging, or continue trolling. Though this is going to be a tough task to pull off if you don’t have a boat, which I fully understand many of you out there do not have, so I have another solution for your mid summer crappie blues.

Fishing live bait at night is killer on hot weather crappies. During the night crappie will start moving around again, many times the move into shallower waters to feed. Making them easy targets for the shore fisherman. A simple float rig tipped with a live shiner or crawler will work well. The key here is presenting your bait at the right depth, so there is no doubt you will have to make adjustments to your leader length until you find the optimum suspended depth.

Take some of the simple advice given in this article and use it. You will find that the dog days of summer don’t have to be a down time for crappie fishing.