[Johnny_Cipher]

Deer season ends Saturday, hubby's takin' me crappie fishing Sunday.

If he hasn't told you yet, crappie hit VERY light on a baited hook. They might even hit from below on bait so that the only way you know you got a bite is that your line suddenly goes slack. The best way to fish for crappie is to keep the rod butt in your hand and feel for a strike - and you won't feel much. Set the hook if you feel any sort of tug at all or if the line goes slack.

[Quilla]

You're sweet, but I'll be shootin' a Matthews.

Just joshin' you. Both my husband and I hunt and fish nearly every weekend. Crappie are biting at night right now, so we're considering hitting the lake Saturday night and staying until we get our limit (30 each).

[LucyJo]

"...crappie hit VERY light on a baited hook. They might even hit from below on bait so that the only way you know you got a bite is that your line suddenly goes slack. The best way to fish for crappie is to keep the rod butt in your hand and feel for a strike - and you won't feel much. Set the hook if you feel any sort of tug at all or if the line goes slack."

Now you're makin' me wanta go fishin' worse than ever!! I love to fish for crappie, bass, bream, and catfish. Did y'all see the picture on Drudge's site of the 121 lb. catfish caught from the bank on the Texas side of Lake Texoma with a rod and reel? I'd like to have watched that! I saw a guy fight to land one that weighed twenty pounds or so one time. He was was fishing from the bank of the Arkansas river with a rod n' reel. I thought he would never get him in, and it was so much fun to watch that I couldn't have enjoyed it more unless I'd have done it myself. Don't know if my heart could have taken the excitement of haulin' in one 6 times that size! :-)