Q: i want to know what bait is good for crappie, but something that sunnys dont like, becuz i go to this lake and there are a lot of sunnys there ,but i want to catch a good fish to eat,, so what is a good bait for them? and is it hard to filet fish because i just bought a filet knife, and i sorta know how to because i see people filet fish all the time, but im 15, and want to catch crappie, filet them and eat them
A: Some good baits are live bait, fur jigs, plastic baits, spinners, spoons. for live bait try small minnows but not to small or the sunnies will get them. they should be like 2 inches long. worms also work but the sunnies attack them like pirahnas. but if you get a big enough worm with a bigger hook sunnies won't get them. I even caught a crappie on a crawfish. If you use spinners use a size 0 or 1. same for the spoons and for the jigs use bright colors so they can see them. for plastics just use any small one like rubber tube or grubs or any liite rubber insect or fish. For tackle just use a 5 to 5'6 foot rod a small spining reel with 6 to 8 pound test mono. fileting fish is not hard after you get the hang of it but its harder to filet crappie because there smaller.