Crappie Basics: Something Shady About Crappie Fishing Video
by Richard Simms
On bright, sunny days – summer or winter – crappie often like shade. Anglers who shoot docks or any other cover know that. But sometimes huge schools of crappie seek out grander expanses of shade. And that is often more likely to occur in the winter, when crappie have a tendency to gang up naturally.
CrappieNOW Editor, Capt. Richard Simms, happened upon one of those occasions recently – coming across the largest school of crappie he says he’s ever seen. Fishing a spot on the Tennessee River, underneath a bridge crossing, he found a massive number of crappie hiding at high noon from a bright November sun.
There was no bottom structure to speak of, except for shade. And the crappie concentrated there found his Golden Mealworm Trout Magnets, on a 1/16th ounce jighead, irresistible.
Capt. Richard Simms is the Editor of CrappieNOW magazine as well as owner of Scenic City Fishing Charters. He is a former game warden for the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency before becoming a photographer and PR guy for TWRA. That lead to a 30-year career as a broadcast journalist and freelance outdoor writer. You can follow Capt. Simms on Facebook.
