Tearing up the Crappie

[bassfisher14]

Well, I finally figured out the night crappie fishing thing. I went out Saturday night. Made it on the lake around midnight with the intentions of catching some crappie. I anchored off at one spot that was supposed to be a good crappie hole. Sat there for 2 hours and didn't catch a thing. Got a couple of bites, but nothing. I moved to another spot and figured out a way to hang my spotlight over the edge of my boat to attract the baitfish in. Sat there for about 2 hours and caught a couple cats, but still no crappie. I finally figured out that what I thought was my minnow swimming around was actually crappie taking my bait. Once I figured that out I started tearing them up. I have never crappie fished before, so this was basically a learning experience for me. I ended up catching about 10 of them and a couple of shellcrackers before daylight set in and I had to leave. Now I know what to do next time and I will be able to fill my cooler full before I leave. I would post pictures, but the batteries in my camera were too dead to turn it on. I'll remember to get more batteries before I go again.