I’ve caught the best sized Crappie, thus far, fishing in that rain. Haha! I was drenched, but I had a ball, buddy! Thanks for tuning in and watching my video! God bless you, friend! 🤙🏼
True dedicated fisherman right there. Hope you get more videos out before you catch pneumonia. Good stuff. Seriously, don't get yourself sick just to make a video. We can wait until it stops raining.
Thanks for the positive feedback bud! Yeah, it don’t take much for that rain to get you sick if you stay in it long enough. I suppose working in the rain in all my years delivering Mayfield and Weigel’s milk has helped me get used to being cold and wet. Not that it doesn’t make me sick, because it does from time to time. But, I’m used to it now, I guess. Haha! Thanks for stopping by and watching my video friend! You take it easy and God bless! 🤙🏼
Thanks bud! I’ve always heard people say the fish bite best when it rains, so I had to put it to the test. Haha! I hate I couldn’t get any other type of fishing rig and technique to work here lately. But this has been the only setup and technique that’s been working on Norris Lake for me for the last few weeks now. Thanks for stopping by and watching my friend! See you later Domingo! 🤙🏼
I always thought it was funny that people on the banks of the water would constantly cast out to where the boats were and people in boats always cast to where the banks are. Thanks for making the videos. Any day watching people fish is better than a work day.
That’s always been a funny fact of fishing! Haha. Sorry for the bad audio from the rain and wind. I tried my best to make it where everybody could understand what I was saying. Thanks for watching bud! 🤙🏼
Hello Kev, that was a great video I learned from that footage thank u 4 sharing that why do u use a smaller jighead and does the split shot help with your casting distance thank u James H
Hey James! Thank you for stumbling across this video and enjoying it! So to answer your questions: *The smaller jighead to use for these crappie is simply to match the size of the shad the crappie are going after. When I was using a 1/32nd oz jighead with a 2 inch Bobby garland, I wasn’t getting any hits at all. It was crazy, because the color was exactly the same! A couple weeks back I put up a video that shows exactly what shad they were going after. It was evident that the shad they were feeding on weren’t any bigger than that. When you use a smaller jighead, bend that hook to where the point is facing over the eyelet to allow you a higher chance to hook into huge crappie. *The split shot does help cast further distance, despite how small it is. More weight = more distance, no matter how small the size is. But! What helps cast farther distances with tiny setups is the fishing rod. It’s a 7’ light action rod, where the tip barely holds firm enough to when you whip that rod towards where you want your bait to go, it helps sling that line out in a whiplash affect.
Cool video 😎. Appreciate the tips and details regarding your setup. I copied your setup but haven’t fished Norris before. I used Google Earth and picked a spot 15 min away from home. Packed up after an hour without a bite and drove 30 min to another random spot. Nothing there either. Not gonna lie, pretty discouraging. Was determined to catch something, so I came home and caught bluegill and bass in my pond 🙃. But thanks for roughing the weather for us to watch!
I’m sorry the luck hasn’t been on your side with that setup bud! I’m sure you know how Norris Lake is, though. When you’re hot, YOU’RE HOT! And when you’re not, YOU’RE REALLY REALLY NOT!!!! The location I’ve caught them out of is relatively flat and muddy bottom. There’s not a distinct creek channel that flows into that spot. So it’s pretty much a massive pocket of shallow water for the bait fish to get trapped in. If you can find a body of water going up into a large size pocket, regardless if there’s a creek channel in it or not, with relatively shallow and muddy bottom with a couple brush piles in the depths, you might be able to locate the Crappie that way. Where there’s warmer water, there’s more bait fish. Give it about another week or two with these unseasonably warm temps, and you’ll see the Crappie start to scatter across the tops of the waters. More-less their average depth they’ll suspend in will be about 2 feet under the surface.
@@spookiehyperbole7510yeah bud, no problem! Lords blessed me too much in my life to not help others out. I may not give out exact locations of where I’ve been fishing at, but for the most part, I’ve had these techniques work in all places across Norris, Melton Hill, Watts Bar, Fort Loudon, and Tellico Lake. And when it gets warm, the lower river systems and creeks that feed into them are dynamite locations! 🤙🏼
Thanks bud! I’m glad you enjoyed the video! I’ll be out on my little bass tracker boat from time to time. I don’t fish Norris much, to be honest with you. But, within the next month, I’ll be putting in at Anderson County Park to target smallmouth in the evening and walleye at night. If you see a guy in the middle of the night throwing a cast net within that swimming area, it’s most likely me. Haha! If you’re there, come onboard bud! 🤙🏼
I get most of mine at Academy Sports and Outdoors. There’s some that I get out of Big Fish Outfiiters when I travel over to melton hill dam. I hardly buy anything out of Bass Pro Shops, truly. Lol
Mainly the Clinch side. But I’ve started fishing the Powell side to explore what’s over that area, but I haven’t had any good videos to put together fishing the Powell, yet.
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Catching crappie in crappie weather! My kind of fisherman!!
I’ve caught the best sized Crappie, thus far, fishing in that rain. Haha! I was drenched, but I had a ball, buddy! Thanks for tuning in and watching my video! God bless you, friend! 🤙🏼
True dedicated fisherman right there. Hope you get more videos out before you catch pneumonia. Good stuff.
Seriously, don't get yourself sick just to make a video. We can wait until it stops raining.
Thanks for the positive feedback bud! Yeah, it don’t take much for that rain to get you sick if you stay in it long enough. I suppose working in the rain in all my years delivering Mayfield and Weigel’s milk has helped me get used to being cold and wet. Not that it doesn’t make me sick, because it does from time to time. But, I’m used to it now, I guess. Haha!
Thanks for stopping by and watching my video friend! You take it easy and God bless! 🤙🏼
Thanks for sharing fishing trip! Some serious fishing there! Be safe brother!!🙏🙏💯💯🐟🐟
Thanks bud! I’ve always heard people say the fish bite best when it rains, so I had to put it to the test. Haha! I hate I couldn’t get any other type of fishing rig and technique to work here lately. But this has been the only setup and technique that’s been working on Norris Lake for me for the last few weeks now.
Thanks for stopping by and watching my friend! See you later Domingo! 🤙🏼
I always thought it was funny that people on the banks of the water would constantly cast out to where the boats were and people in boats always cast to where the banks are. Thanks for making the videos. Any day watching people fish is better than a work day.
That’s always been a funny fact of fishing! Haha.
Sorry for the bad audio from the rain and wind. I tried my best to make it where everybody could understand what I was saying. Thanks for watching bud! 🤙🏼
@@CrappieKev It's real, down to Earth type of videos like this that I like. You can't control the weather.....or can you??
😂 I mean 🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️ Maybe. Maybe not? Nobody may never know…
Hello Kev, that was a great video I learned from that footage thank u 4 sharing that why do u use a smaller jighead and does the split shot help with your casting distance thank u James H
Hey James! Thank you for stumbling across this video and enjoying it! So to answer your questions:
*The smaller jighead to use for these crappie is simply to match the size of the shad the crappie are going after. When I was using a 1/32nd oz jighead with a 2 inch Bobby garland, I wasn’t getting any hits at all. It was crazy, because the color was exactly the same! A couple weeks back I put up a video that shows exactly what shad they were going after. It was evident that the shad they were feeding on weren’t any bigger than that. When you use a smaller jighead, bend that hook to where the point is facing over the eyelet to allow you a higher chance to hook into huge crappie.
*The split shot does help cast further distance, despite how small it is. More weight = more distance, no matter how small the size is. But! What helps cast farther distances with tiny setups is the fishing rod. It’s a 7’ light action rod, where the tip barely holds firm enough to when you whip that rod towards where you want your bait to go, it helps sling that line out in a whiplash affect.
Cool video 😎. Appreciate the tips and details regarding your setup. I copied your setup but haven’t fished Norris before. I used Google Earth and picked a spot 15 min away from home. Packed up after an hour without a bite and drove 30 min to another random spot. Nothing there either. Not gonna lie, pretty discouraging. Was determined to catch something, so I came home and caught bluegill and bass in my pond 🙃. But thanks for roughing the weather for us to watch!
I’m sorry the luck hasn’t been on your side with that setup bud! I’m sure you know how Norris Lake is, though. When you’re hot, YOU’RE HOT! And when you’re not, YOU’RE REALLY REALLY NOT!!!! The location I’ve caught them out of is relatively flat and muddy bottom. There’s not a distinct creek channel that flows into that spot. So it’s pretty much a massive pocket of shallow water for the bait fish to get trapped in. If you can find a body of water going up into a large size pocket, regardless if there’s a creek channel in it or not, with relatively shallow and muddy bottom with a couple brush piles in the depths, you might be able to locate the Crappie that way. Where there’s warmer water, there’s more bait fish. Give it about another week or two with these unseasonably warm temps, and you’ll see the Crappie start to scatter across the tops of the waters. More-less their average depth they’ll suspend in will be about 2 feet under the surface.
Thanks for taking the time to reply with that detailed info. I’ll definitely keep that in mind when I give it another shot.
@@spookiehyperbole7510yeah bud, no problem! Lords blessed me too much in my life to not help others out. I may not give out exact locations of where I’ve been fishing at, but for the most part, I’ve had these techniques work in all places across Norris, Melton Hill, Watts Bar, Fort Loudon, and Tellico Lake. And when it gets warm, the lower river systems and creeks that feed into them are dynamite locations! 🤙🏼
Kev if you ever want to meet up somewhere on Norris holler at me. I would be glad to fish with ya sometime. Great video pal.
Thanks bud! I’m glad you enjoyed the video! I’ll be out on my little bass tracker boat from time to time. I don’t fish Norris much, to be honest with you. But, within the next month, I’ll be putting in at Anderson County Park to target smallmouth in the evening and walleye at night. If you see a guy in the middle of the night throwing a cast net within that swimming area, it’s most likely me. Haha! If you’re there, come onboard bud! 🤙🏼
GBO!!!!
That’s right buddy! 🎶 Good Ole Rocky Top WOOOH Rocky Top, TN!! 🎶
Where do you get your lures at?
I get most of mine at Academy Sports and Outdoors. There’s some that I get out of Big Fish Outfiiters when I travel over to melton hill dam. I hardly buy anything out of Bass Pro Shops, truly. Lol
@@CrappieKev thanks buddy!
What part of Norris do you do your fishing? Clinch or Powell?
Mainly the Clinch side. But I’ve started fishing the Powell side to explore what’s over that area, but I haven’t had any good videos to put together fishing the Powell, yet.
I’m at a campground close to the clinch side but I’m on the Powell side there’s really good crappie fishing up the river