Find Crappie on a New Lake | How to locate suspended Crappie (EASY)

[@ФедорЗагинайко]

*Showed me exactly where **enjoyable.fishing** recommend fish were from the bank was amazed at how on spot it was! Love it very easy to use portable and kept a good charge was out 8 hours.*

[@jeffdurocher8669]

I know its an older video but I've learned so much along the way. I hope you never stop doing what you do for all of us. Thank you

[@btpiercy845]

You have the heart of a teacher really helped me to learn new things and I’m an old fisherman 😬thanks for taking the time

[@jerrytownsend7314]

I know this takes a lot of time but i really appreciate it. I go out and try what you teach i only have side imaging but it is the best thing that has happened. jt

[@John-of5sh]

Well, I see you did this video in 2018 and here it is the first of October a year later. And the information you gave is just as relevant today as it was a year ago. Being poor I settled for a Helix 7 on the console and a Helix 5 on the trolling motor. Thanks to you and your video's I am now confident I can use the information you posted to put some fish in my live well. Thank You Sir for taking the time to post this priceless information in a way that even an old uneducated geezer such as myself can understand!!!

[@FloppingCrappie]

you're very welcome! I hope you put a ton of fish in that livewell!

[@thatoneguy8706]

I just upgraded from fishing kayaks over that last decade to a motorized boat this year. I put some rod mounts and got me some trolling rods recently and can’t wait to try trolling for crappie next chance I get. This video should help me hone in on deeper water crappie. Thanks

[@Mr318jones]

man you're the greatest..i watch videos like this to learn more and you're so helpful..I don't waste my time on just watching someone catching fish..i need to find fish to catch fish, so showing how to find prime locations and what to look for on any lake will always be helpful..THANKS AND KEEPEM COMING......

[@FloppingCrappie]

Will do! Thanks for watching!

[@jamesbrechin2899]

Great video. Best explanation of distinguishing hard vs soft bottom and its relation to catching fish I have seen.

[@jamesmccarl3180]

Thanks for the education I am a 66 year old northwestern PA. Not to tech savvy I can understand your videos.

[@FloppingCrappie]

Glad to help

[@pilot5298]

Thanks for another great educational video. Your series is really helping me to understand what my sonar is trying to tell me.

[@russellwittie8961]

Well done Davis, keep em coming. You guys should all meet in the middle, right here on Ft. Gibson Lake.

[@gerardreed613]

This is a great series on setting up and knowing how to use your electronics. Very informative and to the point. Very good stuff. Keep the film rolling!!!

[@FloppingCrappie]

Thanks, and thanks for watching

[@homerson1080]

Very informative and detailed to help beginners like me. Thank you again for taking the time and effort to making these videos! Keep it coming!

[@FloppingCrappie]

Thanks for watching!

[@whitetiger8010]

Thank you

[@denhaire]

I can’t tell you how much this helps. Still floundering (crappie-Ing?) with my Helix 10, 2 gen Mega everything. Thanks!

[@FloppingCrappie]

You're welcome! Good luck!

[@mnhoss2100]

New sub here. I don't post often but I always leave some imogis to help the algorithm. Please take this as a sign of my respect and appreciation. 🤟🤟😄😄👍👍💪💪🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@FloppingCrappie]

Much appreciated, thank you!

[@ozarksnakefarm]

Great channel for new folk like me. 😀

[@leetullberg604]

You need to come to southeast Wisconsin and we can go out on Big Elkhart and find some crappies!

[@FloppingCrappie]

I want to take trip that way this summer, hopefully gas prices don't get out of hand

[@johnboyd2360]

U tha man refreshing myself teacher

[@luthercharlton1622]

Still learning the Helix 7 and your videos sure help a lot. Looking forward to others you do.

[@Nazman06]

Try this at Joe Pool lake in Arlington Texas.

[@scowc9322]

Vary informative can’t wait to get back in my boat this spring and play around with my helix

[@FloppingCrappie]

Thanks for watching, let me know how your Helix unit works for you.

[@kerrylouden4833]

Great information…Much appreciated!

[@imeeespinosa1811]

Thanks sir for your clearly and good xplaination on how to operate that equipment may have more small skill fishermen n the phil. Got and acquired Knowlege .

[@fishingismydrug1]

Excellent job of explaining and especially showing the image of the graph. Thank you.

[@FloppingCrappie]

you're welcome! Thanks for watching!

[@Walt1119]

I know this is an older video, but this series is really great info on reading your FF!! Thanks so much for sharing with us, just ran across your channel, now a subscriber!!!! W

[@FloppingCrappie]

Thanks for subscribing

[@rhyllested]

Great video! This really helped me better utilizer my sonar unit.

[@FloppingCrappie]

Glad it helped!

[@76pault]

Just what I needed. Taking my new helix 9's to the lake tomorrow.

[@FloppingCrappie]

Good luck!

[@teamraacthemin6078]

I’ve been watching your videos and your very detail about the humminbird. I actually have the same one you have. I love it and I enjoy it every time I go out on the water. I’ve learn something new. Again many thanks.

[@FloppingCrappie]

Thanks for watching!

[@ifishcatfish]

Watching this a second time. Missed many of ur points the first time. Thumbs up for the hat. USA!

[@twinstone7509]

I like these videos, keep it up, it would be awesome for you to also try fishing those spots that you are showing on your sonar, thanks!

[@FloppingCrappie]

I will do that the next time I'm out on the water. Thanks for watching!

[@twinstone7509]

Look forward to it, thanks for your response!

[@davehaas6830]

Good tip and when and how to mark the school then go thru it .

[@GrandLakeGuy]

Hey Davis! Love your channel man, you are one of the guys that inspired me to start my own channel. Great video man, thanks for sharing!

[@FloppingCrappie]

I'm glad you started a channel. Thanks for make the "how to make brushpiles" video, I plan to drop a few liek the ones in your video in a private pond. Hopefully some slabs show up.Thanks for watching!

[@GrandLakeGuy]

Thanks for the sub Flopping Crappie! I'm honored sir.

[@perrybutler5970]

Great job, keep up the good work. Thank you for your effort.

[@larryjones5295]

Always informative, good luck in the tournament, looking forward to the challenge don't overdo it, it's still hot outside.

[@FloppingCrappie]

Haha, I'll try not to. Thanks for watching!

[@Dmnazdaq]

Great video- explanations were right on target. Have subscribed and will be watching & learning. Keep 'em coming!

[@FloppingCrappie]

Thanks for subscribing! I'm glad you enjoyed the video!

[@taylorbernard8497]

Like your show I don’t have deep of water to fish but like what you have to say

[@rexwilliams1108]

awesome video ! i learned some good stuff there !

[@FloppingCrappie]

Thanks! Let me know if it helps you find some fish.

[@chuetouxiong7722]

Yes, I enjoyed your Down Imaging and side Imaging But, I have trouble to re-set up my Humminbird 997c. just bought it from some Guy, and no manual or instructions.

[@willievalentine7661]

Love ur videos bro. Much love here in Michigan

[@FloppingCrappie]

Thanks!

[@timandries1631]

Great job only suggestion I have is for you to widen your screen shot a bit so we can see what buttons you are pushing on your Helix. Go Bucky!

[@brucewalker1908]

I recently bought a Lowrance Hook2 Reveal and only used a few times. Still learning. Now I need to find the best contrast and sensitivity and Sharpness. Still can't find the Fish Reveal setting. Hope in time. Thanks you Video are very informative.

[@bobcrappies]

Nice video Davis 30 videos in 30 days wow good luck!!!!!!

[@FloppingCrappie]

Thanks!

[@expensivebite4944]

Very Good Teacher, Thank

[@gkynd6063]

Love the vids, bro. Now I know what I'm looking at. Thanks!

[@FloppingCrappie]

You're welcome, I'm glad the video could help. Thanks for watching!

[@wink5360]

I learned a lot. Thanks

[@FloppingCrappie]

Glad it was helpful!

[@robertdoyen5434]

Thanks agin for a great and interesting video

[@FloppingCrappie]

thanks for watching!

[@FishingLakeCountry]

I would love to see 73 degree water temps. Here in Va. N.C. area its 87-90 degrees. Crappie can be hard to find and catch. The water temps 73 in May here and crappie are on shallow cover. Good infro. thanks Dennis.

[@FloppingCrappie]

Just got your jigs in the mail. I will be filming a video with in the next week. It will be part of my 30 video challenge. Thanks again for the jigs!

[@jrainey44]

I went to Gaston the other day and it was 88 degrees. Like bathwater. I did find some fish but this video is pretty awesome.

[@FloppingCrappie]

Thanks!

[@atoyot6]

Good job..! Your vids are a great help, keep-’em coming.

[@FloppingCrappie]

Got another one posting tomorrow!

[@seektoreason4956]

Do you have any tips for finding crappie with a humminbird mega imaging on the river ?

[@paulmccloskey3244]

At 10:18, it shows a school on SI in the water column directly below the boat. You flipped over to 2D and there’s barely anything on the graph. If they are right below the boat, wouldn’t they certainly be in the 2D cone? I’m having this same issue with my Helix 7.

[@sammcpherson3351]

What about doing a tutorial video on using your electronics with your trolling motor?

[@FloppingCrappie]

i can film something like that, although the screes will look the same

[@jeffro7407]

thanks for the videos hope you make more on reading the finders, wish you had a garmin I got a 7sv and really don't understand setting it up, you think they give you a book to carry out on the water and learn how to set them up.

[@FloppingCrappie]

haha, yes I wish the fish finder companies would do more to help. I will be filming a series on my garmin 93sv in October that will work through how I would teach someone to use a fish finder. These videos in the current series are somewhat out of order on how I would teach it if it were a course, so I will be filming 4 new series with garmin, hummingbird, lowrance, and livescope this fall.

[@geraldqualls1369]

Great video iam new to your channel and may have missed the down image one. I recently got a hummingbird helix 7 with down imaging and need tips on how to use it. Thanks keep up good work

[@FloppingCrappie]

If you look in the video description, there a playlist called "how to locate crappie ". This should have the down imaging video you need to get started.

[@dickphylcaya4421]

I fish a lake that just a bowl in the water. I have caught a couple crappie there but not worth concentrating on. There is not a single point of structure or downed tree in the whole lake that I have found , and have been around it several hundred times. I do well however in the weeds for gils and deep for walleye. so I can say I am happy with the lake albeit with no crappie.

[@crappiefishingwithdryzdale8758]

Nice video, great tutorial

[@FloppingCrappie]

Thanks!

[@MrBryanborn]

Man, great video. My only issue is I have a helix 5. Very small screen. It is extremely hard for me to decipher between schools of bait fish, junk in the water and crappie. You image at the 16:33 mark is something I look for but I think MINE come out more as a blob. I think I need to play with the sensitivity and contrast. Thoughts? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[@FloppingCrappie]

If the fish are looking like a blob, it's most likely a school of bait fish. However if you think they're crappie, I would reduce the sensitivity until I see some separation between fish in a school.

[@deacman8028]

Hey Davis one quick question. I see a lot of videos with people catching fish with livescope. No one ever shows when they pull up to fish an area are they dropping an anchor because everyone seems to be sitting perfectly still.when I go out that’s not at all the case

[@gerryward7654]

When the brush pile comes into view that means it’s under your transducer is there anyway to tell if it’s to the right or the left of the boat or straight up under you

[@billw.862]

Thanks! Great info!

[@FloppingCrappie]

thanks for watching!

[@mikesmith1191]

At the 13:30 time what is the long line on 2D 2-3 ft off bottom ?

[@FloppingCrappie]

Those would be fish directly below the boat. Since my boat isn't moving very fast and the fish remain below the transducer, the display will show as a solid line until the boat drifts or the fish swim away

[@mikesmith1191]

@@FloppingCrappie THANKS for reply. Did your hbirds come with contour lines on maps ?

[@charlesronk2989]

I know this is an older post, but do you prefer the physical buoys over dropping waypoints with gps. If so why?

[@FloppingCrappie]

If you have sonar units both and the dash and bow of your boat (and they are linked together), then waypoints are the way to go. I, unfortunately, have a humminbird at the dash and a garmin at the bow (they cant be linked), so I prefer a buoy marker if when I'm using livescope. It gives me a visual area i need to be close to, even when using livescope

[@yahzai66.22]

Fish the area great video

[@FloppingCrappie]

Thanks!

[@ko4nrbs]

Excellent video!! Can you explain the location around the boat of fish, brush piles, etc. in relation to where they are on the screen? Bill NE Oklahoma

[@FloppingCrappie]

I can make it part of one my next videos. Thanks for watching!

[@ko4nrbs]

Thanks Davis!! Bill

[@quoctran4735]

This guy loves to see himself in his videos

[@FloppingCrappie]

Welcome to youtube...

[@michaelwilburn6156]

Thanks for your info and tips. Which video is the one of the tournament with you and two of my favorites Hook City and my fellow Illini 3 Pound Fishing?

[@FloppingCrappie]

here is the video you're looking for bit.ly/2RT6YWk

[@dwayne8887]

I enjoyed this video. Do the techniques in this vudeo apply to suspended Red Ear Sunfish and Bluegills? Thanks

[@FloppingCrappie]

yep, you should be able to find suspended bluegills the same way.

[@charlesronk2989]

How do I differentiate between schools of small bluegills and crappies.

[@FloppingCrappie]

The best way is to catch them. Some sonar units that have mega imaging technology are able to show the difference, but even with that tech it can be difficult

[@davidhowell4460]

Great video

[@FloppingCrappie]

Thanks!

[@Kepe63]

Found fish in 4' on 80 Degree Day last week, this week going to be 20ﾟ colder air temp, do you think crappie will move out deeper here in Wisconsin?

[@FloppingCrappie]

Possibly, crappie will suspended to the deepest part of the weedlines

[@stanmashek3085]

GREAT VIDEO YHANKS

[@FloppingCrappie]

You're welcome! Thanks for watching!

[@wesleyhughes363]

Hello Davis - I recently upgraded to new Helix 12 with SIde Imaging. Had a smaller 7 inch unit that was several years old. Just went back and re-watched this video. Seeing the fish in the black area is fairly easy, but still struggle to see the fish out to side of boat (not in black area) as the fish blend in with the bottom. Do you point out fish that show on side imaging, but not in the black area under boat on any of your videos? I need to be able to train my eye for these suspended crappie. Also just noticed how many more fish that were showing on side and down imaging that did not appear to show up at least in same numbers on 2D. I didn't pick up on that first time I viewed video several months ago. Thanks for sharing.

[@FloppingCrappie]

Hi Wesley, I might have some videos showing fish on the side of the boat (in gold area) in the fish finder series. If not, this is something I will make another video on this spring. Fish can be hard to see in the shaded area (Gold on my side imaging) when the bottom is hard, made up of sand and gravel. The reason is fish appear as a hard surface, which will show as a brighter color, but when contrasted with a hard bottom they can be difficult to see. In this case I look for the shadow of fish. The shadow will show a dark spot in the hard bottom (gold area). If there is a soft bottom (silt/muck) fish will be easier to spot because they will show a bright dot or line (depending how big the fish is) against a dull black/gold background. Hope this helps for now. I will be filming another video on this topic. Thanks for watching!

[@pywifishingandoutdoors]

Do you generally see panfish/crappie and whitebass that are in schools tend to stick to structure on calm/or windy days, or do you tend to see them just move around with bait?

[@Mr318jones]

wish my garmin 9sv showed fish like that..maybe my settings or do i need a humminbird? are just havent run across any fish yet?

[@FloppingCrappie]

Garmin should be about the same. You may just need to adjust your settings.

[@Mr318jones]

ok thanks guess i'll try that.

[@douglasp5799]

My down imagining on my 93sv plus does not work as well as your hummingbird!!

[@FloppingCrappie]

you might have to play around with the settings. I know some other people have commented on the Garmin down imaging and side imaging not showing clear pictures.

[@andyluikens8307]

How come your sonar shows 2 horizontal lines for the bottom of the lake? Around the 14:50 in the video

[@FloppingCrappie]

Sometimes in extremely soft bottom or extremely hard bottom, sonar units will get a double reading. Its usually just noise that can be fixed be setting the depth range to a shallower depth.

[@robbyddurham1624]

where you get that hat?

[@FloppingCrappie]

Here you go amzn.to/2ZLVzh4

[@ufolaoguy5240]

good job

[@FloppingCrappie]

thanks!

[@christophervalley7679]

What is the lower green graph?

[@FloppingCrappie]

are you referring to the green pixels below the red line? this would be feedback from the lake bottom. Sometimes if your sonar is reading a really hard surface, there can be feedback or a double reading.

[@christophervalley7679]

@@FloppingCrappie thanks for the reply, I subscribed to your channel and love it, a lot of good information

[@christophervalley7679]

A better idea of what I was asking is at the 5 minute mark

[@FloppingCrappie]

oh ok, the double green line? this is a double reading that can happen with really soft or really hard lake bottom. The transducer is receiving multiple signals and translates that info into a double reading on your display. The top line in the actual lake bottom.

[@brucewalker1908]

Why have you chosen to use Hunminbird and not a Lowrance unit

[@FloppingCrappie]

At the time I bought this boat, this helix 9 was the best price all things considered

[@Tabucito]

Hi, interesting videos . I work as a commercial diver, what down imaging, side imaging would you recommend for underwater search &recovery ? I search for chains, mooring blocks , underwater debris ,drowned victims etc. Thank you!

[@FloppingCrappie]

Hi, most of the new sonar unit that use side/down imaging run a 1.1-1.25 Mghz which gives a really crisp and clear image. Humminbird, lowrance, and garmin all how units with this technology. If you're looking for something on the lower end of the price range checkout humminbird helix 9 MSI G3N $1500, Lowrance Hds7 Live $1200, or garmin ultra 102sv $1800

[@Tabucito]

@@FloppingCrappie Thank s for your information.

[@FloppingCrappie]

@@Tabucito you're welcome!

[@bubbawoods1203]

very cool channel

[@FloppingCrappie]

Thanks!

[@SQLKC]

I have a hummingbird piranhamax 4 low end and the trying to learn how to use it but out of the water the transducer is 2 foot from the road and the unit is showing 8 feet. How can you improve this cause I can not depend on the numbers if it is off by that much.

[@FloppingCrappie]

Your transducer will not read if it's out of the water. It uses Sonar, which read through water. Radar reads through air.

[@SQLKC]

@@FloppingCrappie Thanks and will try to find the elusive hummingbird fish, many sittings but no catches, it is kind of like finding bigfoot.

[@richardj6593]

Question for you.. I fought with auto chart live for 2 weeks after getting my helix 10 g4n. I could never see the colored path on the base map with contour lines as I mapped. Nobody, including Humminbird tech, could figure it out. Then by accident I found out that you have to zoom in to be able to see the depths and colored path as I map. Why doesn't anyone say you have to zoom on all these videos?

[@69Nova396]

So are you saying that the main reason to use 2D is to identify bottom hardness? The reason I ask is if your down imaging and side imaging show fish more clearly one would think that you would run a split screen with them and not use the 2D. I am learning a lot from your videos and it seems that me running DI and SI while trying to locate structure and cover is not the correct way.

[@FloppingCrappie]

The reason I showed how to use 2D is for people who only have 2D sonar. I normally run a split screen of 2d and side imaging. The 2d will show real time images while the side imaging lags a bit, but shows what is outside of my 2d cone. Once I see fish (or what I think are fish below the boat) with the 2d, I switch to split screen of 2d and down imaging to get a clear picture below the boat. The unit I use can allow for 2d, DI, and SI to be shown on the same screen. It's all about what you find comfortable for marking fish. You might have a different method than I do which ok.

[@69Nova396]

Thanks for the reply! Keep the videos coming!

[@sirronbailey3109]

Thank you!!!!

[@FloppingCrappie]

You're welcome!

[@brianwillis9797]

I would like to see how you bank fish.

[@FloppingCrappie]

I have a couple video coming up in September on bank fishing. Unfortunately, they are trout and bluegill videos.

[@brianwillis9797]

Thats cool. I like watching you. You have taught me alot.

[@michaelshipp4602]

Nice tips👊👊👊

[@FloppingCrappie]

@@michaelshipp4602 thanks! Let me know If you want to see anything else.

[@timdare0831]

It keeps throwing me off with the 2D . I'm new to using fish finders. It doesn't show arches in your video. So they don't look like fish. Any help would be great.

[@isidrogarza8309]

Where is the boat on that side image

[@FloppingCrappie]

On the side imaging screen the boat is located at the top center of the screen. There should be a small boat logo.

[@vhf2582]

More good information.

[@FloppingCrappie]

Thanks!

[@domenic5136]

Instead of using a buoye isn't it better just to mark the location on the fish finder?

[@SK_CrappieCatching]

👍🏼up #7..... 72 to 74° surface water temp, did I see that correctly? Suspended fish are tough for me to catch..... You've set a big goal, 30 vids in 30 days.... you're gonna be busy.... Nice segment......

[@FloppingCrappie]

Haha, yup 72°...winter is just around the corner up here.

[@michaelwilburn5258]

What’s your favorite tech for fishing suspended Crappie’s like the bunch showing in this video?

[@FloppingCrappie]

If the crappie are in open water and not holding to brush or cover, then I like to either slow troll or control drift through them with jigs or live minnows.

[@slabslayer258]

I been catching slabs all year an ice chests of limits of crappie on Sam Rayburn if you get to travel here an fish I’d like to ride with ya an learn some your tricks an we can check my piles or stumps depending on time year you come down figure you have live scope by now I catch good enough without it or spot lock either an makes me not want to spend that kind money

[@FloppingCrappie]

Sam Rayburn is on my bucket list of lakes to fish, not sure if I'll get there this fall/winter though

[@slabslayer258]

Flopping Crappie in winter they run river an it’s a boat race usually I usually don’t mess with it till I have my deer killed cause by January they are in river an there usually not any looking required with good graph your ready but hell it stays into the 90 degree into October around here so fishing never ends

[@slabslayer258]

Flopping Crappie what I been catching every time I go out is in 15 ft water 10 ft down our surface temp at daylight has been 90 degrees to 93 or so by after noon an out fish are that shallow but that’s where bait an oxygen is

[@irwinm.fletcher2612]

AWSOME

[@kevinhargett7421]

Why do you keep put the boat in and out of gear? Not trying to be critical just don't know. Thanks.

[@FloppingCrappie]

In order to get the best picture on your graph, the boat needs to be moving. If the boat were sitting still, the fish and brush would look like straight lines on the graph.

[@floyd6545]

I know I've seen this video before, but who knows how many phones I've gone through in the past 5 years!

[@ForrestOutdoors]

Very informative, very cool, sub your way, have a great season from Forrest Outdoors. Check us out when you have time.

[@bhmsupra]

Up until the 9:00 minute mark, you weren't making much sense....If you are going to describe something that is on camera...make sure that it is actually on camera. Perhaps 15 minutes of prep time. Hard to watch bud. Not SUBB'ed.

[@keithashley200]

Good video but can u stick to the subject.

[@FloppingCrappie]

nope

[@karllastinger8999]

If you RAP on the door or you are a rapper how do you call crappie crOppie. Incorrectly that’s how!

[@paulrash8861]

Excellent video 😊

[@lesliewilson9618]

Awesome tips thanks great video