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Hi Russ, the Holland River is an excellent area to fish for Crappie right now. I have done a TV show right at the Younge St. bridge years ago. That’s probably the closest spot to you that I can think of, God bless you, Italo.
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Hi George, I use either a high quality monofilament line or braided line as my main line. I only use fluorocarbon leader material. All of the small streams and rivers that flow into Lake Simcoe, ON are good early season Crappie spots. These include:
-Holland River
-Mashkinonge River
-Black River
-Peferlaw River
The crappie will move into the lower sections of these rivers and congregate around boat docks, bridge abutments and old pier piles. Best presentation is to fish a small sensitive slip-bobber on 4lb test line and a small 1/16 or 1/8 oz jighead with a 1-2″ plastic grub or tipped with a couple of maggots or mousies. The Crappie will normally be in 2-5’water.
Make sure to check the fishing videos on our Italo Labignan YouTube channel and if you have any questions just email them to me at Ask Italo throughout our www.canadian-sportfishing.com website.
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Hi Brad, crappie will migrate to shallow water again in the fall as they do in the spring. When water temps drop below 50F is the best time to locate them shallow especially near moving water, culverts, inflow/outflows of lakes. Most of their migration into those shallow-water areas occurs at dusk and just after dark…God bless you.
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Hi Brad, I caught my first crappie in Grenadier Pond. They should be more active as the water warms up. I would continue to fish a small plastic grub with a sensitive float. I just show a crappie TV show up in the Kawartha’s and did really well fishing the 3″ Lunker City Hellgies and the Fishing Compete Lil Thumper….God bless you.
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Hi Alex, thank you for your kind words, glad you continue to enjoy our TV shows and videos. There are a few good areas to fish crappie in the Niagara Region but as you know, timing is everything. Here is a list/l
-Welland Recreational Canal, Welland, ON – both sides of the canal at Dane City.
-Welland River, Welland, ON – fishing the bridge abutments off River Road near the Welland Airport, at the creek that flows into the Welland River off Lincoln St., Welland,
-Gibson Lake culverts and bridges off Beaverdams Rd.
-Martindale Pond off Martindale Rd., Port Dalhousie.
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Hi Jonathan, there are many lakes in southern Ontario that have good crappie fishing in shallow bays and marina basins right now. This includes;
The key is to find shallow areas in bays and especially where creeks and canals enter the main body of water. Crappie move in and out of areas regularly so timing is important. Sometimes they are in the shallow early and late in the day only. Other times all days. As soon as the waters warm up they move our from shallow areas and disperse in the main bodies of water.
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Hi Peter, thank you for your kind words. I love to fish with Mulligan and my wife Barb. When Barb can’t join me, Mulligan usually can! The only crappie fishing spot near you that I know of is on Ahmic Lake off Golf Course Rd. almost across from Woodland Echoes Resort. It’s been a while since I have been there, but I know it produced really good size crappie in the spring. Most of the other areas I know are further south on Hwy.#11 or Hwy. #400.
If you don’t mind driving south-west, there is some good crappie shore-fishing stretch near Port Severn. Just type these coordinates on the Google Map, 44.801923, -79.732964 …God bless you.
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In most cases both walleye and crappie will be find in similar locations when the “photo-period” (length of day vs. length of night), and water temperatures are similar. For both species some of the best success will be just before dark and the first hour after dark.
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Thank you for your kind words. I am more familiar with the spring Crappie fishing in Pigeon Lake than Upper Buckhorn. If you have a boat, I would encourage you to make the run and check the following areas on Pigeon: marina inlet & docks at Happy Days Houseboat Rentals (on the west shore, just north of Grenadier Island), Long Point Bay (west-shore, going towards Bobcaygeon, ON), & the inlets & marina basin to the west of Three Sisters Shoal. I have more spring crappie spots, but they are at the north end of the lake around the Ouse River mouth. Crappie will be shallow now in water less than 7′ deep, around docks and in marina basin channels. Timing is critical. They can be there throughout the day, or just move in just before dark. Best presentation is to use a sensitive “slip-bobber” rig with 4-lb. test monofilament and 1/8 oz. jigheads/1″ plastic grub.
One of my favorite grubs to use are the TriggerX Creature grubs for panfish.
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Yes, they are. You can catch them all day long, but early morning & especially at dusk will be best (and even after dark). You can cast small crankbaits like the Rapala Ultralight series , but most anglers fish a 1/8 oz. jig with a 1-2″ plastic grub. The TriggerX like of “creature-grubs” is a really good choice fished on light line and under a slip-bobber.
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