How can you find crappie bank fishing? Once found, is there anything that you can do to keep them in the aea you intend to fish. Secondly, the same for stripersand catfish.

There are two things you can do to find crappie while bank fishing, First you can look in the right areas. Crappies love trees and can generally be found near trees, either standing trees in the water or fallen timber. The best trees are ones found near the shoreline. Shoreline areas see many small bugs fall in the water and become trapped. These small bugs are eaten by small fish which in turn and prey for the crappie. Trees give the crappie protection from danger. Crappie are both a predator and prey. Crappie in the Northern United States are eaten by Northern Pike and other predators. Large catfish prey on crappie in the Southern parts of our country. When you find a section of trees in six to ten foot deep water near the shoreline you have found a prime Crappie spot. To keep them in the area you simply need to not disturb the area. Since you will be fishing near tree hookups will be inevitable. When your hook gets snagged on a branch do not pull and tug the line to get it out. If you cannot remove it by a light pull from a different angle it is best to simply cut the line and retie. Most of the terminal tackle you use for Crappie is quite inexpensive. It is not worth losing a school of fish to retrieve it. When you consider how much money is spent attempting to catch fish it is not worth saving inexpensive equipment at the cost of losing a school.