How to Pack Your Crappie Tacklebox
By: Keith "Catfish" Sutton
A big tackle bag that holds several plastic boxes with dividers is ideal for carrying the many lures, hooks, bobbers and other small items of tackle used by most crappie anglers.
My uncle, Guy McClintock, spent much of his life fishing for crappie. His fishing vessel was a 10-foot johnboat hand-crafted from cypress. His poles were hand-cut canes.
Not surprisingly, the tacklebox he used was equally domestic – a coffee can into which he stuffed a few hooks, several yards of Dacron fishing line, some small corks and an aspirin bottle filled with split shot.
A crappie fan who fishes like my uncle did – with minnows and cane poles – may need nothing more than a simple little tacklebox to store terminal tackle and line. A coffee can will suffice, although you may want something even simpler like a shoe box or Ziploc bag.
If you’re like me though, minnows and cane poles aren’t enough to satisfy. I frequently fish with shiners, but I also like working jigs, spoons, crankbaits, spinners and other crappie lures.
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