{"id":2520,"date":"2019-07-02T18:01:15","date_gmt":"2019-07-02T23:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.www.outdoorsfirst.com\/crappie\/?p=2520"},"modified":"2019-07-02T18:01:26","modified_gmt":"2019-07-02T23:01:26","slug":"outdoors-try-crankbaits-when-targeting-bigger-crappies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outdoorsfirst.com\/crappie\/outdoors-try-crankbaits-when-targeting-bigger-crappies\/","title":{"rendered":"Try crankbaits when targeting bigger crappies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As we move into the mid-summer fishing patterns, I like to spend a good deal of time chasing big crappies.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve learned to appreciate these scrappy fighters but I am especially fond of the big ones. Here are some tips for catching the larger crappies in any given waterway.<\/p>\n<p>Bobbers<\/p>\n<p>The traditional style of using bobbers for crappies is fine and dandy if you are looking for numbers of fish. If you are targeting larger crappies, there are better ways to improve your odds.<\/p>\n<p>I save the bobbers for the time I have located a school and want to sit on them for a period of time. Bobbers are for when you find them, not before.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Crankbaits<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hometownsource.com\/stillwater_gazette\/free\/outdoors-try-crankbaits-when-targeting-bigger-crappies\/article_6fc52fee-986f-11e9-a9ec-a7ae7c7f857c.html\"><strong>Read More<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we move into the mid-summer fishing patterns, I like to spend a good deal of time chasing big crappies. I\u2019ve learned to appreciate these scrappy fighters but I am especially fond of the big ones. Here are some tips for catching the larger crappies in any given waterway. Bobbers The traditional style of using [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11658,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-fishing-tips","post_format-post-format-link"],"acf":[],"youtube_video":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outdoorsfirst.com\/crappie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outdoorsfirst.com\/crappie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outdoorsfirst.com\/crappie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outdoorsfirst.com\/crappie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11658"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outdoorsfirst.com\/crappie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2520"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.outdoorsfirst.com\/crappie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2520\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2522,"href":"https:\/\/www.outdoorsfirst.com\/crappie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2520\/revisions\/2522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outdoorsfirst.com\/crappie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outdoorsfirst.com\/crappie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outdoorsfirst.com\/crappie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}