thelivecanary
Eight Pointer
Something to consider this fall...
A friend of mine and I have put up the drift sticks, corks and minnows, and picked up some spinning gear and small swimbaits for a truly awesome fishing experience. We get on the trolling motor and fish the lake for Crappie as though we were looking for trophy largemouths. It's an absolute blast and I can't recommend it enough. My pops was in town last week and I took him out to show him the ropes. At first he just laughed and thought I was a special kind of dumb....but then the wind picked up and we got on a really good wind blown bank. There's nothing more thrilling then casting out into a seemingly empty channel and getting tight on a foot long crappie. We've been working this technique here in Raleigh and dialing it in with 1/8 oz jigs and paddle tails or twister tail grubs, you can leave your minnows behind and get on an intensely thrilling bite. It takes a different mentality then drifting and it's way different than anchoring around a bridge. It's a highly active approach and you can catch some truly massive fish....trophy size crappie....3+ LBS. (We haven't landed the 3+ LB fish yet but we've had her on multiple times in the last two years.) We've netted multiple fish in the 2+ LB range and soon the true beauties day in the light will come. This fall try actively fishing for crappie and think like a predator, you'll get yourself into a Crappie of a lifetime.
Cheers,
Jeff
A friend of mine and I have put up the drift sticks, corks and minnows, and picked up some spinning gear and small swimbaits for a truly awesome fishing experience. We get on the trolling motor and fish the lake for Crappie as though we were looking for trophy largemouths. It's an absolute blast and I can't recommend it enough. My pops was in town last week and I took him out to show him the ropes. At first he just laughed and thought I was a special kind of dumb....but then the wind picked up and we got on a really good wind blown bank. There's nothing more thrilling then casting out into a seemingly empty channel and getting tight on a foot long crappie. We've been working this technique here in Raleigh and dialing it in with 1/8 oz jigs and paddle tails or twister tail grubs, you can leave your minnows behind and get on an intensely thrilling bite. It takes a different mentality then drifting and it's way different than anchoring around a bridge. It's a highly active approach and you can catch some truly massive fish....trophy size crappie....3+ LBS. (We haven't landed the 3+ LB fish yet but we've had her on multiple times in the last two years.) We've netted multiple fish in the 2+ LB range and soon the true beauties day in the light will come. This fall try actively fishing for crappie and think like a predator, you'll get yourself into a Crappie of a lifetime.
Cheers,
Jeff