We have always been a catch whatever bites family but I'd like to target crappie a little more specifically. What do you guys like in rod length and line type? Fluorocarbon leaders? Setups that work for both jigging and casting?
Big RGTFM fan here too!If you've got some free time and want to learn a couple tricks while not on the water check out this youtube channel.
Richard Gene The Fishing Machine
Pretty fun to watch and always talks about his tackle and methods. He's a character for sure.
What was the water temp?Yesterday they choked on hair jigs. Tackle was 11ft ACC cross over, Okuma Solaris spinning reels, 4lb smoke fireline with 10lb Berkley vanish leader, with a 1/16oz bullet weight pegged above it.
Got a 13ft Ozark hybrid coming and a 13ft ACC crossover.
No hogs yesterday, 1.38 was big fish, with several 1.22-1.27 mixed in, and all the eaters you’d want to catch. Got tired of catching and came home at 1:30. All new spots. Never fished them before, and fish on everything I found.
Screen grab from a video from yesterday. They’re still on brush but starting to pull off with the water cooling down.
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Deep. Usually suspend around shad. I’m sure some stay all winter. Don’t let that fool you, one thing live sonar has shown me is nothing Js absolute. I caught fish over a 20ft difference in depth yesterday.Thanks for sharing Justin. As a newbie crappie fisherman, this time of year, once the water cools down and as you said starting to pull off the brush...where do they typically go from there? Shallower or deeper? Looks like those fish on the live view were pretty deep already.
57°What was the water temp?
Our water temp is 50-52 and our crappie have not transitioned to deep water points yet in any numbers.
Screen grab from a video from yesterday. They’re still on brush but starting to pull off with the water cooling down.
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