Reply With QuoteSwing them! These were caught yesterday on 12 foot rods, 12-14 foot down. They aren't Mississippi fish by no means, just good Truman Lake crappie. Gotta have a good rod with some back bone and some good line.
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this information tends to allow one to see why there are so many ideas about the best pole . Can see why the b/m Sam Heaton might be in question when flipping them in the boat .I'LL keep my Sam Heaton's and keep using a net .
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Swing them! These were caught yesterday on 12 foot rods, 12-14 foot down. They aren't Mississippi fish by no means, just good Truman Lake crappie. Gotta have a good rod with some back bone and some good line.
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I used to just lift them over the side but lost quite a few. Had a guy offer me a hand net a couple years ago at Butla cause he saw me lose 3 or 4 at the boat.Finally started nettin them ain't lost one since.Seems to me the shallower I catch them the more they want to tail walk right at the boat. Not so much spidering and catching fish deeper.Just my
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I have one in the boat and like everyone, I have lost a dinnerplate at boatside. In my case it was before any decision could be made about whether or not to use the net. This particular one would have had me in the $. I first look at where the hook is in relation to the size of the fish. If I'm just fishin I hardly touch it except to retrieve a marker. There's always one in the boat.
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Ya im a swinger! lol Never used a net, seems most get away as soon as they suface.
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I net when rigging usually so as not to fight the other rods and I haven't perfected the swing with a 14' rod. Although I have become proficient in slapping anyone in the back seat with a fish when I try. But when I single pole I usually swing or lip the fish. But I also fish in a 17.5' stick steer and I single pole from the control seat versus the raised seats on the bow. So when I raise them up they come within an easy arms reach.
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