Thread: Bandit colors.......

I'm still a newbie to this crankbait pulling/pushing, but I tend to agree with being cautious with schooling in depth . I've already run into individuals just wanting your spots, lure color, depth, speed, what meat is on your sandwich for lunch etc. lol. However, when I started I read everything I could. Discovered this forum and read every post I could, past and present and asked equipment questions. Several members here freely gave advice and I'm appreciative their assistance.

i then arranged to meet with a guide to show me how to do it on the water and off I went. I soon found nothing takes the place of being on the water. While I' don't set the woods on fire, I do catch my share of the fish. Several have showed me some additional pointers and I have benefited from their guidance. I will not name them due to not wanting them being bothered by others who don't do the homework and are looking for shortcuts. I hope they have benefited from my limited knowledge of the lake and areas I've discovered. I know I've just enjoyed the time fishing with them.

in closing, I do share general information and techniques with individuals and after seeing them take it seriously and putting effort will help further because others did help me. However, I will not share with them spots these others have shown me. What I'm shown stays with me and when I give my word I keep it. Just the way I was raised. I'll freely let anybody check my boat out and show them my setups. Not saying they are best, but just what is working for me.

Hope to see you all on the water. I run from the dam to big sandy. I'm the old fart with a floopy hat in a grey war eagle. In cool weather, you will see a golden retriever riding shotgun. Remember your witness cause someone else surely will.

Originally Posted by blueball

mr goodtime ,i hope u dont seriously think me and mrdux dont help other fisherman.i help people i hang around with and there friends,but some people just want your spots and nothing else so i dont usually help them.im sure you have met some of my friends at camp that can vouch for me and the best to ask would be the crappiestalkers.Im not here to start trouble,just told the story the way it went that day,next day may be different,if ive did something to offend you im sorry,but im gonna always tell it like it happens aand some people may not like it,if they dont im sorry

Not offended at all, and showing spots dont matter to me during cranking , i catch fish in a few spots regularly, but for the most part , the fish are following the bait, so from day to day, ya still gota be able to find them.

I understand your point blueball. I took a so called friend cranking that had never done it. Put him up in my daughters house at Sardis, and we caught a double limit two days in a row. He came back 5-10 times with his family and friends, and NEVER gave me a call until his buddy needed some TM batteries out of my boat before I left for home one weekend. He stayed in a motel or cabin and drove by our place daily to fish but never called, stopped by, invited me to go with him, or anything until he needed something. After my free lessons, he fished my spots to extinction and posted every fish he caught on every social media site available. Sounded like an expert in a few weeks and was giving advice to everyone. It's hard to figure some folks. We no longer fish together, even tho I still consider him a friend. I just won't share stuff with everyone any more. It'll cost ya more times than not.

One more thing. I do share my info and a seat in my boat with all my friends that share back. I have no issues with that at all. Some folks are plain good folks that way!!!! I just can't stand those "one way street" kinda folks!!!!!!

Hey Bill , when you gona take me, i need some lessons.

Originally Posted by MrGoodtime

Hey Bill , when you gona take me, i need some lessons.

Anytime you want to go budro.

I wanted to see where this was all headed before replying again. There are probably very few folks on this site who have made more friends, I'm talking life-time-member of the family friends than I have been lucky enough to. Some were actually due to disagreements about posts here and such and us working thru our differences to become friends.I have literally taken dozens of members here to show them techniques or to just get to know them as friends. I have been in the boats of several members for the same reasons. Many of those members, while still friends, are not the kind of folks I would trust my $$ or best fishing spots with. That's just the way it is and I'm 100% sure some feel the exact same way about me. I can live with that. There are some that I trust with my secret spots or the tid-bit of information I might have figured out to catch more fish but won't tell the world.

My original post here was not to cause issues with anybody. Some times we just don't think things thru before saying/asking them. I would never try to invite myself along in anybody's boat just like I would never expect somebody to tell me all their secrets just because I thought it was OK to ask. I keep 4-5 sets of KY-Barkley Lake maps on a bench in my taxidermy showroom. I don't think there has been anybody who sincerely needed help or information that I haven't been willing to go to those maps and show them some spots they need to try. Many times it is because they asked me what I think makes one spot different than another or why do I think fish like this spot but not another one.

To help somebody is one thing, to ask for minute details just because you think it is the right thing to do is another.

I am new to crappie. Com and to trolling cranks and jigs. I just want to thank you all for all of the information that you have posted. I have learned a great deal and I am thankful to not have to reinvent the wheel. I am sorry to hear about bandit doing away with the crappie colors. I just bought four Magda 20's and four pro staff trolling rods at your advice. I recently purchased about 80 crankbaits using c.c members preferences as a guide. I also opted to purchase an 899 hummingbird with si after researching on here and you tube. I am going to try to make the trip to ky lake this winter to meet some of you guys. Thanks again. Hope to see you on the water, and happy cranking.

Originally Posted by blpayt01

I am new to crappie. Com and to trolling cranks and jigs. I just want to thank you all for all of the information that you have posted. I have learned a great deal and I am thankful to not have to reinvent the wheel. I am sorry to hear about bandit doing away with the crappie colors. I just bought four Magda 20's and four pro staff trolling rods at your advice. I recently purchased about 80 crankbaits using c.c members preferences as a guide. I also opted to purchase an 899 hummingbird with si after researching on here and you tube. I am going to try to make the trip to ky lake this winter to meet some of you guys. Thanks again. Hope to see you on the water, and happy cranking.

You certainly picked out some good equipment to get started. Well done.