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Reply With QuoteGood to talk to you again, Russ.
65 degree water in the spring means I'm getting my cranks ready to go. 65 and dropping in the fall is what I'm looking for to get the longline poles and jigs ready.
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Too hot for me to fish so I sit in my garage, door up with breeze blowing. I sit her and make plans for up coming days when the temperatures cool off to my operating zone. As seasons change I see people on the lake change in how they fish for crappie. Spider rig, casting jigs, fish a minnow around timber or brush, vertical jig. I've seen some pulling jigs with good success and would like to give it a try or at least have it as an option. For those of us experienced at pulling jigs, I have some questions. Is there a season? Is there something that triggers you to start? Water temps, bait balls, color of the leaves, or is it the itch to have another ace up your sleeve during a slow time? Like I said, I'd like to try it. Fellas I'd appreciate your thoughts, give me some readin material while I sit an plan out here in my garage. Thanks.
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Good to talk to you again, Russ.
65 degree water in the spring means I'm getting my cranks ready to go. 65 and dropping in the fall is what I'm looking for to get the longline poles and jigs ready.
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Part of the trick is the fish being in a place you can troll. If they are sucked in tight to cover,hanging out in standing timber that is thick,or hanging around heavy weed beds than it's not particularly easy to present to them trolling sometimes. September is usually a time the fish are still in a "chase the shad fry around" stage.So if you can pull the jig around those schools you can git bit. They can get hard to locate though sometimes and they have a lot to eat then. I usually try to find the time of day they are feeding best and there is usually a few specific locations the action is hottest. Evenings seem good for me in September.....The fish are not as predictable as in the latter fall months but I sure get excited about fishing again about September.
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I love to troll so if it’s been sometime between fishing trips I will start trolling first. Then switch to something else if trolling is not working. I have never seen a time of year were trolling does not catch any fish.
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My primary lake is a corp, flood control, 10,000 acres. They drop the lake 24' when taking it down to winter pool. Best I've ever done is two maybe three slabs. I go to other, non corp lakes and do well. I hear others say the same about this lake, Barren, as I am the Creel Agent for the lake. Just trying another way to put the puzzle together, and NO, I'm NOT selling my crankbaits.Originally Posted by PAM3417
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