Thread: Favorite SHALLOW ​water fishing tricks or tips?

Float n jig

Putting a jig under a small float, no more than a foot deep. Cast to your favorite spot and retreive real slow. Stop and start, find out what they want.

If I am fishing what I consider shallow 5 ft I pull 1/32 oz jigs

Another vote for small float and jig.

Most fun float and a minner.

Depends if you mean bank fishing or open shallow water. If I'm fishing the bank I'd cast a vote for casting a jig or using a jig or minnow with a float to keep my bait at a constant depth and slow my retrieve. If you are talking about fishing open shallow water like a spawning flat or the back of a creek my method of choice is pushing jigs and minnows from the front of the boat. Trolling or pulling will work as well, but I'm not quite setup to troll efficiently yet.

I use 14 FT Southern Crappie Rods and run my baits 1-3 foot deep typically and stay on the move for the most part. I don't run a constant speed (although that'd probably work just as good or better). I kick up the speed to 0.8 or so and then kill the trolling motor to allow the baits to fall back straight. I use 1/2oz weights to keep my lines down and when a fish hits it normally mauls the bait and buries the rod. Almost looks like you hung into a stump. I strip line off the reel to be able to get the fish to the boat/net.

A light jig and no float. I catch loads of fish in 3 FOW and less with the 1/64 oz trout magnet.

Float with jig/fly/live bait