Thread: Float lessons

The best of the float folks out there will tell you there is a real fine art to this presentation if you want to really wear out the crappie.
Keep a few important things in mind if you want to be a bit better than average at this technique.
1st and absolutely the MOST important thing , is anything and I mean anything different on the way the float sits in the water from its normal position is for sure a bite !
Crappie are often the masters of the most faint of takes imaginable. So if the float lists ,rises ,lays down, goes sideways ,ticks ,pops ,and or slowly sits lower in the water, you just got bit !
The smallest float possible is always the best to use because it has minimal resistance to reacting to something under the water and or going down on a soft take .
I recently went with a novice who was hurting the fish really well and probably best I could see out of the corner of my eye because the bite was on fire ,missing at least half his takes !
We discussed it some during the outing and later as well and he now has a much better understanding of the fine art of the noticing the subtle bite .
Even when the bite is strong ,some of the crappie will take it different than others and sometimes the slightest of takes are the largest fish in the pack .
Hopefully some of this information will help those that use a float in the near future.
Kaboom is the word

Originally Posted by Slab Apprentice

Thanks Ketchn! It’s different game shallow for sure. I’m used to jigging vertical with my Livescope and it’s not well adapted to skinny water. Never fished jigs on floats before but got a couple bobbers today! How much line between jig and cork do you typically run, or does it just depends on the day/lake?


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i try to outguess the fish , i imagine when i walk up to any spot the lay of the water . are they staged out in 5 or deeper water ?if so 3 foot or more deep on my jig , are they in tight and in 2 to 3 foot of water ? 18 inches or possibly less deep on my jig . its a crap shoot till the float goes down sometimes . post spawn fish and prespawn fish often hang out away from the shore a good bit and stumbling on them when they are in tight is just the luck of the draw in the spawn . they dont stay in tight in numbers for long on any spots i hit . today hero tomorrow zero is the word