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Hey all,
Pretty new to this site so forgive me for asking for help!
I recently moved to a home on a small lake and im trying to figure out how to effectively catch mainly crappie.
I have livescope (currently) learning to use it.
Found large schools of fish(Hundreeds) in pre spawn areas.
seem to be bluegill, yellow perch, crappie, and white bass mixed together. I have caught all of them but very few fish.
Using 10' jigging rod with 1/32 plastics & hair jigs along with minnows under a float.
Also have tried casting and retreiving slowly.
Water temp is currently 44 deg
I caught crappie easily last spring but it was during the spawn. They hit about anything.
Im not having luck getting fish to bite, im letting the jig sit still & have tried twitching it some.
See fish come right to the bait but wont hit it. Tried raising bait as slow as possible, have fish follow it up a few feet to just stop and go back down.
Only had a few crappie take a live minnow.
Any help you seasoned professionals can give would be appreciated.
Thanks
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Ain't no expert, but I'd say with those water temps I'd be trying a 1/64oz jig ... and on the minnows I would go with the tiniest ones I could find.
See, you're saying the water temp is 44deg, but that's surface temp (+/-), so the water temp at their depth isn't likely to be any higher than that and probably somewhat lower.
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Yep that 44 degree water temp is going to make them unpredictable. I would find some offshore structure and fish it with some tiny baits or minnows.
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pre spawn fish are often tough to get to go for it .
not sure what is the cure , they can be super frustrating at times .
it is sometimes tough to make them late winter fish do much .
we see that down here in the transition months .
a few weeks and it will all change , patience is the key
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Never hurts to match the hatch so to speak. Feed them what they are eating
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We often toss big baits at them due to what’s available in the way of shad , most late winter shad are full grown .Originally Posted by DockShootinJack
But downsizing can work pretty well in some cases too .
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