Thread: Trolling on Bankhead Lake

Originally Posted by fultondalecrappie

GCD you need to watch the Midwest Crppie shows on pulling crankbaits and tell me that crankbaits won't catch crappie. I am going to use Bandit 300 series. There is a chart in the archive forum that has all the depths. There is also alot of good info on the Mississippi board under the thread pulling cranks 101.

I was just funnin' about the crankbait thing FC.

I have seen the depth charts before, they're copied straight out of the "Precision Trollers Bible" available at most large fishing tackle dealers for about $35... my bad it's $50
http://www.precisionangling.com/

If you're going to troll cranks, you should have line counter reels to be the most effective... and they aren't cheap, neither are crankbaits at $5 a pop.

I think we can do the same thing with the tackle and equipment we already have by longline trolling a little heavier jig 1/16 and 1/8 oz.... maybe even a 1/4... just like djack did.

I see those suspended little booger crappie on my sonar in the summer and they typically suspend 7-15' down. I will be targeting them with jigs and longline this year and will let y'all know how I do. I'd like to know how you do with the crankbaits too.