How in the Heck...

[FroMan]

Do yall fish 25 feet deep for crappie? Countdown method? Slipcork?

I can't hardly fish over 8 feet deep or so. When there are brush tops deeper than that I'm not sure how to fish it at all...

Help me!

[yellowjacket]

me neither i cant fish over 6 unless i know thts where the fish rLOL but i will if i have 2

[constructskeeter]

Well contray to what some folks say, using anything less than 1/8OZ jigs won't get down there very fast. I use 2 jigs about 2 or 3 feet apart so there's even more wt to get you down there. Next I fish long poles, like 10 or 12' poles so I know i've got that much line out before I even put it in the water. Next I pull some line out with my hand which makes about half of that, so say 15 or 16' right there, then when that gets tight pull out just a bit more and your there. Now if your in 30' of water and the fish are 25', just drop to the bottom then crank up a few cranks.

[xring]

Its near impossible to get even a 1/8 oz jig down to 30 feet+...especially if there is any wind or current, which lately seems to be everyday. I pour 1/4 oz jigs for winter fishing and use them almost exclusively, I simply open the bail on spinning reel, allow a free fall until line goes slack, then it becomes a feeling game, that why its important to me to use a sensitive rod like the Ozark 11 footer and the new 9' spinning rod they offer, both in IM6 graphite, both are Great Crappie Rods. I seldom fish two rods, one in each hand as some do, I am concentrating on what the jig is doing and it seems the largest crappie have been more guilty of this,,but,,it just "feels" different, no thump, set the hook....hes/shes there...hard to explain. I also like the rod tip close to the water in windy conditions, the bag in your line from the wind is reduced and the thump is more pronounced.There are times,,when the crappie are more agressive and a 8 oz. sinker,,a broom handle rod and #72 nylon cord will catch crappie, but seldom in the winter months. This may or may not work for you, it seems to work for me.

[Fishn4life]

I use a slip cork and a heavier jig head or split shot. 1/4 is a must at that depth.

[mb4850]

do you also use larger bodied plastics when fishing the 1/4 oz jig heads? I was fishing 25' deep last week with a 1/4 oz head and had a 3" plastic shad and caught a 15" crappie, but it was the only keeper I found that day. Didn't know, guess it was luck. I thought I was fishing a top so I dropped a bouy and found out it was a shad ball on the bottom because it moved away and I tried to follow.

[xring]

Yes,,I do..I subscribe to the theory, larger bait, larger fish...but it will supprise you how the dinks will nail those also..lol

[Crappieawlogist]

Yesterday in the wind, I put a 1 oz sinker on the very end of my line and then tied a couple jigs above that. I like that myself...I can set (and feel) the sinker on the bottom...and then have two jigs within 24" of bottom. I was drifting with wind yesterday...but I've done the same thing vertical (with a smaller sinker)...a drop shot type rig.

[luvpt]

Right now at lake Monticello I'll fish 50 ft deep (give or take a few feet) with 1/16 oz jigs. I normally put out eight rods (16 footers) that are usually the sensitive Capps & Colemans because of the very light bite. Might cover 50 feet in an hour....need to be on top of the fish before dropping the jigs and use markers for reference........

[NIMROD]

I used a pair of 1/8 oz jigs about 3' apart tightlined.