Thread: Question

Originally Posted by 89ranger

do anyone fish for specks year round, or stop after April. Thinking about learning the ins and outs about becoming an adamant year round crappie guy. Just a question

i live on lake talquin. i fish for them throughout the year. go more to spider rigging with minnows and vertical jigging as the weather warms.

I like to chase the gills and shellies mostly during the summer, but I like to go after specks also. I tightline just about all the time and I really don't change up much, except maybe speed up some. Oh yea....mornings only..... home by 10....too hot most of the time!! Good luck!

Originally Posted by catfish44

i live on lake talquin. i fish for them throughout the year. go more to spider rigging with minnows and vertical jigging as the weather warms.

forgot to include slip bobbers with minnows, anchoring and casting.

I fish year round for specks, but as stated above usually use minners more in the summer & long line jigs in the winter.

Next month will be my first full year fishing for speck, averaged 2.5 outings per month, long lining 99% of the time. My best month was September, but I had some really great catches throughout the summer. Last two months have been the toughest, but I am usually able to pull out a couple for a meal.

Thanks for the information I was just blessed getting an I-pilot and more things for my boat. I have been waiting to get everything together to really fish for these tasty creatures. I am trying to just focus on mastering these already have good lakes for shellies, breams, bluegills and catch these all day trying to get better at the specks, catch them in winter but just like everything else they have to eat year round

You will love the I pilot. Here I just long line dec to April then go bass fishing but been thinking about trying some summer time spider rigging.

I catch crappie year round mostly longlining at Talquin. Over the past few years I stopped going in the daytime from June through August as the fish are in open water and it gets hot on my noggin. I have a buddy in the military and when he comes home he always wants me to take him crappie fishing so on a 98 degree July day in 2011 we caught a limit long lining in the heat. Otherwise, I flats fish or night fish these months.