lake wylie

[Robert Manion]

I am new to the lake wylie area and never have fished for crappie. I love catfishing and for the most part you can find me out there night stalking on any given weekend, rain nor shine ...im there. While fishing lake wylie I have caught numerous crappie and tend to mumble a little bit when I do because I am using heavy equipment and the fish hardly can be felt on the rod thus taking the fun out of it, knowing this..what type of rods do you use when crappie fishing? recommended fish line? Also, I am at highway 49 . at this time of year do the crappie seem more into the creeks such as allison big and small or are you finding them more out to the points of the coves? is this cold spell having any affect on your honey holes? I ask this because im seeing fish usually round 20 feet down and will they search for deeper waters.

["G"]

Welcome to Crappie.com....probably get more answers to your questions if you ask them on the NC and SC boards

[bigarm]

I use a B&M 7ft 6in med action crappie spinning rod to cast 1/16 oz jigs. Use 14 and 16ft B&M trolling rods to spider with. Welcome from Indiana

[NYHellbender]

Welcome to the Crappie.com family - In the kayak I use 2, 7 ft med action Quantum Bill Dance Signature Series Spinner rods. Spooled with Suffix Elite 6lb.

[Luvfatslabs]

Welcome Aboard

[BoarBuster]

Welcome Aboard from Texas/Southwest Ms

[oldbigun]

Welcome from Pickwick South!

[SeaRay]

Welcome aboard from SC. You may want to re-post on the SC board, because we have a bunch of guys that fish Wylie. Most of us spider rig at least some of the time and that involves 8, 10, 12 foot or longer rods in holders trolling minnows at whatever depth we see fish. For general crappie fishing a 7 foot medium light spinning rod with a matching spinning reel with 6# test mono will do the job. There are probably a million combinations that folks use and swear by, so find one that feels good to you. A small Pfleuger President (Model 6250 is one good choice. It is a medium priced (around $60) and has a good enough drag that when you hook the occasional bass, catfish or striper you can expect to land him unless he tangles the line on something.
I am sure you know Wylie has a large population of White Perch and lot of the guys on here use them for catfish bait. Drifting minnows as I described above into a school of White Perch will put every rod you have out dancing. If they are decent size they are good eating, if not they are good bait.
Good luck and let us know on the SC board how you do.

[crp4570]

Welcome from western Kentucky