Quote Originally Posted by Kevmc View Post
Good discussion guys!!

Takes more than good equipment...but can be helpful.
I've got top line stuff, but need to learn how to use it better, and figure out where/type structure crappie hangout around in KY lake.
Been chasing bass for the last too many years, now looking for fun and crappie!

Any thoughts on how to improve would be helpful.
Right now I'm putting in time on the water, 3-4 days a week, but any ideas on how to be more efficient with my time??

When you go out for the day, do you plan on using just one technique, or do you take equipment for 3-4 techniques??
How long do you try, say, spider rigging, before you switch to casting or ???
I'm thinking I'm staying too long with what isn't working!!
I have to look at everything from the point of putting clients on fish and giving them the best chance to catch fish with the least amount of effort on their part. I will sometimes have only one set of poles on the boat if I know 100% sure I'm only going to do one technique---say pulling cranks or longlining jigs/roadrunners. Other times I may have 2-3 different sets of rods/poles if they have asked to try more than one technique. As you can imagine, a 20 foot boat with 2-3 full sets of rods/poles is a rat's nest but I do what I have to do.

It sure is nice to take a day like last Tuesday and fish with somebody like Chaunc and only have 2 small tackle boxes and 2 poles and one casting rod. I did think I heard 400 crankbaits calling out my name when I drove off without them.