Needin some help.

[TightLines<))><]

hi im new to the forum and i needed some advice. i live in in st.louis, mo and mostly bass fish. im heading down to kentucky to fish in my first crappie tourney at the end of march. i fished for crappie before but never in a tournament. i am fairly skilled in bass fishing but i was needing some tips as far as some basic tackle and techniques to bring along with me. any info will be helpful. thank you.

[CrappiePappy]

hi im new to the forum and i needed some advice. i live in in st.louis, mo and mostly bass fish. im heading down to kentucky to fish in my first crappie tourney at the end of march. i fished for crappie before but never in a tournament. i am fairly skilled in bass fishing but i was needing some tips as far as some basic tackle and techniques to bring along with me. any info will be helpful. thank you.

It would be good to know what lake you're fishing the tourney on ... and whether you'll be a one man team - part of a two man team (partner/yourself) - or if you'll be a non-boater or boater and paired with a stranger.

Depending on the current conditions of the lake, you should be OK with light Bass equipment. Alot of Crappie fishing methods are very similar to Bass fishing ... just on a lighter/downsized scale. Finding out "where" the fish should be, on that lake & at that time & under it's current conditions, will dictate what methods, cover, depth, and baits should work best.
Flatline & spider-rig trolling seem to be the more popular methods used in tourneys, but that depends alot on what lake you fish and where the fish are at the time you're there.

... cp

[TightLines<))><]

it will be Kentucky Lake. ill be fishing with my dad in my bass boat. we have two depth finders on the boat and im not sure whether or not we'll be trolling. thank you.

[CrappiePappy]

Ok ... I'm not going to be much help for KY Lake, since it's been over 10yrs since I've been there. But, there are some KY Lake anglers on here, that should be able to help you out.
You might also want to look thru these "Tagging Study" results, to give you a little better perspective on the "species domination changes" that are in effect at KY Lake : http://www.kdfwr.state.ky.us/navigat...vPath=C101C552

You might also want to do a search on the site (I'd use the "Advanced Search feature that's at the bottom of the drop down menu, when you click on the "Search" link at the top of the page) ... and do a search for Capps & Coleman. In the event that you have to troll, and don't have pole holders or a spider rig setup on the boat, their slow trolling method has won them many a tournament. Here's the rig they use :



Check back every now & then, before tourney time, and see what's been added to this thread.

... luck2ya ... cp