Summertime spider rigging

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Originally Posted by JRoberts(TeamDuckMeat)

I def will Doc, hopin to get on the water next week

What depth do you usually stick to in the summer for rigging?

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j, i have fished cypres so much that i kinda know what depth they will be in, or at leasst i can get kinda close til i narrow it down. also a graph will come in handy to determine where they are suspending. the water i fish at cypress is between 16 and 18 feet normally in the summer time, so i will normally fish13-16 feet depending on the water level.

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Originally Posted by Tracker123

Doc, 42 shiners at a time? You're a dedicated shiner fisherman for sure! You've got me and Bruce beat hands down. What size minner bucket/chest do you tote?

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i have these cool little rectangular boxes that i got at bass pro shops. they allow me to just plug and play. i have two aerator pumps mounted under the dash of my ranger and i wired them to a blank switch i had. i can just plug the shiner boxes in and flip the switch and they start aerating. each pump will run two boxes. i have found the size of the box is not as important as the temperature of the water. when it heats up, i drop a frozen water bottle in each shiner box. that drops the temp enough to keep a bunch of shiners alive even in a smaller box.

doc.....thats hard core

I do the same thing with a frozen water bottle, makes a huge difference during the late spring/summer time. The mounted aerator box sounds like a good idea. Mine now is portable, battery powered aerator box on the Frabil bucket I have. Batts last two days. It works works nicely when I am fishing in someone else's boat who don't believe in shiners :rolleyes:. What I need now is a square cricket cage that someone here talked about. Thanks for posting.

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Originally Posted by Tracker123

I do the same thing with a frozen water bottle, makes a huge difference during the late spring/summer time. The mounted aerator box sounds like a good idea. Mine now is portable, battery powered aerator box on the Frabil bucket I have. Batts last two days. It works works nicely when I am fishing in someone else's boat who don't believe in shiners :rolleyes:. What I need now is a square cricket cage that someone here talked about. Thanks for posting.

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you'll b alright with that square cricket box unless you lose the tip of your finger...

Doc, I haven't been out on Cypress in the heat of the summer. I'm stoked to hear that you can spider rig in the summer. It may be a little busy with all the ski boats and jet ski speeding around. I'm guessing you fish in the same area of the lake we do in the winter?

Thanks for the info Doc, cant wait to give it a try

Guys, I may disagree a tad on the depth of the fish in the heat of summer. Around 10, the shad will get over the stump flats in huge balls and you can see them on top of the water. I have hammered them in as little as six feet of water, with the temp already at 100, and get this, fishing 2 feet deep. Not always the case, but just my 2 cents worth.

The one consistent thing about crappie is "they are always changing where they want to be".

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Originally Posted by mb4850

The one consistent thing about crappie is "they are always changing where they want to be".

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they r always changing to what I'm not doing!!!!

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Originally Posted by BraeNoly

Guys, I may disagree a tad on the depth of the fish in the heat of summer. Around 10, the shad will get over the stump flats in huge balls and you can see them on top of the water. I have hammered them in as little as six feet of water, with the temp already at 100, and get this, fishing 2 feet deep. Not always the case, but just my 2 cents worth.

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I have caught them that shallow in the heat before myself. Another thing that works good for me is to troll bridge pilings with a 1/16 oz jighead with a curltail about 6-7 foot under a cork. I use a 24 volt trolling motor and keep it on constant speed as low as it will go. Troll along the pilings with your line behind the boat kinda like long lining but with a cork. The cork helps you determine where your bait is and allows you to run it close to the pilings doing a zig zag pattern with the trolling motor. Hammered big slabs doing this in henderson in the heat of the summer.