What made a dramatic improvement for you catching them?

[SIcrappie]

For us it has been three major things... Firstly I would say that it started with taking a guided trip with a real guide! Kyle Schoenherr is our area pro, and our trip with him was amazing! He stuck with us through a rainy electrical storm start and still put us on em! That's a real deal local help! Fortunately for us we later learned that he and his partner Rodney Neuhaus are among the best go to you can get!

Secondly would be our relationship with Grizzly jig! I don't mean to infer that they rank second, because their seminars and professionalism has been a HUGE plus to our success! The access to knowledge and great service has been more than an outstanding pleasure for my family and I! I literally cannot recommend them or their services enough!

Furthermore, the whole staff at BnM deserves real recognition! Every single one of their offerings, from the equipment to their members have truly made a real measurable difference to our catch! Their products have never failed to deliver, and their chosen staff have proven to us to be top notch!

We we fish for fun, as well as for results and the above have been all equal contributors to our success in immeasurable ways!

[NIMROD]

Building and placing cover in lakes I fish .

[GreenLine]

For me its been going with my dad and learning where to fish and when. I agree , time spent on the lake is great but time spent with someone that ALREADY knows the best holes puts you ahead in the game.

[Cane Pole]

Like NIMROD, I build fish housing. You build, the will come.

[Dollfly]

When I started keeping a record of my fishing trips, water temp, depth, bait used, weather conditions, where structure is located my catching rate went way way up. Then I found C.C and lurked for some time before joining. I read about everything from leadhead size to water color and back again. C.C members have really helped a lot by sharing information. I read books by Tim Huffman, Steve Wunderlee, Al Linder again my catch rate increased. I left my bass tackle at home because of temptation to go back to fishing for bass. THANKS C.C for all the tips!!!!!!

[tenncrappie]

I troll 95% of time. Dux is correct.

[tenncrappie]

I find multiple rod fishing just plain good sense. Why do we fish? To catch and bring home? To catch a limit? To relax? All of the above so what diff does it make if you fish with 8 poles and get your limit in 1 hr or fish with one and it takes you 3 hrs. Fish your one and I'll be back home mowing the lawn and cooking crappie.

[Zippy]

Electronics without a doubt. A high end fishfinder and an ipilot controlled trolling motor. Just knowing the fish are there is a huge advantage over anyone fishing blind. The ipilot lets you keep moving and hitting new spots without the trouble and mess of pulling a wet anchor. How could seeing this on your screen not help you catch fish.

[crappiemax]

I don't know that is just one event that made my catch go up significantly, it's more of a culmination of things.
Good electronics is always a plus but back in the day when we only had flashers we still caught fish. The flashers showed you the same info it just took a bit of interpreting to figure it out.
We first started using GPS when the hand held models came out. It sped things up a bit when try to find our spots but we found our spots even when we had to triangulate with shoreline cover.
Fishing poles neither quantity or length didn't matter if you weren't on fish.
Time on the water helped but if you didn't know what to look for you could stay out there for days and not do any good.

I think the single most thing that helped me was the internet. C.C was a huge part of my education and also watching shows like Midwest Crappie & the many YouTubes contributed much to my success. You may have to pick around the BS but if a guy just came on here and looked through some of the old threads he could gain a lifetime of knowledge in a few hours time.

[JRB]

Getting good electronics, learning how to spider-rig (I had always just single poled it) from reading about it on Crappie.com and experimenting with different ways to rig my poles.