Split Shot/ No Float

[SwampFisher]

If you consider where the eyes of the Crappie are placed on their body, their best vision is "above" them, while their least visible area is below them. That's not to say that they can't "feel" the bait below them, and would never go deeper to catch that bait ... it just means that the majority of the time they're positioned to be watching for something to eat "above or at" their level.

So keep it off the bottom unless you are looking for cats lol

[yobuck]

I accidently stumbled on to the bobber stop as a depth gauge recently after removing a bobber.
I think I might have found another use for those snap on bobber stops.

[SwampFisher]

I accidently stumbled on to the bobber stop as a depth gauge recently after removing a bobber.
I think I might have found another use for those snap on bobber stops.

How does this work? Do you just see how far the stop is above the surface after the jig hits bottom?

[CrappiePappy]

So keep it off the bottom unless you are looking for cats lol

Or they're hugging the bottom.

And don't always expect catfish to be on the bottom ... I catch them all the time when casting or trolling jigs & cranks !!

[SwampFisher]

Or they're hugging the bottom.

And don't always expect catfish to be on the bottom ... I catch them all the time when casting or trolling jigs & cranks !!

How big of a cat with bite a 1/32 jig? 1/64?

[Crestliner08]

Ya know, I've always heard that crappie "feed up". I agree, sometimes. Other times I've caught some pretty big crappie crawling a marabou Roadrunner along the bottom.

As far as how big a cat you can catch goes, if it moves a cat will eat it. Don't make no difference as to size of a jig to a cat. I've caught them on big musky inline spinners and tiny 1/32 oz. tubes.

["D"]

What is your reason for this?

Deep brush, never let the bait stop, gets it deeper quicker.

[CliffordN]

What about putting the weight on the bottom with the jig or jigs on droppers above?

[yobuck]

How does this work? Do you just see how far the stop is above the surface after the jig hits bottom?

I do quite a lot of jigging on the weed bed edges, especially this time of year. The depth is constantly changing and the stop can be moved up or down as a visual reference. Otherwise I'm sorta guessing where the jig is.

[Ketchn]

How far will crappie and panfish move to eat? As in, if the water is 6ft deep, will they hit a jig a few feet above/below them?

if the water is clear enough a few feet above them is fairly common ......below them not much