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Great Pics.

That's a good one.

cool story - what is chasing bait balls - trying to figure out spyder rigging also

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Originally Posted by Potatoe

cool story - what is chasing bait balls - trying to figure out spyder rigging also

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As I understand it -- "Chasing bait balls" is referring to finding an area where there are concentrations of schools of Shad and working in and around cover within that area that is likely being used as ambush points by the fish. :twocents

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Originally Posted by Potatoe

cool story - what is chasing bait balls - trying to figure out spyder rigging also

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Starting in certain places in the lake depending on conditions I follow my electronics looking for threadfin shad that show up usually like balls or clouds suspended in the water column. Most days they'll all be around the same depth. Set your lines out above and around that depth and troll around them. That's where you can find nice size slabs chasing bait. Usually you won't load the boat but typically you catch larger than average size crappie

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I was fishing a Crappie tournament last weekend and ran across a bait ball that blew up my sonar screen. The entire screen was bait, top to bottom, then I remembered this thread and for the life of me couldn't remember the tip on how to fish it. I won't forget it next time. Fish cover around the bait....

It ain't no 3lber but it's aahh NICE'un....:juggle

Very nice fish

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Here is a few pics of "Bait Balls"