what am i doing wrong

he probably did, he was constantly looking down in his boat and moving with the trolling motor, but what puzzles me is when he went to shore for about an hour, i moved where he was and could not catch a fish, when he came back i moved around and he went right where he left off and where i tried and when he gets there, bingo he starts catching them like CRAZY. i was going to wrap it up and head home

chet

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Originally Posted by chetc

he probably did, he was constantly looking down in his boat and moving with the trolling motor, but what puzzles me is when he went to shore for about an hour, i moved where he was and could not catch a fish, when he came back i moved around and he went right where he left off and where i tried and when he gets there, bingo he starts catching them like CRAZY. i was going to wrap it up and head home

chet

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I see this often and just so you know most that are on fish don't move if they're still biting.....:biggrin
What will help you is seeing the depth the guy with the bent pole is fishing then go find a area with like depth and find some structure elsewhere that will have active fish.....
The technique of bent pole fishing often leads to empty coolers IMHO.....
And it DO NOT REQUIRE A LIVE SCOPE.....

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some members are saying using too large a bait, i do use mostly 2 inch baits, can i get some suggestions on my next order of smaller baits.

thanks
chet

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you might want to try really tiny on really light line . a 1 inch bait on a 1/64 number 8 and 4 lb test might be the trick .
i have seen some really large crappie fall for a really small bait on multiple occasions .
especially in water with clarity , black crappie eyesight gets better as the water chills off according to what i have read on some studies done up in the northern US.
and NEVER wait to feel a bite when you to try to ketch crappie , they are the kings of the NON bite ...
watch your line and "ZEN" up , if you imagine a bite , it might be one ....

I also suggest you go watch some of SK's Crappie Fishing Adventures. His is one of the best video's to watch. He speaks to the truth and not any bs.

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I also suggest you go watch some of SK's Crappie Fishing Adventures. His is one of the best video's to watch. He speaks to the truth and not any bs.

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He probably had Live Scope seems like nowadays most of these crappie fishermen can’t seem to catch them without it [emoji23]


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I'm sure they could catch crappie before LiveScope and can still catch them without LiveScope. But LiveScope makes it so much more fun on those slow catching days. Like this morning, when the darn things wouldn't bite anything I offered them. I wasn't skunked but it sure felt like it. And the darn LiveScope makes it impossible for me to say they weren't where I was fishing. rotfl

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I also suggest you go watch some of SK's Crappie Fishing Adventures. His is one of the best video's to watch. He speaks to the truth and not any bs.

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he probably did, he was constantly looking down in his boat and moving with the trolling motor, but what puzzles me is when he went to shore for about an hour, i moved where he was and could not catch a fish, when he came back i moved around and he went right where he left off and where i tried and when he gets there, bingo he starts catching them like CRAZY. i was going to wrap it up and head home

chet

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Sounds like they were using my technique called hang gliding. He was using his sonar/ gps combo screen to stay on the brushpile that was holding the fish. Here on Shenango Lake in nw Pa, a lot of the guys are using it. They did an article about me in the Pennsylvania Angler a few months ago explaining this technique in depth. I’ve even used it in a video I did with Russ Bailey from Brushpile fishing video. Season four, Hang gliding Shenango lake. Check them out and see if that’s what they were doing.
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Sounds like they were using my technique called hang gliding. He was using his sonar/ gps combo screen to stay on the brushpile that was holding the fish. Here on Shenango Lake in nw Pa, a lot of the guys are using it. They did an article about me in the Pennsylvania Angler a few months ago explaining this technique in depth. I’ve even used it in a video I did with Russ Bailey from Brushpile fishing video. Season four, Hang gliding Shenango lake. Check them out and see if that’s what they were doing.
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That’s the wrong article. Here’s the right one.
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