Trolling beginner and Black Crappie Question - Newbie

[tnduxcaller]

I understood brush piles!!!! I did not figure you were using your hands. I figured you were catching them on a pole.

[Central Minn]

Mostly black crappie here in are area, ultra light ULC3, 4s and 5s shad raps, under spins over spins with a twister tail or paddle tail,3” pumpkin pepper meany was working good with a 1/8-1/4 ounce jig under a over spin last time out trolling.

[HuntFishDine]

Well, I went out to Lake Dubuisson this morning to try my luck. It was a great morning. I did not catch many but they were all whites! LOL
I caught one on every color that I was running and two on the pearl colored Bandit 300. Another great day, I'll be back at it soon.

[silverside]

Black ones will definitely hit while trolling. They are usually higher in the water column than white. Lures might need to run shallower than the typical bandit 300 depth. I use in- line trolling weights to place the crankbaits at the fishes depth.

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[HuntFishDine]

Thanks, that is helpful. I am running a Shakespeare line counting reel and an Abu Garcia line counting reel to start. I did not try to run any 200's Saturday because the thermocline was deep. I think that my baits were running from 12 to 14 feet down. I may have been a bit too deep. I plan to go back!

[GREENFISH]

Sounds like you are in the right track. I have a lot of different cranks, but the Pico INT seem to outperform most others regularly. Maybe order a few of those for the mix


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