Quote Originally Posted by trypman1 View Post
Black crappie will hit deep running jigs, but do not like cranks. Long line jigs for success with blacks and cranks for whites. Cranks at 1.5mph and long line at .8mph. There is charts for both here. P.S- it could be the speed with cranks, that blacks don't like.
I beg to differ big time on this. If I'm pulling cranks near cover, especially grass or weeds, I'll catch as many black crappie as whites. That said, we don't have that many of those types of cover as wood on KY or Barkley. The most of my fishing will be on flats or near breaks, not trying to target cover specifically. Looking for baitballs in open water produces more warm weather crappie and those are the kinds of places black crappie are not as likely to hang out in. If I get a crank in front of a black crappie, it will destroy it as much as a white crappie will. My % over a years time will be 90/10 white/blacks. This was from yesterday from a break in 20+ feet of water.


As far as rods and terminal tackle for cranks, I've used every rod on the market prior to settling in with Southern Crappie Rods. This was in a time frame that I was paying retail just like every one else. Once I started pulling cranks on the 8-14' Southerns, I sold my other trolling rods. Ed's new "T" series in 12" and 14" are custom made for pulling cranks or pushing with heavy weights.