Thread: Single Pole fishing

I have noticed a lot of times some of the biggest white females will just nibble it like a bream. I have learned that when I feel a bite like this, grab the net, its usually a goodun.

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Oh, big c I agree completely, length of your rod makes all the difference in the world. Hahaha

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Those are good points to think about. I have used longer and shorter. I think I will have to use 3 or more different lengths depending on depth of water. Lately it has been fairly shallow water and the trees have a lot of low limbs with moss. Shorter and heavier are working better there. I have been pushing the jig up into any openings to get close to the tree base and then lowering the jig stopping every couple feet till hit bottom or catch a fish. Been using the two hand method ( one holding the rod and the other holding the line ).

When working open brushpiles I can get away with lighter and longer. Water clarity hasn't been too clear yet. One thing I did notice is with shorter poles it is easier to watch the jig on my HB and helps me stay in the strike zone on those brushpiles. I wish BnM and Ozark would crossbreed a jig pole that is 11' and tough as a Brushcutter but light as the Ozark rear reel seat.

one more thing the bigger jig picks up better on the hb .

Alright, I got to thinking.............YEP dangerous I know. As far as white crappie, when do you see the most white females around the spawning trees or flats? I have mostly found males. I know the females come and go. The males stay a little while longer. Longitude and Latitude is a little different in MS, but I have a good lake close to my home with a good white crappie population. I am trying to figure out how to target those white females. Our lake seems to see the larger fish in or on the river channel ledges and never on the flats. I am wanting to SP those whites and target a time those females are more likely to be up shallow. One pole = One fish, but I like those odds!

The females don't stay long they do there laying pretty quick but they aint far from the males they are just in a little deeper water on the river if the males are in 3 feet or less the females are in 5 to 8 feet just my observation though

Donnie, that's exactly what I've found to be true. Bucks will hang around a little longer (1-2 weeks I think) to 'guard' the nest, while the females MAY make another run at a second spawning of eggs. Old man once told me that they don't always get their business done in the first attempt and that some residual eggs may be dropped a few days later. What do you guys think about that concept?

I just know that once laid, the females retreat to that 5-8 fow to gorge on shad while they recover from spawn and before they head deep for summer. The bucks hang a little longer.

Also, this past weekend, I tied a gnat and put a sinker about 12" ABOVE it and let the minner do its work and WOW!!! Sometimes couldn't feel the bite real strong, but they couldn't resist that gnat flittering around with supper on nthe end of it.

Originally Posted by jimmydee1

Donnie, that's exactly what I've found to be true. Bucks will hang around a little longer (1-2 weeks I think) to 'guard' the nest, while the females MAY make another run at a second spawning of eggs. Old man once told me that they don't always get their business done in the first attempt and that some residual eggs may be dropped a few days later. What do you guys think about that concept?

I just know that once laid, the females retreat to that 5-8 fow to gorge on shad while they recover from spawn and before they head deep for summer. The bucks hang a little longer.

Also, this past weekend, I tied a gnat and put a sinker about 12" ABOVE it and let the minner do its work and WOW!!! Sometimes couldn't feel the bite real strong, but they couldn't resist that gnat flittering around with supper on nthe end of it.

I agree a lt of things can make her not lay all her eggs at once and glad you like your jigs and the feesh like em

Yep. I am hooked! Thks 4 the help.