Shellcracker rig

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Originally Posted by FurFlyin

One was using a porcupine quill for a float. I'd always set it so that my weight was on the bottom. A tiny split shot. I'd set the rubber band keeper about 1/3 the way up the quill from the eye in the bottom of the quill. If the light end of that quill "ticked" I'd set the hook.

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Sounds similar to the lift method:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcvGTMzO0sc

The rigging is similar but my float would be laying down at an angle. The tip would be no more than maybe an inch off the water. Think of the quill, in my set up like a saw horse. The tip could come up, or down, depending on what the fish did. It didn't matter which way it moved. If it moved, I set the hook.

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Originally Posted by redearhoosier

You used a pine cone? Now that's what i call creative..just reading that statement stopped me in my tracks. Neat!

I have tried various plastics and creature jigs with limited success. I always have my success using fat redworms with lots of wiggle. I have caught them on baby nightcrawlers but not consistently like redworms.

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Yep, you can get about 20-30 before changing cones . We were not poor but financially challenged . :biggrin Would not change anything about my childhood . Got me where I am today .

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Originally Posted by eagle 1

Yep, you can get about 20-30 before changing cones . We were not poor but financially challenged . :biggrin Would not change anything about my childhood . Got me where I am today .

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We didn't have a Walmart or BPS we could run to either back then, so us po country folks did whatever it took to get the job done.:ThumbsUp:cool:

welders mask?

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Originally Posted by deathb4disco

Lose the float.

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i second the lose the float.

I fine tuned porcupine quill will be hard to beat.

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If you are trying to find Beds of Shellcrackers what do you look for to locate their Bedding Area ??? Some will be Mixed in with Bluegills but not all

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Originally Posted by Fish on Line

If you are trying to find Beds of Shellcrackers what do you look for to locate their Bedding Area ??? Some will be Mixed in with Bluegills but not all

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I like to be able to see gravel on the bank with a fairly steep slope. I also fish the deeper part of coves where muscles are in the shallows. And if there is wood in 8-10 fow with gravel on the bank and muscles in the shallows with a fairly steep bank you better hang on

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Here in Eastern NC, look for them to bed in or around Cypress Knees. We generally just fish with red worms, and a cork is optional. If we're fishing a bonnet bed, we'll use a heavy cork and split shot to get past the bonnets.