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Thanks for the lesson. I will give it a try!
Good article Pappy......thats the method I use when I go up to TN and fish DaleHollow.
Thats a good one Pappy.
The first time I tried this method, I thought it was accidental
that I had caught a fish, then I wondered if it had just followed
my jig until it stopped and decided to nail it. I tried it again,
and while reeling the jig up so slow I had to watch what I was
doing......it happened again... BAM!, another crappie, so to
make sure of what had just happened, I tried it one more time.
It was true......I was pulling the jig through a school or they
were following my jig up until they thought it was going to
escape, not sure just what they were thinking. It worked,
bottom line. Worth a try when things get slow.
Thanks for the article.... Had heard of that method but hadn't tried it yet. Was kind of skeptical, but as they say..... You can't argue with success. I will give it a try.
Wow pappy, amazing job. I loved this article!
Try the others when this doesn't produce and you may never fish any other way than this. It is real good. Be sure to watch the line when you "cast", too. If it stops going down before it should, you may not even get to the retrieve part. And it often pays to let the bait lay on the bottom for a bit and not be in too big a hurry to start the retrieve. Also be very careful at just that point where you pick the bait up off the bottom to start the retrieve. No part of this technique can actually be done too slow IMO. Be very aware that a whole lot of pickups when fishing this way will be very soft. I never move a boat either until I have tried this right down to under the boat in the boat shadow. There are times the school will move right up under you.Quote:
Originally Posted by RetiredRR
It works great at Dale Hollow at times. it also works great others places also.
I tried this method yesterday, it worked pretty well. I usually catch some here and there while pulling my line back up, but i''ve always been told that they usually hit on the fall, so i've never really focused on the retrieve until yesterday. The depth doesnt change much where i fish so i just pull out enough line to reach the bottom then drop the jig down instead of "casting" so i can feel the hit if they decide to take it on the fall. And instead of reeling, i pull the line slowly with my hand and give the line a slight twitch with my index finger then a pause, thats when they usually hit it. Just my method.
We fish deep clear lakes can see 10 feet easy.Had been using 1/48 oz and 1/64 oz jigs,tubes.When the wind is blowing or a lot of boat traffic which we get a lot of.We fish deep trees and brush out over 30 and 40 ' feet most of the time the crappie suspend in 15-20' of water in top of tree .We have been able to take the crappie rig with the 1/48 or 1/64 oz jigs,We use three wires.This has helped us drop straight down vertical casting to the bottom of the tree or trees with a spinning reel prower pro line as small a dia as you can get.Start reeling as slow as you can We think this looks like a school of shad coming up through the trees.Have caught fish we would never have beeen able to because of the wind and holding above the trees.Good artical might want to give this method a try.Works in clear to stained water don,t know about muddy water. I am a bass fishermen wanttobe crappie fishermen all my crappie fisher friends says this will not work until they see the limits and size we catch.Good Fishing.Thanks for the post!!!!
Good article! Well written and much more informative an helpful than many of the ones you see in fishing magazines. I do some of these things but will tweak a few things it after reading your suggestions.
As always, good info.