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How many of you boys use this technique in the summer? If not whats your favorite way to catch some slabs in the La heat?
I normally dont crappie fish too much in the summer but this year Im gonna go a lot more and attempt spider rigging for the first time. Usually Ill just fish a shiner over some deep water brush and stumps and tightline a jig.
When it's hot out, I pull crankbaits most of the time. Will drop shiners in deep pockets as well.
I do. Like to fish stump fields 10 to 15 feet deep
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Originally Posted by free bird
Thats what I plan on doin as well. Have a few spots scoped out already but only in 7-8 ft deep. Do you think that would be deep enough? Tons of good stumps in the area.
Idk. Try em there. You might get right on top of em. If not just keep hunting them. You'll find em. One thing for sure....they have to eat in the summer time too.
You got that right!Quote:
Originally Posted by free bird
i love to spider rig in the summer. the fish move back to the deeper water and spider rigging is the best way to load the boat. i have my ranger set up so that we can spider rig three fishermen. front, back and middle. each with 8 rods, 2 shiners per rod. that's 48 shiners at one time. LOL
the one thing i have learned is that in the dead of winter, the fish are very close to the bottom in the deeper water. but in the summer, they are more suspended. maybe a foot or two off the bottom. but when you find them and the right depth, it's on like a chicken bone.
be sure to let us know how you do when it heats up.
doc :)
I saw a white war eagle like you described. Was that you?Quote:
Originally Posted by docwaldo
nope. not me. i have a black and red 21 foot ranger. i almost exclusively fish cypress and black bayou. if i am spider rigging i am on cypress. where did you see this war eagle??Quote:
Originally Posted by free bird
Darbonne. It was clean as a pen too.
I Tightline with a black and chartuse tube jig on one jig pole. I like to swim a 3tail with a spinn cast too . Pretty much do this year round. I haven't felt the need to spider rig. I like to feel the bump.:biggrin
just got my triple tails in and will try them out soon.Quote:
Originally Posted by jig rig
Freebird... did that big white bass boat have three tier rod holders to hold the unused rods. The one I saw on the bonne about three months ago was an impressive work of Art
Tal maybe the triple tail will catch 3.:biggrin
"gene"
I am getting my boat rigged up for spider rigging. I have a rod rack now that holds 4 rods, but I am getting more so that I can put more rods in the water. I did spider rig, ( sort of) about 2 months ago and caught 4 nice fish, but I lost 3 others from not having a proper net. I have one now. I am hoping to get better at this type of fishing this summer. It takes a pretty good investment to get set up properly, with all the rods and pole holders requirred. but once you have it all purchased, they should last quite a while. Let us know how it goes.
Yes, same one I bet. I have a black war eagle but I fish kinda hard. Made mine look junky. :RoflQuote:
Originally Posted by Fish on Line
I def will Doc, hopin to get on the water next weekQuote:
Originally Posted by docwaldo
What depth do you usually stick to in the summer for rigging?
Better be careful with em.nononoQuote:
Originally Posted by fishervet
Doc, 42 shiners at a time? You're a dedicated shiner fisherman for sure! You've got me and Bruce beat hands down. What size minner bucket/chest do you tote? I put out three rods at the most with double drop shots rigs. Jig sometimes on the bottom rig. My next trip I'll put out one rig with shiners, and tightline another with some road runners Skip sent me.
it shall be a challenge with me on one end o that pole...Quote:
Originally Posted by PawPaw "gene"
j, i have fished cypres so much that i kinda know what depth they will be in, or at leasst i can get kinda close til i narrow it down. also a graph will come in handy to determine where they are suspending. the water i fish at cypress is between 16 and 18 feet normally in the summer time, so i will normally fish13-16 feet depending on the water level.Quote:
Originally Posted by JRoberts(TeamDuckMeat)
i have these cool little rectangular boxes that i got at bass pro shops. they allow me to just plug and play. i have two aerator pumps mounted under the dash of my ranger and i wired them to a blank switch i had. i can just plug the shiner boxes in and flip the switch and they start aerating. each pump will run two boxes. i have found the size of the box is not as important as the temperature of the water. when it heats up, i drop a frozen water bottle in each shiner box. that drops the temp enough to keep a bunch of shiners alive even in a smaller box.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tracker123
doc.....thats hard core
I do the same thing with a frozen water bottle, makes a huge difference during the late spring/summer time. The mounted aerator box sounds like a good idea. Mine now is portable, battery powered aerator box on the Frabil bucket I have. Batts last two days. It works works nicely when I am fishing in someone else's boat who don't believe in shiners :rolleyes:. What I need now is a square cricket cage that someone here talked about. Thanks for posting.
you'll b alright with that square cricket box unless you lose the tip of your finger...Quote:
Originally Posted by Tracker123
Doc, I haven't been out on Cypress in the heat of the summer. I'm stoked to hear that you can spider rig in the summer. It may be a little busy with all the ski boats and jet ski speeding around. I'm guessing you fish in the same area of the lake we do in the winter?
Thanks for the info Doc, cant wait to give it a try
Guys, I may disagree a tad on the depth of the fish in the heat of summer. Around 10, the shad will get over the stump flats in huge balls and you can see them on top of the water. I have hammered them in as little as six feet of water, with the temp already at 100, and get this, fishing 2 feet deep. Not always the case, but just my 2 cents worth.
The one consistent thing about crappie is "they are always changing where they want to be".
they r always changing to what I'm not doing!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by mb4850
I have caught them that shallow in the heat before myself. Another thing that works good for me is to troll bridge pilings with a 1/16 oz jighead with a curltail about 6-7 foot under a cork. I use a 24 volt trolling motor and keep it on constant speed as low as it will go. Troll along the pilings with your line behind the boat kinda like long lining but with a cork. The cork helps you determine where your bait is and allows you to run it close to the pilings doing a zig zag pattern with the trolling motor. Hammered big slabs doing this in henderson in the heat of the summer.Quote:
Originally Posted by BraeNoly
Good info i'm taking it all in and storing it for another day.
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Originally Posted by crappiecatcher06
Same here... Thanks for all the info guys
Please allow me to pay my 2 cents worth on this subject. I spider-rig exclusively. I have learned this method and became obsessed with it. In summer when its HOT!!! I have the best luck trolling very slowly and following the river channel ledges in water ranging from 16 to 30 feet. I use live minners also because that's what I like. Start early in the 16 foot range and as the sun rises adjust your bait deeper. It works great for me most of the time. Except for the days you just cant buy a bite anywhere, We've all had those days. Good luck from superfly.
I'm with CC06 just taking it all in thanks for the info guys:notworthy
Summer is crazy because you can catch fish from the bottom to the top. Some shad will school up on top and some stay near the bottom where its cooler. Notice that you see bass schooling up in the dead heat of the summer chasing the shad, but you can also catch bass deep as well. Once the sun comes out, the algae and phytoplankton in the water starts photosynthesizing and oxygen is produced, the more sunlight = the more oxygen, the more oxygen = the more happy the fishies. Sunlight can only penetrate so deep, so the upper water column nearest the surface has the most oxygen being produced (fish will be there following the shad that are eating the plankton) BUT, cooler water can hold more dissolved oxygen, so deeper down the water is not only cooler but also contains enough oxygen (not if there is a thermcline though) to keep the fishies happy.
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Nice post, thank you.