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My daughter and grandkids live near Lake Erling and we try to go down there every other weekend. When we do I usually fish Saturday morning till noon and sometimes Sunday morning till time to go in and go to church. Ended up with 18 averaging a little over a pound. If you can troll crankbaits in Lake Erling you should be able to troll them about anywhere. I get hung up sometimes but it's amazingly limited. The graph is what I like to see, when the fish are on the move I usually do the best.
Good fish.
Good fish! Thanks for the report.
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Looking across that pic, it seems like it would be like cranking Conway. I believe I could get all 6 or 8 hung up at once depending on the wind.
Nice fish! Is this at the park? I fished Blackwell all the way up to the bridge Saturday with jigs and didn't get a bite...
Good job, it takes skill to pull cranks in that. Looks like a single poler's paradise.
Nice tailgate shot!
I bet I could change my hooks from red to invisible and still get hung.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cmj
RCC, I only pull 2 poles on each side with 4 or 5 feet between them when I'm cranking there because I'm usually by myself, anymore than that can be cause for more problems. But it's still amazing to me how they will go over and around that stuff. I really don't hang up that much. That's one reason I posted this because I've never seen anyone else trolling cranks there. And I don't think I've ever not caught fish. And most are nicer than I see people catching with jigs this time of year. Also the ticket seemed to be 25' of line out and pink last weekend and when I don't have any more line out than that they rarely get tangled up when I do have to turn around and get one unhung. Nearly every time they get hung its because the line went directly over the top of the stump and it gets caught in a crack. Other than that the usually bounce off or go around.
scostud, yes I was at the park. Saturday I trolled from the park to Walker Creek and back and Sunday morning I trolled between the boat lane and the dam because I didn't have much time. If you ever want to go with me I'd love to take you. Pretty easy to do for you because all you have to do is show up I've got everything we need. I think you'll like it. If your interested you can PM me, or since this is your first post and may not know how to do that yet, then just post a quick response to this thread and I'll PM you with how to get a hold of me. Also I spoke with several who fished with jigs Saturday and they didn't do that well either.
How you ever troll in a lake like that is beyond me. So many stumps for 2 treble hooks to stick.
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Originally Posted by Mac Daddy
Mac Daddy is a crappie Legend!!! He can catch them anywhere!!If their is a crappie to be caught he can catch them!! Good job Mac!!!
have any of you folks ever tried removing the front hooks of your crankbaits?? i only fish the big 4 down here and never hang up, but after the second episode of burying a front hook in my hand i removed them all and haven't noticed missing many, if any. looks like that would help in those stumpy waters...
Great Job and post. Thanks for sharing.