Given this is a long weekend and the Crappie are mostly in transition from post spawn to summer mode What would you do on the big G this weekend?? Long line/ spider rig or pull cranks?? See how many Jet ski's you can take out??
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Given this is a long weekend and the Crappie are mostly in transition from post spawn to summer mode What would you do on the big G this weekend?? Long line/ spider rig or pull cranks?? See how many Jet ski's you can take out??
Personally I am gonna leave the crappie to their transition and target some bluegills and crackers if I can turn a prop.with all the people playing this weekend :Doh::Doh:
We are not even gettn close to Martin on this holiday weekend. We rented the cabin out.
Probably the wise thing to do, I am sure wind creek will be very peaceful!!!
I avoid the lakes during the weekend this time of year
Got me 100 crickets,gonna rig a couple jigging rods w/ #4 hooks,comal styro corks,and lil splitshot,,walk 150 yds.to where I feed the bream,hope to keep some big uns for a fry down,let the dog chase the throwbacks,,,and enjoy being home in th woods,,all other ventures lately have failed miserably,,,,really shows how bad I am at this when a guy drives up to the store with an oil drain pan fulla 90 heads and backbones he rode up to bury in his garden,,I have a lot to learn,,but don't have $1k sidescan,,oh well,,yall have a good safe holiday,,,,
I think longline would work but I am set to troll cranks so that is what I will try on Gville if I brave it the next couple of days.
We were thinking cranks maybe ,too, Call, but this early since we are still learning are not sure if they would be in the summer areas yet. Maybe shallower creek channels ??
Try the area between spawning and summer haunts. Some fish are in summer areas already.
Wait until Tuesday after all the Fleas have gone home.
I can now say for sure that crankbaits in summer areas will work now...Quote:
Originally Posted by Snapperking
This post is no good without pictures ..:fingerdanceQuote:
Originally Posted by callshy
& details..........
Forget the pictures!!!He probably had to many to fit in to HA , I just need Call to send me detailed pictures of where he was(grin) location, location, location, HAHA ....... I do agree it seems they are in cranking mode my buddy and I found some too cranking, also found 2 or 3 drum that were probably world records. What were you best colors Call? Pearly white and crawfish were ours.
Well, no pics as most of the fish were released. Dark colored baits worked best for me, black, purple, black/chart, bluegill, etc. Most were caught on 300's while I caught a few on 200's. Had 4 bass and 2 crappie on at the same time Saturday afternoon, it got kinda hectic.
Call, how fast are you pulling the cranks and what depth are you working? I was long lining this past weekend and managed 7 nice fish in 12 FOW, but the grass is starting to get awesome so I'd like to try some cranks in deeper water.
Typically around 1.8 mph. I was in 20-24' of water. The floating grass will get aggravating on Gville at times as it did this past weekend.
I was fishing shallower than Scott but still found them with cranks. Not as many as before but still enough for a meal or two. I also found lots of grass and pleasure boaters. Not sure which aggravates me more.
Scott, are you using 10 lbs test? Baitcasting vs spin cast reels? What length rods do you use and how many do you run when trolling cranks?
I use 8 rods, 10# test, all Baitcasters/line counters. A 16', 14', 10' and 6' off each side, all from the back. I will occasionally run a couple off the front (out the sides) with a 2 ounce weight. The way my holders are set up, there is more than 2' spread between them as the holder for the 16' is more toward the outside of the boat. I recommend a minimum of 4' spread.