Is the bank spawn over all ready. Have been busy for a few weeks, spent a week out of the country on vacation. Was going to head up to Stockton this weekend. What is the word on how everybody is catching some slabs.
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Is the bank spawn over all ready. Have been busy for a few weeks, spent a week out of the country on vacation. Was going to head up to Stockton this weekend. What is the word on how everybody is catching some slabs.
22 fow trolling crankbaits at 1.7 mph
I have never fished crankbaits for crappie. What is the best ones to use, what have they been hitting? If you don't mind me asking.
Bandit 300's, Rebel Crank R's, are my two go to baits. Also like Yozuri's if you can still find them.Quote:
Originally Posted by justfishingmo
Here is a very good (but long) thread about pulling cranks.
http://crappie.com/crappie/showthread.php?t=117660
Any certain color that works good?
OMG there are hundreds of different colors. If you stick with bright colors on sunny days and dark colors on cloudy days, you will catch fish. You will soon find a few favorites. I would always have an Awesome Pink, a Fire Tiger and a Black Bubblegum Bandit in the boat. Rebel colors I like are Firefly, Sea Sick and Tail Light
Different colors work better on different lakes as well. Maybe some of the Stockton guys could give a better idea of what colors work best for them.
I have been catching big crappie on brown/orange, bandit 300 and purple/chrome bandit 300 mostly out of twin bridges area, power line and south up the sons creek arm, 22 to 35 ft of water, now having said that, it has been slow on cranks for me last two weeks. brush pile bite is a couple weeks away, and brush pile bite is on in some areas, but not south side of lake just yet. so good luck and let us know.
Great info. So you are fishing a 12' diving crank in that 22-35 fow? I have never tried that before but am going to. Is it a morning bite or evening or all day?
All day. It's a great locator technique. After the spawn, crappie scatter over flats and channels chasing schools of shad. If you can find the shad on your depthfinder, you will find the crappie at the same depth.Quote:
Originally Posted by justfishingmo
All day 75 to 100 ft of line out if you have line counter reels it is easy if not then a good guess always works too
maybe the best deal out there is Berkeley flicker shad if you watch for the $15 rebate on a 40 dollar purchase and can buy the them for 399 each then with rebate they are less than 3 buck you can by 11 BaIts worth the money and they work very very well at least for me I prefer the size 7 or 6 for most situations
Or today was bandits 200 white with a steak of green. But only caught 6 fish total.
if you get time and the wind is not blowing 60 i been doing good by just drifting over the old river channel up little sac fish are scattered out and find the shad and catching some keepers none over 11 inch .and catch a walleye.here and there to .12ft over 21 foot of water .(the bank bite was here and gone in no time ) Good Luck
Let's hope the summer bite is a better than last summer. Maybe it was more a case of me not knowing where to go but I found them tough to get last year till the weather cooled off. So far this year things have been really good.
I was pulling bandit 300s and flckr shads. Black and silver bandit, gray back white side flickr, and a blue back silver side bandit. Never needed any other colors on Stockton.Quote:
Originally Posted by justfishingmo