Crankin 5/30/16

Cranked some up for the first time this year! I took Bigfoot out on the water. Water temp started off at 73 and was 81 when we left. The fish were very picky with their depth but not color. All colors caught. Mistake was the best it seemed. They wanted that sucker 12 feet down. We trolled at 1.8 and wasn't doing very well, so we slowed down to 1.5 and it was game on! No real slabs but all some solid fish. We probably could have finished out the 2 man limit but rain was coming and fast and we had enuf n out cooler and decided to call it a day. Man it sure was FUN!

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Man don't ya hate it when this happens! Time to start breaking out the knife!

Interesting you slowed down to catch them. My trolling motor does not have a happy spot at 1.8 mph. So, I normally run 2 mph. Might try one speed down to see what happens. Thanks. DP

Nice fish! Congratulations and thanks for sharing!

Chris

Nice Job Slade you all whacked em pretty good.

Nice catch Lowe! How in the heck did yall get 5 poles in that kinda mess?

Man that Slade can fish! And Bigfoot looks like he just gets too excited!

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Originally Posted by DRPEPPER

Interesting you slowed down to catch them. My trolling motor does not have a happy spot at 1.8 mph. So, I normally run 2 mph. Might try one speed down to see what happens. Thanks. DP

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DP I catch a lot, if not most, of my crappie trolling at 1.25mph. I don't usually go much faster due to stumps and hang ups. I'm afraid I'll break my trolling motor hitting something or burn up the drags on my reels before I can get slowed down and turn around and go get it un-hung.

I've got to get a patent on my ky/the crappie umbrella rig. Seeing too many pictures of it lately on the site. Lol. Congrats on a good trip

Buy you one with a Maximizer variable speed . :biggrin

Nice catch :biggrin You have fun with that mess of crankbaits .Looks like you need a few more , maybe try em on an umbrella rig . :Rofl

Fish fry for sure!!!

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Nice catch Lowe! How in the heck did yall get 5 poles in that kinda mess?

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Hahahahahaha that was just HALF of my spread!

That tangled mess gives me the goose bumps

That fifth pic could possibly melt me down.:mad::mad:

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That fifth pic could possibly melt me down.:mad::mad:

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Hahahahaha I thought about it and just laughed at the beautiful photo opportunity!

Thankyou all for the kind words!

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Originally Posted by Mac Daddy

DP I catch a lot, if not most, of my crappie trolling at 1.25mph. I don't usually go much faster due to stumps and hang ups. I'm afraid I'll break my trolling motor hitting something or burn up the drags on my reels before I can get slowed down and turn around and go get it un-hung.

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I will try that too!. Sometimes it is a lot of work trying to maintain 1.8 to 2 MPH. Thanks DP

Awesome!!!!!! Great pics.

Put you a trolling plate on your big motor. I have no problem going 1.8.

I have a really old MinKota trolling motor that went too fast. I put a little PWM (Power Wave Modulation) unit in line with my trolling motor. I can dial in any speed I want. Very energy efficient with no energy lost in heat generation. Cost $18.00 from China. Found it on Amazon. Installed it this spring, but have probably used it 15-20 times. Sure made my fishing a lot more enjoyable.

Looks like a great time, LowePro. Good going! GTT

Yowza!! Its time.

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Son.. Now thats a mess!! Headed across the creek this weekend.. Hopefully we can find a few!!


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Good catch....yep, its cranking time

Lowe, what kind of rod holder to you have there? I'm referring to the actual riser part if they are not one and the same.

Great catch, congrats!

They are called Tite-Lok Black Widows. They r solid! they are all one unit. They were a 4-pole holder. But I took one off each pod to make it a 3 pole holder n the back.

I can't see the fifth pic but im pretty sure what its about.


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First time my terrova went into a death spin and resulted in a replica of the Gordian knot I put different colored line on each reel.