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Hit crowders in the afternoon/evening yesterday - marked plenty of fish between 10 and 20 feet but couldn't get a single one. Ran various jigs, jigs tipped with minnows, and just minnows. Am I running too deep? Pretty new to this area and lake so still need to learn some better spots.
the crappie are definitely frustrating me, still trying to adjust to the new pattern, whatever that is. Only catching a few here and therr
Battery cables are the most consistent pattern in Crowders ??
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Hope you get it figured out soon. Make changes other than jigs. Look at your speed, some times speed up or slow down. You could be under them or over them, so make adjustments to meet the marked depth of fish. Yep, move on to other place to see if it's you or just tight lipped fish. Hang in there!:juggle Good luck!:cheers2
If the fish youre marking aint biting then move on and find some that will. I see a lot of guys going to the same creek and not catching, coming home saying the fish aint biting. I agree that they aint biting in that creek, but theyre biting somewhere. Sometimes you'll find 'em and sometimes you wont. But atleast you tried.
Worst part is seeing a guy slaying crappie an hour after you vacated the same exact spot on youtube, just scratching my head lol. I was definitely doing something different
Agree with Gabowman, it is easy to stay to long on non biting fish. It is also easy to fish under the fish. It is best to start off pulling the jigs high in the water column (less line out / faster speed) and then if no bites slow your speed down a little at a time until you find the sweep spot/right combo of line out/speed. If you spend a little time searching the water depths and still don't catch any you really need to move.
Wouldn't using 3/16,1/8 & 1/16 at the same time accomplish it faster, all other things being equal
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I do something like that using split shot, but only thing is - it reduces your number of baits in the water at any given depth. If you run a lot of rods, it works pretty good. I usually only run two depths at a time, though - about all I can keep straight.
Yep that's the problem
When you factor in different colors you have a ton of variables
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Exactly
IMO running your jigs at 5' deep versus 8' deep isn't that much to worry about. At 8' you could be below the more aggressive fish though. If an aggressive fish is 8' deep he will come up to attack a jig running at 5' but if youre below that aggressive fish you'll NEVER get that bite. Just saying.....
About the only time I want to be hitting the fish in the nose with a jig is post spawn when the water gets over 80*. The fish are much less likely to chase so you have to spoon feed 'em then.;)
When I do this it's when I suspect the fish are holding deeper and they're not biting jigs at normal depths. For me adding a medium split shot puts me down around 12' - 15' and that works to locate fish that are willing to bite but either not seeing or not chasing my other jigs. Some days I only get bites on the deep ones.