Anyone pull crank baits on Wylie in the summer?
I’m trying it.
Thus far only good results are when going over brush.
I know black crappie like brush and docks but are they suspended in open water too?
Thanks
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Anyone pull crank baits on Wylie in the summer?
I’m trying it.
Thus far only good results are when going over brush.
I know black crappie like brush and docks but are they suspended in open water too?
Thanks
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Might just be location. Attachment 308329
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I don't pull cranks, but as you stated the ones you are catching are relating to brush. You need to experiment with where you put your brush. Looking at the pamphlet above, it clearly states that 51% of the black crappie are located on shallow flats so why put all your brush in 20 foot or deeper water where only 21% of the black crappie are located? If brush pile depths were more diversified, and plentiful. You would always have brush with active fish that could be caught using more conventional methods.
Is there any white crappie population in Wylie?
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ThanksQuote:
Originally Posted by Inkdabber
Next time I’ll try a few flats with shallow divers.
Then I’m going to the main lake and trying the channel edges.
I just want to see if it’s brush only.
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Good questionQuote:
Originally Posted by Herewego
I’m sure there must be but since I just assume it’s black all the time.
There is not any realistic chance for WC.
I’d guess 5% , completely guessing
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Originally Posted by Lloakley930
What book is that?
Infisherman has a few books on crappie
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Like most lakes in South Carolina, each has both crappie species. A few lakes, Wylie being one of them, the white crappie population is very small. The reason cranks work better for white crappie is due to the fact that whites prefer deeper, stained water along channel ledges. Cranks in the summer are a great tool for fishing these areas. Blacks on the other hand prefer shallower areas, relating to structure in these areas. For these reason, other fishing methods are far more effective for catching black crappie. You certainly can catch some fish pulling cranks, it’s just not the best method for black crappie in their preferred habitat.
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Originally Posted by Herewego
I would think pushing cranks on shallow flats might be worth trying.
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Curious, why would pushing be better than pulling, or is it the same?Quote:
Originally Posted by Lloakley930
I’m going pulling maybe Thursday
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Just thinking if they are shallow then spook easier. I have barely any experience when it comes to this but just saying and hoping someone that knows jumps in.
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I lived on a lake in Tennessee that had good populations of black and white crappie.
The white crappie do school up in deeper open water flats and trolling crankbaits, pushing and pulling in summertime was a sure method of catching a limit daily.
That is why l ask.
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Fellow Wylie boys are say 1 percent White crappie
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Pushing works better in smaller bodies of water where you do not have enough room to make wide sweeping turns (like you do pulling pulling ) to keep your lines from getting crossed up. Pushing you have less line out because you are controlling depth with a weight. Pulling you have way more line out because you are controlling depth by length of line out.Quote:
Originally Posted by brettw
Pushing we used up to 5 oz weights with leader to lipless rattle crankbaits or jigs.
Pulling you can use leadcore line to shorten line distance out back of boat and still get depths desired or let out enough mono line to get deep diving lipped cranks down to desired depths.
We usually were trolling in 25 to 40 fow.
As usual find the fish feeding on bait fish balls and troll through them.
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HiQuote:
Originally Posted by Herewego
Are u talking about Lake Wylie here?
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No. Lake in Tennessee l used to live on had good populations of blacks and white crappie.
The schools of white crappie were targeted by crankbait pullers in the summertime.
The black crappie were almost always on some type structure which could be brush, bridge columns, rocks and willow trees up river in shallower water.
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I pull cranks on some smaller shallower lakes and do well catching blacks, but you have to be prepared to catch everything else in the lake as well. BUT I’ve had my most success in long narrow lakes rather than broad flat ones. So I would assume the ones I’m plucking would be coming off of nearby cover or structure as my offering is passing by. If I were going to somewhere like Monticello (using it as an example only because of its shape) I don’t think it would work as well as if you went to let’s say a Greenwood and started up the Saluda and worked your way down. I guess on Wylie, I’d go back up a good deep creek and work it back out to the main lake, something that would give you a run of a mile or so. Pay close attention to your electronics (sidescan would be a plus) and where you are getting fish. As inkdabber said, you are probably be picking up fish off of brush or other cover along the way.
I enjoy trolling crankbaits because I catch a lot of fish, many different species, and in the heat of summer usually get a little breeze by moving. Plus I get to see a lot of water and have found a lot of new stuff to fish along the way. Oh and I promise you will catch all the perch you would ever want in Wylie[emoji23].
Rob
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