Cranking on high rock

Took a couple from Indian Trail to high rock cranking for crappie. Today the hot color was black/pink stripe arkie 350 and orange/black stripe pulled with the planer boards I made. Had a mixed bag of crappie , cats , and white perch. The guy thought we were going to bass fish when I pulled out my crank baits lol. He had never herd of that method before , and I really blew there mind when I pulled out the planer boards. At the end of the day they both said , we got to do this again. A great day when you make new friends and catch fish at the same time
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Good job

Congrats on a good trip

Jig. Are you running planers with long rods also or just the shorter rods meaning 8ft and under

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By the way Jig you have met your message storage quota as i tried to send you one but woukdnt allow me to do so lol

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I'm running all 8 ft out the back with planer boards and pushing 14 scr rods out the front. I'll delete my old incoming pm messages , tks for letting me know. The wind was rough on the water today almost got blowed off a couple times.




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purdy white crappie, i like the homemade planers, could you see crappie bites well withem? catch many pushing? i bet it was a good crankin bite with the clouds and wind, temp was real nice today too

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I'm running all 8 ft out the back with planer boards and pushing 14 scr rods out the front. I'll delete my old incoming pm messages , tks for letting me know. The wind was rough on the water today almost got blowed off a couple times.




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No problem. Sorry for delayed response dealing with the cops. Someone decided they were wanting to try and break in to houses or cars on our road. Well my 105lb lap dog had other ideas for them in mind. Thanks jig. Were gonna try it for a little while in a couple hours lol

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We had a good time with Randy today and learned a few new tactics for crappie.

Gobbler the boards worked good. Caught all of them pulling but 3. Some of the smaller fish didn't pull the boards back as well but the waves were terrible and think that had a lot to do with the smaller fish.


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yeah ive always done better pulling but i talk to guys that prefer pushing, allows them to turn tighter and go back through an area quicker, now go try tuckertown, its got a higher white crappie population

jigpuller,is that oarnge plastic,form or wood? they look great,do you catch many black with crank baits,i have made some but just have not use them

Nice fish. Glad to see those whites.

Hope that they will corporate tomorrow. Headed to the rock with jigpuller


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Gene the orange is a rubber type mat texture material a friend gave me , that Im trying out. I bought some 4x8x1/2 foam board I'm also going to try out as flotation it seems to be a lighter material. I think it might work better for crappie when they get hooked. It might let me see the bite a little better and might not have as much drag when reeling in a fish. The ones I fished yesterday worked great it was just really rough water and sometimes it was hard to tell there was a fish on especially with the smaller ones. Going to high rock tomorrow with Mac crappie to try them again , maybe the wind will not be as bad. Trying to find some more yellow release clips to put on the new boards with the foam board. Thanks for the comments fellows


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Them boards look kinda like some other ones I've seen......:biggrin

Yea but I didn't use metal , I think it's called coroplast board. I used solid brass rod and bent my angle at 90 o then threaded it on both ends. I tried the threaded rod but it breaks when you bend it.



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Hey JP, I pulled crankbaits for the first time the other day at Randleman and we caught about 25. I watched some videos on pulling crankbaits with planer boards and it almost looked like more trouble than it was worth. Just wondering if you work yourself to death or is it worth the trouble? Seems pulling the shallower baits would work better on planer boards getting them away from the boat some.
Mike

Take a kid outdoors!

Jus my opinion only , it's no trouble for me but it all comes down to what you like. I like it because I didn't get tangled up much plus I covered more area with the wider spread from the planer boards


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Thanks jig puller,let us know how the planer boards do,was windy here ,i caught some nice ones on Gaston today up to 15 inches,i just throw jigs

What speed are yall pulling crank baits, I pull a crank bait in my striper spread. Catch several crappies at 2.5 to 3 mph. Most are good fish. Tight lines

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What speed are yall pulling crank baits, I pull a crank bait in my striper spread. Catch several crappies at 2.5 to 3 mph. Most are good fish. Tight lines

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Most of the time it's around 1.5 to 2.0 and sometimes I might get a little faster just depends


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