How many of y誕ll like to cast for crappie year long? Clearly most people do during the spawn, but what types of areas / cover do y誕ll like to fish after the spawn with the casting method?
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How many of y誕ll like to cast for crappie year long? Clearly most people do during the spawn, but what types of areas / cover do y誕ll like to fish after the spawn with the casting method?
As far as I am concerned that is the most fun way to go after crappie or bluegill. I target stick-ups, tree trunks and docks. Every one talks about "the thump". There is no thump spider-rigging, long-lining or pulling cranks. Admittedly the other ways put a lot of fish in the boat.
I like to cast, keeps me busy. I hate getting snagged but the result casting is fun for sure. But finding them is the hard part for me
I知 in my forty-third year of casting. I do it year round and have no plans to stop.
IMO, it痴 the most fun method, and I fish for fun.
All I do is cast...not just for crappie...but everything. I am out to have fun......and casting....UL gear....2# test line allow me to do that. Over the years I have found my spots.....laydowns......bridges......dead locks. It works year round and produces a lot of crappie for me.....
Regards
I cast from boat or bank...for Crappie, Walleye, and all Bass!
I cast jigs most every time I fish for Crappie (minus those times I'm Pushing jigs). Post spawn I like to cast to banks with wood in the water & shade on the surface. I always use a 1/16oz weedless jighead/plastics, since I'm generally throwing the jig over or in the "woodpile", deadfall tree, or stump.
I'll also have a 1/16oz Road Runner (marabou) tied on another rod, and may even begin my search with it ... casting AT the bank, then down the bank a little, then down the bank farther and farther away from the shoreline, all in an attempt to find out how close or far from the bank they are & at what depth. But, when I approach a spot where I know there's wood cover, I'll switch over to the jig/plastic and work the wood over real good.
In fact, that's exactly what I'll be doing in a couple of weeks :biggrin
I agree with everyone else in that casting is probably one of the most deadly "go to" fishing tactic. You'll meet lots of people who focus on one or maybe two presentation approaches mainly because of its convenience and cruise-control pace for covering water with multiple rods, which is deadly too. But, if a person truly wanted to be the best crappie fisherman that they could possibly be... they would choose to be as good as possible at every type of presentation methodology and tactic... as in patterning the crappie's year around biology and migratory nature... a well rounded presentation tactician will fair better under all conditions and patterns.
I cast all year long here too,close as I can get to the plant matter, tules, and other water plants. I am at 701 fish so far this year, maybe 5 caught using a float.
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Depends on where and what I am fishing. I prefer to cast but sometimes jigging is the best way to go. I try and let the crappie tell me what they want.
I have always cast for whatever kind of fish I was chasing at the time. My internal motor runs too fast to bait and wait. I look for anything along the bank that creates shade or cover, or a drop off out away from the bank. Retrieve speed will help keep you above the snag they hide in, and Pappys weedless jighead has its merit also.
Casting is my favorite way to catch fish and it gives me exercise too! I cast toward bridges or wood lay downs primarily. Otherwise I target the top of weed beds. Pair a 1/16th pink jig head, a two inch stinger tail lure and some slab sauce or crappie nibble and you will catch dinner in no time.
Mike
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Casting? As opposed to trolling? Casting a plug or bobber and a jig? I'm not a troller, never did much and don't plan on it in the future. But I do have a trolling motor. Guy can't be to careful! :-)
Up until about 10 years ago, Walt & I mainly cast for most species we went after. We love to cast! However, it started becoming more & more difficult - osteoarthritis - on the shoulders and arms, after a couple of hours of casting. So, we adapted. Started off drift fishing with the wind, sideways. Turned out to be ultra-productive for us. Even more so than casting! So we kept it up.
However, again, you can never depend on the wind for controlling your of depth & speed. So, again, we adapted and took up with Roger Gant's method of "Side pulling" with a gunnel mounted trolling motor. Now we have the best of both worlds. We now can cast for a while, then when the shoulders start acting up, we side pull our jigs. Works well for these old timers - 74 years young and going strong!
There will come a time, as you get older, where casting becomes less & less an option, so you just have to do what you have to do to keep on fishing. Wish I were 20 years younger again! :)
I cast 75% of my time and 25% drop shot fish for them
I need to do more drop shot fishing! Should work great at my normal lake I keep forgetting about this technique.
I fish from shore and docks. Mostly cast 1/32nd jigs with a variety of plastic tails such as 1 1/2 crappie tubes and 2" rat tail shads on 4# line and UL rods. I also jig dock pilings and walls with ice rod and 1/48th jigs and tiny plastics on 2#. With heavier tungsten jigs one can get the small size to match the small tails and still get a positive and fast decent, but IMO sometimes that descent is too fast. I fish slow and when casting and jigging start at the bottom and work up the water column. We have mostly black crappies who move more vertical than whites. Best is when the crappies move up the breaks and out from cover to feed on the open flats IOW generally after work in the evening or when the street drains start to rush following a storm. Fishing the feeding areas produces a significant number of larger bonus game fish, as well; so it pays to carry extra filled spools for your reel because some of those bonus fish head for the next county and some times you can't stop em on UL.
I guess bobber's are not casting. I do mostly that but mostly for other fish I cast. Bait on the bottom for cat's. Hoping my new reel will let me cast a few crappie plugs I got. Had caught the first two by accident casting rubber jigs for bass. Gonna try that some more but with smaller jigs.
I use my double drop shot rig and it's been a killer. its probably better than spider rigging in some situations, such as me who does a lot of fishing off the kayak. tough to manage ton of rods and reels, so i put on two hooks instead.Quote:
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Same here. I like to drift over flats. One pole with float. One dead stick and one for casting.Quote:
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Glad to see I’m not alone. One of my favorite area to fish is rock walls that fall into deep water. Like dams the road span leading up to bridges. I also like fishing over grass and the grass edge. I’m still learning so y’all have given me and I’m sure a lot of people in my shoes a lot of ideas to try out.
I cast all year,, tons of fun with a UL and 4# line.
Cast and jig, with a good dose of dock shooting!
Ok somebody help me out. I知 still fairly new to this and just started fishing out of a kayak. Can someone explain drop shotting?
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Weight is below the hook. There are literally a million videos on Youtube demonstrating drop shotting.Quote:
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