Just wanna let you guys know I’m still kicking with my baitcaster even though I enjoy spinning more. Nothing just like swimming the jig on casting gear. Caught about 10 or so until the last light, nothing really big just a few of 12 inchers.
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Just wanna let you guys know I’m still kicking with my baitcaster even though I enjoy spinning more. Nothing just like swimming the jig on casting gear. Caught about 10 or so until the last light, nothing really big just a few of 12 inchers.
Nice job out there! Looks like you're using regular crappie jigs. Why did you lean toward the baitcaster instead of spinning? Just curious.
Nice catch.
Great pictures!
KABOOM :highfive
Great pictures, baitcaster seems to be getting the job done nicely.
12 inchers make for great eating. Congrats :fish
It comes down to easiness and accuracy, I guess. I cast better, faster and more accurate with bait caster than spinning. I’m not saying one better than other. I’m still learning with spinning, in fact majority of the crappie caught this year with my spinning and bobbers rig.Quote:
Originally Posted by Crestliner08
nice, I like casters 2
Good looking fish
I went back again last night, saw a lot of Shad boiling on surface against shoreline. First 20 minutes I tried right on top of boiling no luck, tried all depth and speed no luck. My jig got hung up three times on shoreline. I changed angle of casting instead of parallel to shoreline, I cast as closed to shoreline as possible and retrieved super slowly down the slope “bam” first hit. Turn out they hung out 3-4 feet out and 5-6 feet deep. I was getting back to back to back hit after the first bite doing the same, cast to shore let the jig fall and started counting to 6-7 while reeling as slow as possible to not let jig hit bottom. All in all it was fun caught first 10 or so in about 20-30mins the bite slow down but still manage another 10 the last hour of sunlight. BTW don’t get any bite on bottom which I usually do while searching for crappie.
If those Shad were Right Against the shoreline and thrashing the water around the rocks ... they're spawning. Seen that behavior here a couple of weeks ago.
Couple of those fish in the pics seem to have some fin damage, but doesn't look like spawning damage. You got predators attacking your Crappie ?? :scratchhead
Yes mostly bird, I guess. I believe spawning is over at my lake. Temp get up high, I guess water temp reach high 60 or even 70. A lot of fish I caught last couple week got a lot of damage to body too. We have pelican migrated to our lake. This one caught April 23.
Very nice. I could never cast light lures like that with any of my baitcasters. It clearly works for you and the fish don't care. :biggrin