Flying fish you say ?

Let's hear the reports , one lake here by my house has some large male white crappie that have been known to get good air time when hooked during the spawn .
Case in point was the left fish in this image and it was the first of 2 that took to the air on the hookset !
Now keep in mind not like you jerked hard and it came out as you reeled , I am talking going the other way hard and tail walking while it takes drag and head shaking as it goes !
Never can say I have seen any other crappie locally do that ? Seems to be just this particular spot and lake and to be sure it seems to be the larger ones every time.
So do tell , do ya'll have a spot where they do cartwheels and tail walk in the spring when they are dressed to impress ?
Inquiring minds thing ....
KABOOM is the word :cheers2

They do seem to be more aggressive in spring. Have had some do their best bass impressions. The 14.5 from last Saturday did as well.

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Originally Posted by DockShootinJack

They do seem to be more aggressive in spring. Have had some do their best bass impressions. The 14.5 from last Saturday did as well.

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and H said with a laugh ,as I set the hook from long range and my rod doubled over "you got a ROCK !"
and the fish blew right out like an old polaris style missle and I said nope bro ,NOT a rock !.....rotfl

I've only had a couple ever that jumped like that but they sure did pull hard.

It’s been rare for me but has happened on occasion that one wanted to fight up top. Now pans are another story. Some of those fellows like to come up top and do the circle dance! That’s the best fun!
Bob

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Originally Posted by SuperDave336

I've only had a couple ever that jumped like that but they sure did pull hard.

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a few years ago I hooked a 2 lb. 4 oz . black as coal male white in that spot out in deeper water and he did not one but 2 complete full air cartwheels at long range , the guy with me at that time had eyes like a big ole owl on that fight .....:Rofl
and to this day I remember the words said ....I used just 2 ...."KABOOM BRO"!:Cowboy

Nice colors on those fish. I have never had one jump but like Dave I have had them do their Brest to escape.

I get a few wild ones this time of year.
I think it must be a mix of testosterone and the fact that they just moved shallow. I love the ones that hammer the jig full throttle!


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I've had some bigger crappie that think they are bass and clear the water from time to time. One small 1/2 acre lake the Black crappie there was the dominant predator species and almost all of them would jump or make an attempt to. Some would spit out bass fingerlings during the fight.

Any crappie that eats bass fingerlings is alright in my book

Only airborne Crappie I've ever latched onto were a couple of Blacknose I stuck down at Watts Bar in E. Tenn .... and one of them did the polaris missile imitation upon hookset .... coming out of a big blowdown, over the bow of the Tracker TX175 and re-entered the lake about 3ft on the other side. :yikes

Had one big White Crappie female "try" to do the tail walk thing some distance from the boat, but just couldn't get it together, what with me frantically crankin' the reel and heavin' back on the rod.

On one of Richard Gene's video's he says that crappie came up like a old bass fish .i bout fell out my chair laughing .it was just how he said it lol

Sometime a good jaw jacking on a hookset will motivate them to acrobatics

I just picked a 40’s era bamboo fly rod that belonged to wife’s father. A guy I fish with is a fly fisherman and redoes old rods. He got it back in shape with a few new eyes and thread. It’s reversalable to use as a spinning rod so I’ll try to catch some crappie.


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Originally Posted by DockShootinJack

Sometime a good jaw jacking on a hookset will motivate them to acrobatics

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H says braid is better on hooksets because it don't stretch ....:dono
my response wasn't so kind .... it involved sissy hooksets .....:yikes
the rod best bend nicely , the drag give slightly and the mono stretch well or it aint gunna end well when I set the hook ....:Rofl

I have caught thousands of crappie and can't remember one ever going airbourne.

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I just picked a 40’s era bamboo fly rod that belonged to wife’s father. A guy I fish with is a fly fisherman and redoes old rods. He got it back in shape with a few new eyes and thread. It’s reversalable to use as a spinning rod so I’ll try to catch some crappie.


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I bought one of those a couple of months back. I have caught a few small fish with it. They are fun rods to fish with

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Originally Posted by Ketchn

H says braid is better on hooksets because it don't stretch ....:dono
my response wasn't so kind .... it involved sissy hooksets .....:yikes
the rod best bend nicely , the drag give slightly and the mono stretch well or it aint gunna end well when I set the hook ....:Rofl

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I have a pretty solid hookset. But it is tuned to braid. With mono I have to be a lot different or I will miss the occasional fish

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Originally Posted by Grainraiser

I have caught thousands of crappie and can't remember one ever going airbourne.

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The ones I have seen do it all came from Benbrook lake , never seen any other white crappie do it like they do , it will for flat out blow your mind , can't truly say I ever seen any fish getting air time that made me smile quite that much .....
well then again , the double hook up at the same time off the pacific side of costa rica and the 2 "vela" going head to head at the exact same moment in time and passing each other in the air as they jumped was some extra smile big stuff .:cheers2