Check this out. Some valuable info in this about Crappie on the bottom....
https://youtu.be/THXu3Mdu52w?si=AHefCQ8HaYWr82dM
Printable View
Check this out. Some valuable info in this about Crappie on the bottom....
https://youtu.be/THXu3Mdu52w?si=AHefCQ8HaYWr82dM
Thanks for sharing
Yes. Very interesting. That is why I almost always have a double hook dropshot with a 5/8 or even a 3/4oz sinker and a slip bobber rod. I pound the bottom with the dropshop like I'm perch jerking on Lake Erie. Some days the vast majority of fish caught are on dropshot. other days, the slippy takes most of the fish. depends on whether they are suspended or laying on the bottom.
Been thinking about getting forward facing sonar but why spend the money if I don't need to??? maybe for my retirement present in a couple years....
Ive caught them many times while dragging a splitshot 12” above a hook and worm along bottom for bluegill
This is the third or fourth podcast that I heard where the bottom should also be considered structure for catching fish.
I have caught Sacalait with mud on their bellies several times in the past. Often they are on a grass bed and they are not visible on sonar. I pass the jig right above the grass or hop it in and out the grass. THUMP!!
I see fish on bottom on flats in the winter on 2d a lot. Never fished for them. always figured they were lethargic.
Maybe I'll drag a weedless jig or dropshot BGBS through there and see.
With 2D it's much easier to see them as far as I'm concerned. I always have 2D turned on this time of year.
Our fish house is on 25’ of water right now over a basin, I can scope a 100’ circle during the day and not see a fish, but at sunset more and more fish magically appear;)
Lots of them will just be a bump moving along the bottom and swim past the bait others will bite, at 25’ deep you got to keep them no matter the size,barotrauma is there instantly bulging eyes,and visible blood veins around the mouth.
Have you noticed the trauma happening at different depths on different lakes? It seems when i catch them deeper than 18-20’ on one lake they blow up like a pet goldfish with eyes bulging, but another lake a few miles away i can pull them out of 32-35 foot and they look completely normal. Both ice fishingQuote:
Originally Posted by Central Minn
Caught some crappies at 48 foot on bottom once ice fishing for catfish probably 5-6 years ago and they looked like space creatures when they hit the ice, eyes stuck out an inch and guts expanded like golfballs. They also stopped fighting half way up.
Yes I’ve seen that..interesting things about findings by Minn DNR and uncut anglings rebuttal… Arron is a smart dude even though he acts crazy sometimes….
https://youtu.be/Vck8N6HCSJY?si=BArBQ0pShS52-zoN
https://youtu.be/6AdfSoPfxr0?si=wYEi2KBt66DVTjQm
That's one of the most informative videos I've seen in a good while. Thank you for posting, Slab!
On fork a flat in 20 or more feet of water this time of year might be full of spread out crappie all right on the bottomQuote:
Originally Posted by jay the baptist