Thread: Longlining Questions?

Neil, it works but it depends on the lake I think. It seems to me that this past Saturday on Wylie the guys where I was fishing seemed to be trolling very slowly trying to get the jigs down to to 25 feet or so. That is where we were catching crappies tight lining. I never saw anything pulled over the side but they were there practicing for next weekend. On the idea of lakes matter, I think it depends on fish population. High rock has a tremendous amount of crappies compared to Wylie. So from the reports and what I've seen there is more are caught on HR than Wylie at any given time. I don't long line as I use to but Wylie does not have that population that it had 30 years ago. Since perch were added as a another species to fish for. Perch almost destroyed in my opinion the crappie population we had. Bass fellows are starting to see a decrease in there numbers and size. Two floods in recent years didn't help either.

Originally Posted by BigDawgg

Neil, it works but it depends on the lake I think. It seems to me that this past Saturday on Wylie the guys where I was fishing seemed to be trolling very slowly trying to get the jigs down to to 25 feet or so. That is where we were catching crappies tight lining. I never saw anything pulled over the side but they were there practicing for next weekend. On the idea of lakes matter, I think it depends on fish population. High rock has a tremendous amount of crappies compared to Wylie. So from the reports and what I've seen there is more are caught on HR than Wylie at any given time. I don't long line as I use to but Wylie does not have that population that it had 30 years ago. Since perch were added as a another species to fish for. Perch almost destroyed in my opinion the crappie population we had. Bass fellows are starting to see a decrease in there numbers and size. Two floods in recent years didn't help either.

Thank you for your reply Ron.
I agree with you on the perch.
They really did a number on the crappie population in Wylie.
I've always tight lined for crappie until I seen some guys trolling for them about 10 years ago when I had my bass boat. Then I tried it a few times with no luck so stayed with tight lining minnows.
Since I got this boat I fish from the sides and back and will slow troll for them in the day time some. Using jigs, and minnows.
Thank you again for your input on my question.

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