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Originally Posted by jekhoff
Sometimes you just flat out have to wait!!! Fish tend to like to swim off with the tail end of the minnow in their mouth, then they'll stop and turn it head first. Lesson sometimes let them take it. But this isnt' an exact science, one must have a feel for it!!!

I do this with Walleye, but with Crappie you will end up gut hooking your Crappie if you wait to set the hook. Any movement of the bobber and I don't jerk the rod but lift up swiftly and turn the handle at the same time. If I miss the fish I haven't moved the bait very far and can let it sit without re-casting. If you jerk and no fish you will pull the bait out of the strilke zone and away from the fish. If I miss the fish I let it settle down and then just give the rod a twitch and let it settle back down as an injured fish after a fish has hit it. jmo EB


Yeap EB, that is true. I fish on a river where crappies, LMB, SMB, and walleyes all like to hangout. I've learned to try and read the bobber. I've lost a ton of fish setting the hook too soon and lost a bunch waiting too long.