Thread: trolling at night

I would think that Crappie would be more closely oriented to cover at night, rather than roaming the open water, but

Give it a try & let us know how it goes !!

I've been thinking about shooting docks & pontoons at night, just to see if it would pan out. You never know until you try !!

... cp

CrappiePappy would you be throwing glow in dark jigs/bait

I pulled cranks a few hours after sunset before. Was catching pretty steady before the sun went down. Didn't get a bite after. Didn't try again.

Tried several times last summer and only caught one in 3 trips. Want to try spider rigging with a light just haven't done it yet.

I was thinking about putting a light out and drifting flats or drops ....maybe trolling isn't the right term for it...

Originally Posted by jaxsprat

CrappiePappy would you be throwing glow in dark jigs/bait

I think I might have a pack of "glow" plastic jig bodies, that I might have to try ... but, my first intention was just to use some dark colored jig bodies. I have used jigs/plastics & marabou Roadrunners "around" docks at night, and caught a few Crappie ... I've just never shot the docks or the pontoon boats moored in them. Those few Crappie that I did catch, in those few times I've cast around the docks, were all caught in the darker regions of the dock ... and those docks all had large halogen lights mounted on the outside edge of the dock & shining into the water. And while I have "seen" Crappie come into the light, chasing minnows, I've never been able to get any of then to hit a jig that I've cast through the lighted water. They've all been caught in the shadows.

But, being as most of the docks that I intend to shoot at night, don't have any lights ... I may have to give the glow bodies a try. I'll be using black lights to see my line, so I should be able to charge the bodies up and keep them glowing.

... cp

Originally Posted by slabeye

I was thinking about putting a light out and drifting flats or drops ....maybe trolling isn't the right term for it...

Ask Chucky about putting lights out & slow trolling/drifting at night ... I think he's done that before, with some success. He & I did that once ... but, it was only for an hour or so before daylight. We did catch some Crappie, but as I remember ... most were dinks.

... cp

i have caught several anchoring down and putting lights out at green and cumberland and heard of people drafting at night and doing pretty good at other lakes and also was told a few years ago by Freddy Day about spiderrigging at night with no lights and doing good at green but he has passed away since then.